And for those who asked, the website I got that photo from belongs to photographer Jordan Matter, a talented New York artist:
The documentary titled “THIN” has been airing on HBO this month. It is about this very subject of eating disorders. I was only able to catch the last 20min or so. The part that I saw and with the info on the webpage seems to tackle this issue from all fronts (mental, emotional, physical/nutritional).
Whatever your view is on this matter, I don’t think it would hurt to see people deal with this on a daily basis. A little more insight into a serious problem like this never hurts. I am going to try to catch this program at a later date.
[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
chinadoll wrote:
When I read this article, it reminded me about how intense the pressure is for young girls and women to be terribly thin.
What really bothers me is that really young, pre-adolescent girls are inundated with ultra thin images in all aspects of the media from such a young age. The “role models” who come to mind are Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, Lindsey Lohan and the “supermodels”.
It IS very stupid for us to consider these people “role models” (not to mention some of these peoples’ behavior in public, sex tapes and the like), but for such young girls these are the people who are referred to when the magazines write an article about beauty or fashion, when the movies have a female heroin, etc…this seems to be what the media defines as “Beautiful”, and most young girls want to grow up to be beautiful, meet her handsome prince, etc…this is the way we’re generally nurtured.
Not to be on such a soapbox, but I remember being 11 years old and wanting to be as thin as certain models, and all the girls my age always talking about dieting and weight loss. I can imagine the pressure today that the girls go through with the even thinner, Scary Skinny people in the media.
I think the media and the fashion industries need to be more responsible…I agree with Spain setting a minimum BMI for models to be hired. Also, maybe in the curriculum in schools, schools should educate the children about the health impact of anorexia, what are healthy BMI’s, etc… There needs to be heatlhy information and messages for them to counteract the unhealthy messages that are inundating the youth in our society. I’m thinking something along the lines of the stop smoking campaigns that are currently being utilized.
Again, sorry about the Oprah-esque soapbox. Thank you for starting such a great thread!
Preach on!
I have two young girls and I pray they do not fall for this kind of pressure.[/quote]
I didnt until my boyfriend in high school told me to lose wieght and I was at 12% bodyfat at the time and I argued with him about it
I looked even thinner than I do in the pics in the vixens-we-would-like-to-fuck thread.
I still find it absolutely mind-bogling.
He also hated that I worked out so hard and studied so much so whatever
[quote]jsbrook wrote:
Cool.[/quote]
my god I dont think Ive seen you ever write something so simple brook
[quote]julia87 wrote:
I didnt until my boyfriend in high school told me to lose wieght and I was at 12% bodyfat at the time and I argued with him about it
I looked even thinner than I do in the pics in the vixens-we-would-like-to-fuck thread.
I still find it absolutely mind-bogling.
He also hated that I worked out so hard and studied so much so whatever[/quote]
He sounds like a weenie.
[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
He sounds like a weenie.
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Yeah, that was quite the sales pitch. Too bad the world is inundated with weenies…
[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
julia87 wrote:
I didnt until my boyfriend in high school told me to lose wieght and I was at 12% bodyfat at the time and I argued with him about it
I looked even thinner than I do in the pics in the vixens-we-would-like-to-fuck thread.
I still find it absolutely mind-bogling.
He also hated that I worked out so hard and studied so much so whatever
He sounds like a weenie.
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he was a fairly good tight end in fball too
vroom - I usually avoid posting on anything not directly training/nutrition related. However, I felt compelled to share that, as usual, I find your comments to be sage, well-reasoned, and compassionate. Thanks for your perspective.