What is it about women desiring to be insubstantial, because that is, at the root, what being skinny is about? We may call it “beauty,” but it suggests to me an expression of tenuousness — not wanting to take up too much space, move too much air, consume too many resources. Yuk. Granted, I’m uhealthily overweight, but I wrestled with bulimic behavior in high school, and that’s I learned about myself. That, and about the issue of control through food. Life unmanageable? Binge and starve in a highfuly structured manner to restore a sense of power. Yay!
September 24th, 2003 at 2:05 am
Yuck! Must erase memory. Where’s the beer?
September 24th, 2003 at 2:08 am
Anyone who thinks that looking like you’re straight out of the concentration camp is sexy is insane.
September 25th, 2003 at 6:24 pm
a tad too skinny me thinks
September 26th, 2003 at 2:17 pm
What is it about women desiring to be insubstantial, because that is, at the root, what being skinny is about? We may call it “beauty,” but it suggests to me an expression of tenuousness — not wanting to take up too much space, move too much air, consume too many resources. Yuk. Granted, I’m uhealthily overweight, but I wrestled with bulimic behavior in high school, and that’s I learned about myself. That, and about the issue of control through food. Life unmanageable? Binge and starve in a highfuly structured manner to restore a sense of power. Yay!