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Thinspiration — also known as “thinspo” — is all over the Internet. Really, if you want to find it, you can do so with a few simple keystrokes.
As the Breaking the Mirror blogger, I find myself regularly investigating images and videos that could be considered “thinspo” in the name of investigation. But some nights, like […]
I am kind of a blog statistics freak in that I love to see which Breaking the Mirror posts attract visitors time and again.
Consequently, I thought I’d share the top posts (as of today, May 31, 2008) by their month of origin:
May 2008: Pro-Ana, Thinspiration, ED Stories — Break the Mirror Today! (went live 5/1/2008)
April 2008: In Mauritania, anorexics […]
I became anorexic in the 1980s. This means I had no Internet to turn to for my thinspiration, no images immediately accessible with a tap of the keyboard.
But I still had thinspiration. It just came in the form of books and articles.
I’ve always loved to read and when I discovered there were fiction and non-fiction […]
As most readers know, I have a disordered eating past (and present, at least from the viewpoint that I totally “get” eating disorders from both sides of the aisle.) Therefore, I must confess that while I was extremely thrilled to be chosen as the Breaking the Mirror blogger back in December, I was terrified, too.
You […]
Thinspiration. It’s what helps keep anorexic and bulimic women and men “in the game.” Whatever form the thinspo takes, it gives eating disorder sufferers the “push” they need to starve themselves or clear their systems of all nourishment.
In a nutshell, thinspiration is what turns Ana and Mia victims into cannibals.
But thinspo doesn’t always come in print or video […]
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