I used thinspiration sites to fuel my eating disorder

I used thinspiration sites to fuel my eating disorder
Pictures of very thin celebrities like Victoria Beckham – once dubbed 'skeletal spice' – Mary-Kate Olsen and Angelina Jolie are frequently posted as inspirationally thin or 'thinspo'. "These websites advocate anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa as a …
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The problem with #thinspiration
But there still exists pictures of ultra-thin girls and the notorious pro-anorexia (pro-ana, for short) slogan, “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.” Both on Tumblr and Instagram, “thinspiration” and“thinspo” are restricted but not entirely …
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Fighting social media 'thinspiration' with messages of self-acceptance
Type the terms “#thinspiration,” “#thinspo” or “#ana” into various social media networks, and a disturbing underground world comes into focus. Images of emaciated legs and protruding ribs are flanked by words like “starving for perfection” and drastic …
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