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“Dying to be Thin”
A Dangerous Social Movement
HIP TERMS TO KNOW
THINSPIRATION
What does pro-ana/pro-mia mean?
- Pro-ana stands for pro-anorexia
- Pro-mia stands for pro-bulimia.
- "Pro" does not mean, "supports the promotion of".
Most disclaimers contain something along the lines of "If you do not have an eating disorder then it is better for you if you do not develop one", although the more hard-line sites often use challenging language, such as "If you can't handle it, leave". - Pro-ana sites are for those who are already anorexics, who want to be "triggered" and are looking for advice, tips and support from fellow anorexics to help them become "better" anorexics.
- "Pro-ana" symbolises the choice not to go into recovery; if you are pro-ana then by definition you have chosen to live wholeheartedly as an anorexic, at least for the time being.
- The emphasis on superiority, empowerment and pride through self-control. As one site puts it, in response to a number of complaints about its pro-ana content and picture gallery:
"The difference is that you lot moan about your fat thighs and then sit on the couch eating cookies. We moan about our fat thighs and then go out for a lovely long run." - The use of political language. Many talk of anorexics as "the elite", and present the anorexic lifestyle as a rejection of conventional, "weak" values.
Are militant pro-ana sites primarily concerned with self-harm?
- No.
- Most pro-ana sites claim to be concerned with self-control and achievement, although some material suggests that this should be taken with a pinch of salt.
- Pro-anas claim that most people want to be thinner, and that they are just making that wish a reality for themselves, rather than engaging in a form of self-harm. Ultimately, anorexia will always be self-destructive; whether it is recognised as such by the sufferer is another question.
- Most of those who visit pro-ana sites do not want to go into recovery. There are few other places where an anorexic could be honest about this without causing distress.
- Pro-ana sites encourage pride and a sense of belonging to a community.
- Some want to be "better anorexics", to get thinner with the help of tips and support from fellow anorexics.
- Some feel persecuted and misunderstood everywhere else for not wanting to go into recovery.
- The websites also have a certain underground cachet. They allow the anorexic to feel like a pro-active rebel rather than a walking disorder.
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I love her gentle and simple perspective on “thinspiration.”
I would like to cuddle into her chest as she reads me a story.
“Love the haters. Big hug.”
“Balance. It’s always good to be in the middle.”
b o y s w i t h e d
Tips and Tricks
Brush your teeth, the fresh taste makes you less hungry.
Punch your stomach
Pro Ana's
“Mother Anorexia”
- Giving in to food shows weakness, be strong, and you'll be better than everyone else
- Do not give up what you most want for what you want at the moment
- An imperfect body reflects an imperfect soul
- Craving is only a feeling
- An ordinairy girl, an ordinairy waist, but ordinairdy is just not good enough today
- If it ws easy, everybody will be thin
- If it tastes good, it's trying to kill you
- Calories CAN NOT make you happy
- Sacrifice is giving up something good for something better
- The beginning is always today
- It doesn't mather how slow you go, as long as you don't stop
- It's the mind that makes the body
- Everytime you say no to food, you say yes to thin
- Eat to live, don't live to eat
- When you resist the pain of hunger, it means your not a slave of your body
- Don't eat! Do you want to stay fat?
- Being thin is more important than everything!
- You want food? Loook at those thighs!
- Bones define who we really are! Let them show!
- Do you really want to be that weight for the rest of your life?
- Eat less, weigh less
- Thin is beautiful, even thinner is perfection
- Anorexia is a lifestyle, not a diet
- I only feel beautiful when I'm hungry
- Skip dinner, end up thinner
- Respect yourself, put down the fork
- Nothing tastes as good as thin feels
- Thin is perfectin, I'll die trying to achieve it
- Your mind should always be on your diet!
In True Trickster Tales
A Joke about Pro-Ana right in the middle of this PSA
"Butterfasting"
Sting
“Lullaby To An Anxious Child”
Thin Commandments
1) If you aren't thin, you aren't attractive
2) Being thin is more important than being healthy
3) You must buy clothes, cut your hair, take laxatives, anything to make yourself look thinner
4) Thou shall not eat without feeling guilty
5) Thou shall not eat fattening food without punishing afterwards
6) Thou shall count calories and restrict intake accordingly
7) What the scale says is the most important thing
8) Losing weight is good, gaining weight is bad
9) You can never be to thin
10) Being thin and not eating are signs of true will power and succes.
2) Being thin is more important than being healthy
3) You must buy clothes, cut your hair, take laxatives, anything to make yourself look thinner
4) Thou shall not eat without feeling guilty
5) Thou shall not eat fattening food without punishing afterwards
6) Thou shall count calories and restrict intake accordingly
7) What the scale says is the most important thing
8) Losing weight is good, gaining weight is bad
9) You can never be to thin
10) Being thin and not eating are signs of true will power and succes.
Also but not limited to an:
Ana’s Creed, Psalm, Laws, and
FUCKING bracelets!!!
“Ana is a Lifetstyle, Not a Disease”
Ditch the bracelets, they’re
officially NOT hip
the promotion is to prolong a disease rather than cure it.
Duh.
Pro-Ana?
“It’s all lies”
Health risks
Sure we all know this.. ED's are big health risks, and there is a real possibility of dying from ED.
So far, it doesn't mather if you're Ana or Mia.
But ED's can kill.
- Fatigue and lack of energy
- Amenorrhea(loss of menstruation)
- Skin problems
- Dizziness and headaches
- Dehydration
- Shortness of breath
- Irregular heartbeats
- Cold hands and feet
- Bloating
- Constipation
- Hair loss
- Stomach pains
- Decreased metabolic rate
- Edema (water retention)
- Lanugo(fine downy hair)
- Loss of bone mass
- Kidney and liver damage
- Electrolyte imbalances
- Osteoporosis
- Insomnia
- Anemias
- Infertility
- Depression
- Cathartic colon(caused from laxative abuse)
- Low potassium (most common cause of nocturnal cardiac arrest)
- Cardiac arrest and death
Mia
- Fatigue and lack of energy
- Amenorrhea(loss of menstruation) and irregular menstruation
- Dizziness
- Headaches
- Dehydration
- Constipation and diarrhea
- Shortness of breath
- Irregular heartbeats
- Depression
- Tears of esophagus
- Hair loss
- Stomach pain and bloating
- Erosion of teeth enamel
- Chronic sore throat
- Kidney and liver damage
- Parotid gland enlargement
- Electrolyte imbalances
- Cathartic colon (caused from laxative abuse)
- Edema (swelling of hands and feet)
- Low blood pressure
- Chest pains
- Development of peptic ulcers and pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas)
- Gastric dilation and rupture
- Abrasions on back of hands and knuckles
- Anemias
- Cardiac arrest and death
Dead Celebrity Status
“Someone I Once Knew”
A LESSON IN TRUE HUMANISM:
Find Peace in True Beauty
Baltic Sea
Red Fish Lake, Idaho
Mind Of Man: The Types Of Women That Really Turn Us On
“Women with curves make my junk bark. There is something so
shockingly vulnerable, feminine, and grounded about a woman with
back, hips, a lil’ paunch.”
“I am not going to hate on our collective notions of beauty. Does Megan Fox cause my eyes to pop out of their sockets, cartoon-style? Sure. But it’s an almost Pavlovian response.”
“There is a profound disconnect between what we’re told to think is sexy, and what it is that we actually think is sexy,
between glamour groupthink and the sanctity of the individual perversion. Not all dudes want to go home with vampy, bikini-dipped beauty queens. In fact, most men will probably agree with me that what satisfies their touch and tongue cannot be communicated in two dimensions. That while the pack howls for sexpots built to factory specifications, we’re all still lone wolves hunting our lust’s lonely prey.”
“The difference between a boy and a man is simple:
A man knows what he wants
and doesn’t apologize for it.
The right “type” is whomever he says it is.”
“What we desire is unique to the individual, and it must be sated.
Far too many people lead very unhappy lives,
desperate for the mob’s approval.
Men dating centerfolds for the applause.
Women confusing the car for the driver.”
“You know what’s really of social value? Happy people.
People who valiantly flip the bird to convention and bang it out with whomever happens to turn the roots of every hair on their body into itty-bitty little lightening rods.
There is no reason the superficial has to be superficial—every fire needs a spark, and we’re talking about sparks, that initial attractiveness.”
Sting
“Spread A Little Happiness”
THE HAPPINESS CREED
I believe that happiness is my birthright,
as well as my responsibility;
and I commit to claiming it.
as well as my responsibility;
and I commit to claiming it.
I believe that happiness is here and now;
and I commit to awakening to it.
and I commit to awakening to it.
I believe that happiness is a choice;
and I commit to choosing it.
and I commit to choosing it.
I believe that happiness is a habit;
and I commit to cultivating it.
and I commit to cultivating it.
I believe that happiness is free,
like rainbows, sunshine, and air;
and I commit to reveling in it.
like rainbows, sunshine, and air;
and I commit to reveling in it.
I believe that happiness is always available,
no matter what others are doing;
and I commit to creating it.
no matter what others are doing;
and I commit to creating it.
I believe that happiness is an inside job,
not dependent on money, fame, or possessions;
and I commit to living it.
not dependent on money, fame, or possessions;
and I commit to living it.
I believe that happiness is an attitude of gratitude;
and I commit to giving thanks.
and I commit to giving thanks.
I believe that happiness is in action;
and I commit to generating it.
and I commit to generating it.
I believe that happiness is contagious;
and I commit to sharing it.
and I commit to sharing it.
I believe that happiness is a prayer,
uniting me with the universe;
and I commit to offering it.
uniting me with the universe;
and I commit to offering it.
I believe that happiness is my calling -
I must be the happiness I wish to see in the world.
I must be the happiness I wish to see in the world.
© 2010 BJ Gallagher
Happiness Is Hip
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