Examples of how we have failed in raising young women to be proud of their bodies and confident in their own skin. By we I mean the parents of these girls, for not telling them that the media's portrayal of beauty is B.S., for failing to provide them with emotional security and for failing to place their value in something other than their daughter's physical appearance. Also to blame are those friends and authority figures who fail to recognize when a girl is falling into the thin trap, and the media for not giving women an accurate and true picture of what actual beauty is. But most of it is our fault, because we can control what the media tells us. We can demand that they change the 'THIN IS IN" message. We have already begun taking small steps, like Madrid banning underweight models from their fashion shows, but we can do so much more, demand so much more. The media shouldn't control us, we should control them.
http://www.pro-ana-nation.com/
http://www.xanga.com/bonesarebeautyxX
http://www.xanga.com/x3THINSPIRATION
NOTE: The pro-ana (pro-anorexia) website is a girl's story of her battle with anorexia. It differs from the other two sites listed because the other sites actually give out tips and suggestions on how to keep yourself from eating. Basically pro-ana is a support group type of thing, while the other sites (from what I gathered and understood) seem to be glorifying eating disorders.
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