Re: gender: THIS is what all the girls are starving for? EW!


Subject: Re: gender: THIS is what all the girls are starving for? EW!
From: Nathan McGowan (nathan@newm2.monsterbit.com)
Date: Wed Nov 24 1999 - 11:00:22 CST


Who says she's starving herself? Some of us are just skinny. Looks fine
to me.

On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, David DeMumbrum wrote:

> 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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