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This is unacceptable.
Aug. 11th, 2007 10:01 pmSo, hey, guys, apparently pro-anorexia communities are really warm fuzzy support groups that help girls suffering from the condition recover and be healthy again! So Sayeth LJ.
Much more beneficial and wholesome than those horrible filthy smut pictures that got drawn of ambiguously-aged fictional characters that weren't hurting anyone, don't you agree?
I'm completely disgusted. People are actually HARMED and DIE from anorexia. Pro-ana communities AFFIRM the dysphoria that leads to the deaths. They do assure suffering girls that they're not alone - but in the most unhealthy way possible.
"No," they say, "you're not alone, there's so many of us. It's not really a disease, you know, it's just a lifestyle. It's okay that we all starve ourselves, and that the odds are better than even that most of us won't be here in a year, two years, three years, because of this lifestyle. It's okay. Just come here, where it's warm and safe, and nobody will tell you to do the scary but necessary thing and seek help and fight this. It's not something to be fought, just embrace the lifestyle..."
This. Is. Inexcusable.
Signed the open letter. I'm a little late to the party, but...
Much more beneficial and wholesome than those horrible filthy smut pictures that got drawn of ambiguously-aged fictional characters that weren't hurting anyone, don't you agree?
I'm completely disgusted. People are actually HARMED and DIE from anorexia. Pro-ana communities AFFIRM the dysphoria that leads to the deaths. They do assure suffering girls that they're not alone - but in the most unhealthy way possible.
"No," they say, "you're not alone, there's so many of us. It's not really a disease, you know, it's just a lifestyle. It's okay that we all starve ourselves, and that the odds are better than even that most of us won't be here in a year, two years, three years, because of this lifestyle. It's okay. Just come here, where it's warm and safe, and nobody will tell you to do the scary but necessary thing and seek help and fight this. It's not something to be fought, just embrace the lifestyle..."
This. Is. Inexcusable.
Signed the open letter. I'm a little late to the party, but...