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This article caught my eye. It is not directly related to international news, I suppose, but is an international problem. The report is about a book that was written by a vogue editor about the eating disorders in the modeling industry. This is a topic I am a little passionate about because I have struggled with wanting to be anorexic and have many friends who have struggled as well.
I find it frustrating the unrealistic pressure we put on women (and men, I suppose) to be so skinny it is unhealthy. Not only are the models unrealistically skinny, but after their photos are further photoshopped into "perfection."
I am grateful that my boyfriend is accepting of how I look and doesn't expect me to look like a model, however, it is interesting that it doesn't change how hard of a time I have maintaining a healthy and positive image of my body. I get so angry when I look at the expectations of models and how those expectations dribble down into the general population.
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