I think I have finally pinpointed one of the things that bother me so much about the way America treats the skinny end of the eating disorder stick. I have made a mess of trying to express my sentiments in the past due to my love for twenty-paragraph rants, so I'll keep it short this time and spare you all the trouble:
MEDIA: Be skinny! Become a human coat hanger and mere sex object open to the commentary of anyone who sees your body or you are worthless. Also disappear as much as you can so you won't take up space! Pictures of fat people with no heads!
PARENTS: *Dysfunction'd*
CULTURE IN GENERAL: *Suuuuuck*
YOUNG PEOPLE: Argh must find something to control! Must be perfect! Must disappear!
MEDIA: More! More! Oh god, yes, MORE! You're all so naturally gazelle-like!
ANOREXIC PEOPLE: *faint*
REGULAR PUBLIC: Holy shit this is so fucked up. Somebody do something!
MEDIA: *Glamorizes disease even more with anti-anorexia awareness ads showing images of helpless, gorgeous models swooning virtuously before disgusting evil fat monster reflection in various mirrors*
ANOREXIC PEOPLE: Wow, we look SWEET when we're dying.
LJ: Come share this pro-ana on our site. Competitive dieting will lead to recovery or various other results!
MEDIA: No, no, don't be proud of the only accomplishment you feel you can call your own! We can barely stop romanticizing your plight for five seconds, but trust us, we actually want you to get well!
ANOREXICS: LOL.
CULTURE: *Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck*
Am I crazy, or is this actually still going on? This perverse envy of the noble sufferer business that was such a problem a hundred years ago. We openly admire and encourage pain, and recast sickness as virtue even as we pretend to speak out against it, then wonder why nothing seems to be helping. Way to treat the symptoms with a bigger dose of the disease, y'all.
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September 18, 2008
September 11, 2007
...With Dissonance and Distortion For All.
Oh. My. GAWD. Did you guys see how DISGUSTINGLY FAT Britney Spears was on TV last night? Oh my GAWD, you guys. She looked like a caterpillar eating a leaf. Oh, my GAWD.
...This is all anyone seems to be able to talk about today. CNN even aired sound bytes of random people making fun of Britney's weight. She must have been SUCH A HEIFER to earn that much airtime with her horrible obscene flesh-folds, right?
Oh my gaaaawd. You can't even see her RIBS. I think I'd just KILL myself, wouldn't you? Oh my GAWWWWD.
Not that I care too much about defending some random pop star whose music I don't even listen to, but this kind of twisted never-good-enough bullshit is ego pollution. It's making EVERYBODY sick. I'm tired of people who get all fanorexic and start spraying diarrhea every time a movie star puts on ten pounds. Where do you idiots think all that shit lands?
I feel bad for all those little girls who go looking for a place in the world where they're wanted, and get told they're only welcome if they can still fit the same clothes for the rest of their lives. And even that's a lie, because by the time their numbers are acceptable, people will be making fun of their skeletons for being too bulbous.
Girls, I'm going to tell you a secret: there is no point at which the taunting stops if you have breasts in America.
We grown-ups sure love to dangle that carrot, though. The magazine covers at the supermarket checkstand last month were covered in paparazzi shots of the too-lumpy butts of bikini-clad starlets. This month it's about "Deadly Thin In Hollywood." AND THE PICTURES ARE OF THE SAME PEOPLE!
The prize cannot be won. Your best will never be enough. The game is rigged to keep you busy dancing like a trained monkey so you won't have time to become the first woman President.
Also, Soylent Green is made of people.
Women on the low ends of normal weight are showing off their bodies in a display of "fat pride" and pro-anorexics are airbrushing each other's photos to bring out the collarbones. Meanwhile EVERYONE is screaming about how OBESITY IS GOING TO NUKE THE ICE CAPS BY 2010!!!!!!!!
What's next, CIA photographs of the Britney Spears VMA performance with little red arrows pointing to the microscopic indendations where her waist bends during a high kick, indicating possible hideouts for Osama Bin Dyejob?
It's like I'm looking through the window of a funhouse just living in this fucking culture.
So fuck it. I'm not playing a game that's rigged and neither should anybody else who wants to stay sane. I'm going to war over this one, and my battle cry will be "BRITNEY SPEARS IS HOT!"
EDIT: Oh goodness, now CNN's acting all scandalized and humble. I especially like the part where everybody debates whether she's fat enough to deserve being crucified for appearing in public without a burqa. A+ for trying, guys! You'll be part of the solution in no time.
...This is all anyone seems to be able to talk about today. CNN even aired sound bytes of random people making fun of Britney's weight. She must have been SUCH A HEIFER to earn that much airtime with her horrible obscene flesh-folds, right?
Oh my gaaaawd. You can't even see her RIBS. I think I'd just KILL myself, wouldn't you? Oh my GAWWWWD.
Not that I care too much about defending some random pop star whose music I don't even listen to, but this kind of twisted never-good-enough bullshit is ego pollution. It's making EVERYBODY sick. I'm tired of people who get all fanorexic and start spraying diarrhea every time a movie star puts on ten pounds. Where do you idiots think all that shit lands?
I feel bad for all those little girls who go looking for a place in the world where they're wanted, and get told they're only welcome if they can still fit the same clothes for the rest of their lives. And even that's a lie, because by the time their numbers are acceptable, people will be making fun of their skeletons for being too bulbous.
Girls, I'm going to tell you a secret: there is no point at which the taunting stops if you have breasts in America.
We grown-ups sure love to dangle that carrot, though. The magazine covers at the supermarket checkstand last month were covered in paparazzi shots of the too-lumpy butts of bikini-clad starlets. This month it's about "Deadly Thin In Hollywood." AND THE PICTURES ARE OF THE SAME PEOPLE!
The prize cannot be won. Your best will never be enough. The game is rigged to keep you busy dancing like a trained monkey so you won't have time to become the first woman President.
Also, Soylent Green is made of people.
Women on the low ends of normal weight are showing off their bodies in a display of "fat pride" and pro-anorexics are airbrushing each other's photos to bring out the collarbones. Meanwhile EVERYONE is screaming about how OBESITY IS GOING TO NUKE THE ICE CAPS BY 2010!!!!!!!!
What's next, CIA photographs of the Britney Spears VMA performance with little red arrows pointing to the microscopic indendations where her waist bends during a high kick, indicating possible hideouts for Osama Bin Dyejob?
It's like I'm looking through the window of a funhouse just living in this fucking culture.
So fuck it. I'm not playing a game that's rigged and neither should anybody else who wants to stay sane. I'm going to war over this one, and my battle cry will be "BRITNEY SPEARS IS HOT!"
EDIT: Oh goodness, now CNN's acting all scandalized and humble. I especially like the part where everybody debates whether she's fat enough to deserve being crucified for appearing in public without a burqa. A+ for trying, guys! You'll be part of the solution in no time.
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