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WorseBeforeBetter

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8. Pics of Holocaust victims and those who died from eating disorders?

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Wed Oct 23, 2013, 04:11 PM

Oct 2013

Grotesquely, some of the sites showed pictures of Holocaust victims "for motivational purposes" or martyred those who died from eating disorders. It seemed to make her own struggle OK, Sara said.

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Sad story of body image : girls trying to get so thin their thighs don't touch: [View all] hedgehog Oct 2013 OP

We used to have a phrase for those skinny thighs - enlightenment Oct 2013 #1

Yes, the ever-sought after "thigh gap". moriah Oct 2013 #2

Sad thing is ... dawg Oct 2013 #3

i dont know anyone who thinks the starving ethiopian look is attractive leftyohiolib Oct 2013 #4

If the motivation is to look sexy or attractive, it's badly misplaced, at least in my opinion. badtoworse Oct 2013 #5

the key is to walk bow legged Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #6

Or, as the article stated - to have wide hips! hedgehog Oct 2013 #7

Pics of Holocaust victims and those who died from eating disorders? WorseBeforeBetter Oct 2013 #8

If you search PasadenaTrudy Oct 2013 #9

People who have that gap are bow-legged. Dash87 Oct 2013 #10

And I always found it ohheckyeah Oct 2013 #11

wow. laundry_queen Oct 2013 #12

Wow, sounds like we grew up in the same house. n/t Butterbean Oct 2013 #13

My mother was always on a diet - which may have led to her hedgehog Oct 2013 #14