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Look at yourself Squeeze any fat you have A pinch A handful How much is too much? What really is fat or skinny? Victoria's Secret "Love My Body" campaign shows seven svelte models while Dove's "Real Beauty campaign features an array of 'Real Women' with curves in all the right places  Both campaigns exclude most body types and show major problems with society One shows plus sized is okay is only okay if you're plus in the right places The other proves skinny is king These are the standards we set for little ones to abide by With a small bust plus wasn't an option So I turned skeletons into goddesses  Prayed the would teach me how not to need Worshiped hipbones over pizza A tiny waist over lunch Anorexia has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness Yet todays media forms computers in the minds of children to count calories as thought food were merely numbers I learned how to purge from a pro Ana website when I was nine Stuck a toothbrush down my throat and forced up dinner Turned to laxatives at 12 Learned ill was okay if skinny was the side effect Today I look at myself Squeeze any fat I have A handful A pinch How much is too much
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Dec 12, 2018
Dec 12, 2018 at 6:02 PM UTC
Look at yourself
Look at yourself Squeeze any fat you have A pinch A handful How much is too much? What really is fat or skinny? Victoria's Secret "Love My Body" campaign shows seven svelte models while Dove's "Real Beauty campaign features an array of 'Real Women' with curves in all the right places  Both campaigns exclude most body types and show major problems with society One shows plus sized is okay is only okay if you're plus in the right places The other proves skinny is king These are the standards we set for little ones to abide by With a small bust plus wasn't an option So I turned skeletons into goddesses  Prayed the would teach me how not to need Worshiped hipbones over pizza A tiny waist over lunch Anorexia has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness Yet todays media forms computers in the minds of children to count calories as thought food were merely numbers I learned how to purge from a pro Ana website when I was nine Stuck a toothbrush down my throat and forced up dinner Turned to laxatives at 12 Learned ill was okay if skinny was the side effect Today I look at myself Squeeze any fat I have A handful A pinch How much is too much
#anorexia#bulimia#ed#eating#disorder#poetry#triggerwarning
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Dec 12, 2018
Dec 12, 2018 at 6:02 PM UTC
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