Eating disorders result from the adoption of stringent ideals of thinness. We must challenge images of health and thinness, demand truthful information about health, call for the regulation of weight-loss and fitness centres. We must examine our own pursuits of a thin, youthful and healthy body. I speak of the personal experience that I also went through with trying to achieve the perfect model body image and my fight against anorexia. I was literally starving myself and dying inside.
Overcoming anorexia is a difficult task.
It is an overwhelming control over your body that you, yourself, cannot stop. Throughout the essay, I included pictures of models that I feel are anorexic. The last picture shows myself at the age of eighteen, modeling and fighting anorexia at the same time. We must stop talking about the weak, vulnerable or otherwise deficient personality of the anorexic, and begin to acknowledge openly that their experiences and practices point to conflicts and contradictions that are about all of our problems. The previous campaign, which featured women admiring their ultra-svelte figures, was shaped in favor of attitude altering pitches featuring more realistic body types.