Posts Tagged ‘british

A British TV production company is producing a documentary for ITV1 on pregnancy and body image. The film will explore the pressure women feel to stay slim during their pregnancy and to lose the baby weight after giving birth, as well as how images of celebrities affect women’s personal expectations. Also discussed will be the [...]

Bulimia doesn’t get much billing in media column spaces. Anorexia often gets the lion’s share of attention, in part, because it’s seen as the more “glamorous” of the two eating disorders. Eating disorders are also still commonly perceived as a “woman’s disease,” or rather, a “girl’s disease” (eating disorders are most common in adolescents, but [...]


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This is a blog where a roster of three regular writers and several guest writers comment on the latest news about eating disorders. It isn’t just a news feed, nor a personal journal – it’s a hybrid of both. We discuss the news with our own personal spin.

We aren’t journalists or outsiders looking in. We have eating disorders. We know about this illness because we live it. Some of us are thoroughly active in our eating disorders while some are in recovery. Most are in some state in between.

Nothing is off-limits in terms of coverage. We write about everything from the onset of eating disorders to the long-term consequences thereof. We write about all eating disorders, not just anorexia and bulimia. And we write media reviews, short stories, and whatever comes to mind in relation to current events.

This does mean, however, that we may bring up some sensitive topics — things like abuse, rape, self-injury, etc., so tread carefully. We’ll tag posts with the appropriate warning label whenever possible.

Readers are encouraged to comment and participate in the discussion. Just click on the “comments” link under any entry.