That is an eye-opening documentary. I actually just watched it last week and it does an excellent job of breaking down how MTV promotes and sells the Bro or "mook" culture by feeding adolescents an images of themselves, which they (posted to Bro Culture)
I'm in the same situation you are and have also asked myself that question many times over the last six years: Is it "normal" to feel happy when people tell me that I'm thin? Why don't I feel that anymore? (posted to why is it OK to tell people they're thin? )
This is an interesting post to me. I'm a black woman and in my community if someone says "you are so thin", you are so skinny" that means something bad. It's a negative thing to be thin. In my culture (posted to why is it OK to tell people they're thin? )
My favorites are a long, slow, look followed by"I hate you", and recently "how do I look like you?" and "God, it's like hugging a skeleton". It's trivializing. No matter what else you do, weight trumps everything. You're fat, you (posted to why is it OK to tell people they're thin? )
As someone with an ED I am aware of how a simple comment (positive or negative) or even percieved comment about weight or food can be detrimental to someone. When my closest friend developed an ED that eventually contributed to (posted to why is it OK to tell people they're thin? )
I wonder if that is because only people who are thin are considered eating disordered. Yes, that is the reason. There are large people who practice extreme calorie restriction or expenditure with compulsive exercise, but because their BMI is not (posted to why is it OK to tell people they're thin? )
I lost weight several months ago because for some reason I kept getting sick. It was totally unintentional and I was feeling like crap. I went to work and a coworker who had an ED in the past and knows (posted to why is it OK to tell people they're thin? )
