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Apr 2015
I read a vogue magazine once

I wanted to be more mature
I wanted to be a child again

I was bored of how I looked

I was called 'fat' once

I needed more control over myself
I needed someone to look after me

I wanted to deny myself a basic human need

I was in so much pain that I needed more

I lost weight and I couldn't stop
I found something I was good at

I ran out of ways to destroy myself
All of these reasons and none of these reasons. I think maybe it had been simmering beneath my skin for years before I stopped eating.
Jo Kent
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Jo Kent  England
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       Lior Gavra, Sister Sinister, --- and Jo Kent
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