New Cities/New Soviets

July 24, 2004

push you

The push-you-pull-you over anorexia


part one: "do don't do"


I reading a particularly vile article
in Teen Vogue
the other day.
It was called
"competitive dieting: is your circle doing it?"
or some such, cutting it
razor fine
on that thin line
between
hand-wringing
and instructions.

"oh girls you wouldn't want
to
MONITOR EACH OTHER
CONSTANTLY
because that would be
so bad

and think of how thin you would get."

and, like, in the first paragraph
they talk about the
weight-loss benefits of cocaine


(this, i remind you, in TEEN Vogue...)


but here's the real
kicker:
"all girls lie about what they eat.
they will be starving
and they will say:
this is just what I like"

do you see where this train
is heading?


"don't do it"
slips
very easily
into
"don't talk about it"

anorexia is effective
because it is silent
secrecy
is a key part of the function

lies and hiding

mystification


..."how does she do it?"

(you don't know the
half of it buddy)

can there ever be a tally of the damage anorexia wreaks?

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part two: "It's about control"

Posted by Sam at July 24, 2004 06:29 AM

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