As I’ve been reading my novel Wintergirls, I keep coming across the questions that I always asked in the novel Thirteen Reasons Why. How can girls reach the point to do something so drastic that even effects their health. I don’t understand how girls can come to the conclusion that being able to see your ribs and bones is even remotely attractive. Who wants a body like that? This book reminds me of the problem that a model had when she modeled for Ralph Lauren had a few months ago, where a European ad agency made her body look so unhealthy and unreal it turned heads. It was a big conspiracy and a talk of that nation. Just think of what kind of influence it shows to young girls and women today? It seems like more and more stars now are starting to come out with their battle on anorexia and or bulimia. Just yesterday I was watching Portia De Rossi on Oprah talking about her battle with both, she discussed how that made her feel and what triggered it all. She said she went to a dress fitting for a commercial she was going to be in and the clothing designer was getting frustrated because no one told her what size Portia was. She screamed at the agency say “No one told me she wasn’t a size four.” She was actually a size eight. She told Portia “face it honey just have big legs.” And those words triggered it all. Portia starved herself into a whopping 84 pounds. Its mind blowing how someone could manipulate thier body to that point. It really goes to show you what words can do, and what any girl or women of any age will do or how far they will go to reach their glory.
Below is the ralph lauren add & a protia de rossi at her skinniest wieght:
Is that attractive?
Excellent post! (I didn't know that about Portia.) How terrifying. There is a woman in my town who clearly suffers from eating disorders. She walks CONSTANTLY...all over town...and looks even skinnier than the picture of Portia. I feel so horrible for women with this disease because I can understand where and how it starts.
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