Nowadays, we learn that size is everything
We learn not to believe in the comforting words of our peers,
We learn, thinner you are, the more you're worth.
It seems that we've become archeologists, because all we want to see are bones.
You are only valuable if we can see your bones.
And now, we see these kids who suffer in silence, who intentionally skip their meals, who take fingers to their throat, or go to the store to look for skinny pills and laxatives
It isn't something these kids can just stop, it becomes part of them
It went from an experience to a habit.
From a habit to an addiction.
From an addiction and now a condition
A year later those same kids are going to treatment for heart disease, ulcers, and eating disorders. They'll go to the dentist for their tooth enamel that no longer even exists
But how did they let it get this far?
How did WE let it get this far?
They begged and begged but little did they know how much they were really losing besides weight.
They have lost their time, their dignity, their self worth, their identities, and possibly their lives.
It wasn't their fault, they just wanted to be pretty
This should not be the cost of beauty.
Ever.