Subject: Re: gender: THIS is what all the girls are starving for? EW!
From: David DeMumbrum (ddemumbr@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu)
Date: Wed Nov 24 1999 - 04:01:15 CST
This is extremely disgusting...
I've always been intrigued by the "high" that supposedly accompanys
anorexic behavior. Something about the human body releasing extra
endorphines to compensate for a lack of nutrients. This makes sense
considering how CONFIDENT Ms. Rebecca looks for a starving person. Also
as a former overweight person I can attest to the feeling(s) of
empowerment that not eating can bring...
I can't help but take the easy way out in thinking that eating disorders
are the bi-products of an overcommercialized society w/ too much time on
its hands. After all, the teenage girls Lindsey's referring to are
probably not ones who have a lot of other survival-oriented issues to
worry about in their everyday lives. Self-induced trauma (i.e.
starvation) is always a great way to collect and process free-floating
anxiety.
Regardless, people like Rebecca Stamos need a perspective change bad.
-David
On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Lindsey wrote:
>
> http://www.mtv.com
>
> Rebecca Romijn Stamos is the cover girl for this month's MTV website. I
> took one look at this and wanted to vomit. Is this what all the teenage
> girls are starving themselves to look like? GROSS, that all i have to say.
> Granted, maybe its just a bad picture, or maybe it loses some of its
> aesthetic through a digital medium, but still.... yuck! I didnt want to
> know that much about her. I can practically see her bones.
> -lindsey
>
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