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I usually make a point to not watch E! Channel, or MTV, the images of the girls are usually triggering, and I end up feeling disgusting afterwards.
But, I realize I am FAR FAR FAR into recovery b/c of this...
The drama around the Britney Spears VMA perf.
I was APPALLED to hear every telecaster in the area call her "fat".
I'm sitting here thinking, "OMG that woman just was preggo for two years she looks great!"
And then, BAM, media comes in and says as an artist, she looked disgusting.
How many girls have a body type like Britney does now?
I DO.
I am seriously offended. I am scared for the kids who heard that telecast, and I am terrified for the young people who look in the mirror & PANIC b/c someone on TV said Britney (at a healthy weight, looking well fed & something like a greek statue) was fat. I took my shirt off, wandered to the mirrow, and gazed.
yep, I have a NOW britney body. and you know what? For one of the first times EVER...
I AM DAMN PROUD OF BEING HEALTHY. No bones sticking out grossly, no hollows in the cheeks, and ass that doesn't ache after I sit on a hard surface.
I think the VMA perf. was a sobering experience. I feel normal now. And it's taken a long time.
Also, kudos to the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty... Their adds make me feel great as well.
;o)
But, I realize I am FAR FAR FAR into recovery b/c of this...
The drama around the Britney Spears VMA perf.
I was APPALLED to hear every telecaster in the area call her "fat".
I'm sitting here thinking, "OMG that woman just was preggo for two years she looks great!"
And then, BAM, media comes in and says as an artist, she looked disgusting.
How many girls have a body type like Britney does now?
I DO.
I am seriously offended. I am scared for the kids who heard that telecast, and I am terrified for the young people who look in the mirror & PANIC b/c someone on TV said Britney (at a healthy weight, looking well fed & something like a greek statue) was fat. I took my shirt off, wandered to the mirrow, and gazed.
yep, I have a NOW britney body. and you know what? For one of the first times EVER...
I AM DAMN PROUD OF BEING HEALTHY. No bones sticking out grossly, no hollows in the cheeks, and ass that doesn't ache after I sit on a hard surface.
I think the VMA perf. was a sobering experience. I feel normal now. And it's taken a long time.
Also, kudos to the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty... Their adds make me feel great as well.
;o)
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I have been here before, a long long time ago and now I am back.Forgive me for not just saying what I want to say,even under a triple dose of antidepressants it is still raw and seeping and I am hesitant at revealing it as at least under the bandages around my heart I don,t have to look at how raw and wounded.My child was cleaved from my heart by his own actions. my child of ten,turning eleven...
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
My ED didn't get started by the media images but they still trigger me. Like when I looked at Nicole Richie before she became pregnant I was always comparing because I wanted to look just like her.
Honestly though, it wasn't the hollywood media and ed stories that got me. It was actually a story about a regular person with an ED on the Tyra show that triggered it for me. (or at least I think that's what triggered it). When it comes to celebrity media, I try not to pay too much attention.
Bailey, that's damn cool.
Being in the industry you have to pretty much conform to their ideas of what is attractive or you won't succeed. You'll get slammed at every opportunity. This isn't always the case but usually it is.
Now before you all get upset with me, let me just say that.....I am a realist. This is my opinion but do I think it is right....NO WAY!!!! But I can't change societies thinking all by myself. Personally I think it would have been great to be born during the Rennaiscance Period...