‘Skinny Girls Bleed Flowers’ is a slam poem by Savannah Brown documenting her experience with anorexia and bulimia. Brown personifies the eating disorders as monsters…
During my last year of high school, I tried to help one of my closest friends, Rebecca (name changed), through an eating disorder. I found…
“Look at Me” is a spoken word performance, written and orchestrated by Azure Antoinette. Azure poetically expresses the seriousness of eating disorders in popular culture…
When Jennifer Sky launched her career at age fourteen, she imagined a glamorous lifestyle, fame, and designer clothes. Flash forward to seventeen: Her experiences turned…
In 2013, 17-year old Grainne Binns came forward to the Daily Mail with her story of having anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder defined by a…
This short film was produced by Olivia Maloney and Cameron Dreyer, 13 year old girls from Denver, Colorado. This plot follows a young girl who…
“Shrinking Women” by Lily Myers tells a story of women in her family who have been taught to shrink for generations while the men grew. Her…
Zachary Haines was 16 years old when a physical examination put his 5’7”, 230-pound body within the obese range. Soon after, Zachary began working out…
Skeleton in the Closet – Fritz Liedtke Photo taken from: http://fritzphoto.bizland.com/skeletoninthecloset/?page_id=5
by: NEDA http://vimeo.com/2567743 The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting individuals and families affected by eating disorders. They campaign…
The loss of control, hopelessness, and overwhelming stress and anxiety felt by individuals with eating disorders are symptoms often experienced by the family as well. …
By: Kezzi-Rose When you have an eating disorder, such as anorexia or bulimia, your mind is constantly ticking with numbers. The numbers on the tape…
Parents often feel guilty, siblings may feel pushed aside, and the ill adolescent may worry that everyone is against her. Conflicts arise around food, eating,…
For those of us who have never personally struggled with an eating disorder, it is easy to judge, easy to assume that recovery is just…
More than sixty years ago, psychiatrist John Bowlby stated that parent-child attachment can be understood within an evolutionary context, in that it is adaptive and…
