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Kate Bosworth Is Still Skinny
Skinny VS Curvy - Celebrities on the Scale | September 3rd 2008 by Celeb
Kate Bosworth – now this girl has got a load of body-related gossip in her past that includes eating disorder rumors, pictures of bony chests and an insanely tiny frame and figure. This time though, Kate isn’t looking as underweight as read more
The Situation of Body Image
The Situationist | September 2nd 2008
University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Madeline Fisher, an expert on the psychology of nutrition, recently wrote an interesting piece that connects the media’s portrayal of women’s body image with eating disorders. We excerpt the piec read more
Open thread: Sarah Palin
The-F-Word | August 29th 2008 by Rachel
Okay, so I mentioned this in the news roundup earlier this morning and I’m loathe to detract even an iota of attention away from Sen. Barack Obama’s historic and stirring acceptance speech last night, but I thought McCain’s decision read more
The Digest: Politics, feminism, eating disorders, milestones and…
The-F-Word | August 29th 2008 by Rachel
It’s a holiday weekend here in the U.S., so posting will be light over the next few days. Here are a bunch of links to see you through the weekend: POLITICS Sen. Barack Obama made history last night as the first African-American to be nominat read more
Fashion retailer pulls catalogue with too-skinny models
The Disordered Times | August 28th 2008 by Charlynn
Just when you thought any sense of corporate social responsibility to be extinct, Canadian fashion retailer La Maison Simons gives us cause for hope. The family-owned company yanked its own 36-page-color fashion catalogue after receiving more than 20 read more
Fashion retailer pulls catalogue with too-skinny models
The-F-Word | August 28th 2008 by Rachel
Just when you thought any sense of corporate social responsibility to be extinct, Canadian fashion retailer La Maison Simons gives us cause for hope. The family-owned company yanked its own 36-page-color fashion catalogue after receiving more than 20 read more
Another Fabulous Round of Insomnia...
What's Wrong With Me | August 28th 2008 by fucked up
Can you sense my sarcasm?...I have been up since 6 AM. I have no reason to be up this early...it is now 9:30 AM. I was lying in bed and feeling shitty about my general life situation, and just couldn't fall back asleep. So I got up, ate a carton of s read more
Film Review: Disfigured
Spilled Coffee | August 27th 2008 by KC Elaine
Overall, Disfigured is a fabulous movie. When Darcy, a (recovering?) anorexic, tries to join a fat acceptance group and is turned away, she and Lydia, a girl from the group, become friends. I won't review the entire movie's plot, as I think that's read more
Eating Disorders and Disciplinarians: How Does the World See Ball…
Dance Here: The Dance World's Best at One Address | August 27th 2008
Filmmaker David Kinsella's "A Beautiful Tragedy," a documentary that opens the doors of the Perm State Ballet School, is now available in all DVD formats. On Kinsella's YouTube Channel, you'll find clips of the film. There, you'll also find plenty o read more
How to answer “Am I fat?”
The-F-Word | August 26th 2008 by Rachel
I lost 175 pounds in one year, in large part, from an eating disorder. Although my body had been shaken like a great Etch-a-Sketch, I couldn’t see the new picture. My eyes betrayed me. The mirror lied. No matter how much weight I lost, I still read more
Jenna Jameson pregnant
Web Escape | August 26th 2008
Jenna Jameson has confirmed she is pregnant. The former adult movie star was “shocked” to discover she is expecting her first child with her boyfriend, mixed martial arts fighter Tito Ortiz. She said: “Yes, I can confirm I’m p read more
Chronic Illness Week: What Is An Invisible Illness
Girl-Woman-Beauty-Brains-Blog | August 26th 2008 by Beckie Temple
What is an invisible illness?All kinds of conditions! Multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, diabetes, arthritis, heart disease, autism, migraines, chronic back pain, cancer, endometriosis, eating disorders, and yes... mental ill read more
Would you take a drug for weight loss if it made you as dumb as a…
The Disordered Times | August 24th 2008 by Charlynn
Have researchers found a magic pill to cure obesity? Maybe, if you’re a binge-eater. Researchers have found that a recently-developed drug for epilepsy helps obese rats lose weight. The drug, Vigabatrin (GVG), also shows promise in treating dru read more
Let's Talk About the Time I Had a Blood Transfusion and almost D…
What's Wrong With Me | August 24th 2008 by fucked up
Yippie! :).... Can you sense my joy?.. and by the way, I apologize for my crankiness in my last post...I was feeling a bit... uh...."emotional"....Anyway, when I was 21 years old I had to have a blood transfusion, as the result of my eating disorder. read more
Working out, food, weight loss and eating disorder recovery
Cat's Meow | August 24th 2008 by Jami Wilmarth
"Are we going to the gym today?" my husband asked as he sat at his computer."OK," I said.He was quiet, doing something on his computer, when he said, "Oh, YEAH! We're going to the gym today!"I looked at what he was doing. He was on the Weight Watcher read more
Starving your brain impedes its function. No, really.
The Disordered Times | August 23rd 2008 by Charlynn
Gee, I never would have guessed that starvation had an effect on the brain, as described in this article. But maybe I’m unfairly mocking the basic idea of this story because it’s the details that make this information interesting. A recen read more
Movie review: Sharing the Secret
The Disordered Times | August 22nd 2008 by Charlynn
You would think that with a yucky cold and calling in sick yesterday, I would have been tossing out movie reviews like there’s no tomorrow. After all, all I’ve been doing is killing time and sitting on the couch the last two days. Unfortu read more
The Ultimate Skinny Trio: Shenae Grimes, AnnaLynne McCord and Jes…
Skinny VS Curvy - Celebrities on the Scale | August 22nd 2008 by Celeb
Not familiar with these names? Well, then you should know that they’re the new hotties from the highly anticipated 90210 - and here’s what they have to say about the show: “We’re very racy, very provocative, and very modern,” say read more
Fat Phobic at 9 Years Old?
Apron Strings and Angst | August 22nd 2008 by Willow
My beautiful 9-year-old granddaughter (L for this post) is worried about being fat. I am heartbroken and horrified. Her mom, my stepdaughter, called me this morning. This is a new development; it just started this week which is, of course, the firs read more
MTV’s “Model Maker” Reality Show
Big Fat Deal | August 21st 2008 by mo pie
Oh this is a fucking wonderful idea: an MTV reality show called Model Maker that asks women to lose up to eighty pounds in twelve weeks. Doing the math, that’s approximately seven pounds per week. The goal is, of course, to be “thin read more
Dignorexia: Depriving Oneself of Dignity (e.g. Mike and Juliet Sh…
Spilled Coffee | August 20th 2008 by KC Elaine
*I want to emphasize that I think Brie herself did a great job, and it was the show hosts who made the mistakes and loved to hear themselves talk a bit too much. My only wishes were that they would banish that deplorable term "pregorexia" and let Br read more
Before manorexia/brideorexia/pregorexia/tanorexia/drunkorexia/etc…
The Disordered Times | August 18th 2008 by Charlynn
While perusing Jezebel.com, I found a post on the rise of the “-rexics” and, after reading the comments, I scrolled back up to check out the articles linked to the post. The aptly titled “The rise of the ‘rexics‘: another illness that we ma read more
Movie review: Perfect Body
The Disordered Times | August 17th 2008 by Charlynn
Today’s play-by-play review is for Perfect Body. Click the link and watch the movie on YouTube first if you don’t want spoilers! What I like about this movie: Most people watching the 2008 Olympics have no idea just how grueling and cutt read more
Stop calling me anorexic!
Lol@theweb | August 16th 2008 by Tokio
Everywhere I go I hear about the obesity epidemic. People are fatter than ever, kids are unhealthy, too much junk food, it’s a disease, it’s choice, it’s a disease, it’s a choice, diet diet DIET. Of course, because this proble read more
Claudia
Here And Now | August 16th 2008 by Angel
ClaudiaDig a shallow gravefor my shallow soulHollow, hollowThis empty fightShe holds out her handin the darkening shadowof my fading lightIncandescent,A wavering flame,onetime burning brightShadow, shadowNowhere to runShe is the phantom nightAngela M read more
Movie review: A Secret Between Friends
The Disordered Times | August 16th 2008 by Charlynn
Aaaaaaaand here we go! First up in the movie review series is A Secret Between Friends. Click the link and watch the movie on YouTube first if you don’t want spoilers! What I like about this movie: It’s Wonder Woman! …uh, I mean, L read more
Eating Disorder Video
Body Mass Index & More | August 15th 2008 by NetworkGlobal
When A BMI Score Is Too Low By: The BMI Producers Sometimes the goals for the perfect body and BMI score go too far. Particularly amongst women, eating disorders can develop for many reasons. Generally a BMI score of less than 18.5 considers a pers read more
Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle Today by Tom Venuto!
Ah!Review.com: Ah! Product Reviews | August 15th 2008 by Saif Shah
Main Features of Burn The Fat, Feed the Muscle Its a 337 page ebook Full 100% money-back guarantee Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle FREE Special Offer Bonuses: FREE Bonus ebook - “Foods that Burn Fat, Foods that Turn to Fat”, parts 1 & 2 read more
Open thread: Self-help books
The-F-Word | August 12th 2008 by Rachel
I’ve picked up several ADD self-help books at my local half price bookstore and I’ve been disappointed in nearly all of them. Either they’re targeted at parents of young children with ADD or they’re geared more for people who read more
The postpartum baby-body blues
The-F-Word | August 11th 2008 by Rachel
“-rexia:” An overused buzzword that is to disordered eating what Watergate is to political scandal. Recent years have ushered in a whole new list of –rexias (and –mias) to describe every shade of disordered eating behaviors: wannarexia (fo read more
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