Some people make me want to cry.

Read this web community’s posts for a little while. Imagine what it must be like to be that way. To set your entire life in motion around a desire to look like something no human being outside famine zones should resemble.

One of the avatars on that site says “I desire perfection”. The picture: protruding ribs, flat stomach, rail figure. And that’s “perfection”.

well i did ok today, i wanted to try to start that soup diet but my mom wouldnt let me, she said that i dont need to go on a diet and i’ve already lost enough weight…that’s ridiculous…im just really sick of her right now she wont leave me alone, she wont let me go on the diet i wanna go on, and i cant go anywhere cuz i dont have a car…ugh i hate this

well today i ate…

apple not sure how many cals
soup 80 cal
cheez-its 130 cal

so my total for today is 210…not bad..

Read that — does it sound like perfection? It sounds like living hell.

You can’t even blame society for that. This is somewhere far beyond what society “demands” of the female body. And a whole lot of girls are going to look at that and go, “I don’t do that.”

But let me ask you a question. Are you on a road that leads to that place? Where you find satisfaction in a calorie count under 400? Are you profoundly disatisfied with your body? Would you like to change something about yourself? Ten things? Fifty?

You’re telling yourself a lie, and you know it. I’m not talking about being a healthy weight — that’s fine and good — but even if no one ever looks at you and says “you have the perfect body”, you’re still more beautiful than you can ever imagine.

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Posted March 15th, 2005 in main.

5 comments:

  1. Lara:

    Thank you for this post. I’ve been to that community before as well and do find it disturbing. Particularly that young women (and men) could be so openly PROUD of what they probably know is unhealthy behavior.

    March 15th, 2005 at 8:26 pm
  2. Anonymous:

    horrible to read about the pride, but when you see that pride expressed in people close to you, it freaks you out how people can push themselves beyond humanity for a body image that no one cares about the way they want it to be, and only notices with concern.

    March 16th, 2005 at 12:26 am
  3. thismakesmesad.really.:

    dan! where did you find a site like this??? i just read all the entries from today, and i could just bawl! these girls are SO incredibly lost. the worst part is–there are SO MANY OF THEM!!!! it makes me very thankful for the great guys i hang out with who respect me and all other women and don’t expect us all to be clotheshangers. thank you. K10

    March 25th, 2005 at 1:57 pm
  4. wow. is all i can utter:

    dan! where did you find a site like this??? i just read all the entries from today, and i could just bawl! these girls are SO incredibly lost. the worst part is–there are SO MANY OF THEM!!!! it makes me very thankful for the great guys i hang out with who respect me and all other women and don’t expect us all to be clotheshangers. thank you. K10

    March 25th, 2005 at 1:58 pm
  5. K10:

    sorry. don’t know why it went on twice…

    March 25th, 2005 at 1:59 pm

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