contribute to eating disorders and other forms of self-harm. Not only does the media impose ideals on its victims, but it also provides information on of idealized body “means size,” such as fasting, over-exercising, and purgative techniques (Thompson 166). Since women accept the image of overly thin, anorexic, celebrities as the norm, they “beautiful” feel pressured to mimic their habits. Women everyday encounter images of celebrities on magazine covers that look almost emaciated, and these images filtering down to girls “are as young as 9 and 10” (Hellmich). Body-image researcher, professor of psychology at Kenyon College, Sarah Murnen reported in her studies that girls as young as first grade the culture is telling them that they should model themselves after celebrities who “think are svelte, beautiful, and sexy.” Shape-related disorders such as anorexia and bulimia are not only results of poor body image but are also glamorized by the media as well. Although the media isn’t the only cause of eating disorders, they are a massive contribution, especially in today’s technology era. There are a countless number of web sites on the Internet that even endorse eating disorders, dubbed or pertaining to anorexia and “pro-ano” “pro-mia,” bulimia, respectively (“Eating Disorders”). To help combat online encouragement, the blogging forum website Tumblr has a disclaimer under the tag of which “thinspiration,” is a term used combining the words thin and inspiration and is used by people suffering from eating disorders to help keep them inspired to lose weight and become or stay thin, that refers the viewer to a page of counseling and prevention resources for people who are dealing with eating disorders or self harm issues (“Thinspiration”). Demi Lovato spoke out about her issues in her documentary Demi Lovato: Stay problem with eating disorders [is] it’s never enough. You can lose all the Strong, “The
contribute to eating disorders and other forms of self-harm. Not only does the media impose ideals on its victims, but it also provides information on “means of idealized body size,” such as fasting, over-exercising, and purgative techniques (Thompson 166). Since women accept the image of overly thin, anorexic, “beautiful” celebrities as the norm, they feel pressured to mimic their habits. Women everyday encounter images of celebrities on magazine covers that look almost emaciated, and these images “are filtering down to girls as young as 9 and 10” (Hellmich). Body-image researcher, professor of psychology at Kenyon College, Sarah Murnen reported in her studies that girls as young as first grade “think the culture is telling them that they should model themselves after celebrities who are svelte, beautiful, and sexy.” Shape-related disorders such as anorexia and bulimia are not only results of poor body image but are also glamorized by the media as well. Although the media isn’t the only cause of eating disorders, they are a massive contribution, especially in today’s technology era. There are a countless number of web sites on the Internet that even endorse eating disorders, dubbed “pro-ano” or “pro-mia,” pertaining to anorexia and bulimia, respectively (“Eating Disorders”). To help combat online encouragement, the blogging forum website Tumblr has a disclaimer under the tag of “thinspiration,” which is a term used combining the words thin and inspiration and is used by people suffering from eating disorders to help keep them inspired to lose weight and become or stay thin, that refers the viewer to a page of counseling and prevention resources for people who are dealing with eating disorders or self harm issues (“Thinspiration”). Demi Lovato spoke out about her issues in her documentary Demi Lovato: Stay Strong, “The problem with eating disorders [is] it’s never enough. You can lose all the
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