I had been thinking these girls were trying to look like models. These photos suggest that they really are self-destructive. They are not just dropping fat. They are dropping muscle. ew!
this is scary in the extreme. Do you still stand behind your former statement?
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The Web site features pictures of emaciated women. They call it "Thinspiration." They are pictures designed to inspire girls to lose more weight.
I couldn't find the pictures. Maybe you have to be a registered member
Hi, On 21-Feb-2005, Ignoramus15794 <[email hidden]>
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> Well, yes. On the other hand, she's as messed-up, > eating-disorder-wise, as any of her marks ^H^H^H clients.
I disagree with the money angle.
I agree with you that this is hardly a cushy gig for her, but I agree with Ig that the bracelets are overpriced.
I would be greatly surprised if dragonfly lady would have to pay more than $1.00 per bracelet if she bought them by a case of 1,000.
They're crafted, not bought prefab. Buying nice beads (not plastic [censored]) can add up, as can some of the other materials. I make jewelry from time to time.
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> It seems, though, that the owner of the website has a nice > racket > going, selling worthless bracelets to very messed up clients > for > considerable amount of money.
Well, yes. On the other hand, she's as messed-up, eating-disorder-wise, as any of her marks ^H^H^H clients.
I disagree with the money angle.
I agree with you that this is hardly a cushy gig for her, but I agree with Ig that the bracelets are overpriced.
I do think it's a labor of love on her part, though.
Oh God. People sell these things on Ebay.....
Carmen
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Anorexia Bracelets Reveal Secret Society (FYI) Fri Feb 18, 5:48 PM ET
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You might be surprised to learn that people with eating disorders turn up in diet groups. As Lee mentioned, non-purging binge eating disorder exists. The only real difference between it and the anorexia and bulimia disorders is the end result.
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here people look like that starve to death because they are so poor. but here are people that choose to do it. for vanity. well then it becomes a mental disease. but still how can society get so screwed up?
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here people look like that starve to death because they are so poor. but here are people that choose to do it. for vanity. well then it becomes a mental disease. but still how can society get so screwed up?
No one besides those anorexics is "screwed up" with anorexia.
Others get screwed up by other stuff. Everybody is screwed up in one way or another anyway.
Ada Ma wrote: :: Ignoramus15794 wrote: :: ::: On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 19:53:12 -0800, Steve Knight ::: <[email hidden]> wrote: ::: :::: here people look like that starve to death because they are so :::: poor. but here are people that choose to do it. for vanity. well :::: then it becomes a mental disease. but still how can society get so :::: screwed up? :::: ::: ::: ::: No one besides those anorexics is "screwed up" with anorexia. ::: :: :: Others get screwed up by other stuff. Everybody is screwed up in :: one way or another anyway.
Ada Ma wrote: :: Ignoramus15794 wrote: :: ::: On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 19:53:12 -0800, Steve Knight ::: <[email hidden]> wrote: ::: :::: here people look like that starve to death because they are so :::: poor. but here are people that choose to do it. for vanity. well :::: then it becomes a mental disease. but still how can society get so :::: screwed up? :::: ::: ::: ::: No one besides those anorexics is "screwed up" with anorexia. ::: :: :: Others get screwed up by other stuff. Everybody is screwed up in :: one way or another anyway.
Some people are seriously screwed up.
Those depicted in the photographs shown in the link above are (or were?) seriously screwed up. In one photo the stomach has all but disappeared - I wonder where the internal organs have gone. Sigh.
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this is scary in the extreme. Do you still stand behind your former statement?
I'm not comfortable with my former use of the word "inspiring," since they are being self-destructive. However, there is something to be learned in their very (too) successful efforts.
I had thought they just lacked a natural desire for food, but as I read the quotations, I realized that they often are enduring hunger to achieve their goal. JC would appreciate this, I think.
I plead ignorance to the degree of self-destruction in this. I regret using the word "inspiring."
I had assumed they stopped doing it, once they looked like a super-model.
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On 21-Feb-2005, "Cubit" <[email hidden]> wrote: <discussing anorexic and bulimic behaviors>
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-but isn't their motivation and drive inspiring?
Those of us with high BMIs could learn from them.
Think about it Cubit. Motivation and drive towards self-destructive weight expressed behavior landed more than a few folks in *here*. The anorexic and bulimic folks just got a different physical outcome.
Carmen
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this is scary in the extreme. Do you still stand behind your former statement?
I'm not comfortable with my former use of the word "inspiring," since they are being self-destructive. However, there is something to be learned in their very (too) successful efforts.
I had thought they just lacked a natural desire for food, but as I read the quotations, I realized that they often are enduring hunger to achieve their goal. JC would appreciate this, I think.
I had been thinking these girls were trying to look like models. These photos suggest that they really are self-destructive. They are not just dropping fat. They are dropping muscle. ew!
I have not seen uglier women in quite a while. I will repost your link to another newsgroup, if you do not mind.
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>The Web site features pictures of emaciated women. They call it >"Thinspiration." They are pictures designed to inspire girls to lose >more weight.
I couldn't find the pictures. Maybe you have to be a registered member
