Medusa: STARVATION = SKIN & BONES = DEATH

Monday, July 19, 2010

STARVATION = SKIN & BONES = DEATH

"Death doesn't bargain."

(August Strindberg, The Dance of Death)

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8 comments:

sarahlynn said...: V. true, as always.
Thanks.; July 19, 2010 at 11:40 PM
Aga said...: um, sorry to budge in Medusa but you have only recently posted an email from a young girl who is utterly tangled up in her ED and possibly doesn't even understand it completely yet... What I mean is, girls like these will not see those images as shocking, they will only compare themselves to them and figure that if they're not emaciated and half-dead, then they probably aren't 'sick enough' as ridiculous as it sounds, to get any help, even though you don't need to be a complete skeleton to damage your body and suffer from an ED.

Besides, aren't those anorexic fetish porn pics anyway? Having read Bony Pink's post on your site, I can't help but wonder about the circumstances those pictures where taken in, the actual purpose of them and whether or not the women posing for them actually wanted them taken?...

Sorry to whine like this, but I'm not sure if it's such a good idea to post images like these. EDs are not exclusively about weight and it takes a while to get to that stage, and not such a large percentaqe of sufferers will... However a pretty big group of your readers will save those pictures to their 'thinspiration' folders without a second thought.; July 20, 2010 at 3:30 PM
Anonymous said...: I agree with 'Aga'. I'm an ED sufferer, and often come to your blog to read others' stories, especially from those who have reocvered or are recovering. Although I don't find these pictures attractive or 'thinspiring', having seen them will now make it very difficult for me to eat over the next few days or so, and will probably affect other sufferers in the same way. Also, as mentioned above, it's saddening to imaging how the women in the pictures feel.

I understand the message you're trying to convey, but it could so easily backfire and trigger unhealthy behaviours. And I know that's not your intention, so please reconsider displaying these photos.; July 22, 2010 at 2:11 PM
Anonymous said...: i think they are beautiful; April 23, 2011 at 1:01 PM
Anonymous said...: how can anyone think this is beautiful? i can see beauty in a lot, but all i see here is sadness...the issue of ED bleeds so heavily into who we are (WOMEN) in this society.
i want all women to be strong, and convey that strength.; February 29, 2012 at 10:45 PM
Anonymous said...: I want to look like this.; April 16, 2016 at 2:02 AM
Anonymous said...: I really Hope your alive and Well..; April 20, 2023 at 8:55 AM
Medusa said...: I'm alive and well, Anonymous :); April 24, 2023 at 1:07 PM

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