After all, we have nearly 40,000 college kids here - you would think there would be a veritable bevy of taverns lined up to support the burgeoning alcoholism of tomorrow's Leaders and Best. But such is not the case. Unfortunately, after the excitement of the scoop died down, so did the stories and questions about actresses being too thin. The media will eventually lose interest, but millions of young women in the United States, including some of these actresses, will continue to struggle with serious eating disorders and body image concerns. It's ironic that most of these magazines have stories on how sickly thin these actresses look and then have models on the next page who are just as thin if not thinner.
Mixed messages are everywhere.