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24th February 2012

Link reblogged from the dopest ethiopienne with 12 notes

the dopest ethiopienne: [TW: EDs, disordered eating, body dysmorphia] →

ethiopienne:

I’m thinking of writing something (maybe for my school’s Center for Women & Gender blog) about the ways in which race and class influence the development and progression of eating disorders/disordered eating.

I know that my own experiences with disordered eating have stemmed largely from…

Source: ethiopienne

  1. wordswillnever said: i’d really like to talk to you about this. should i message?
  2. blackgirlblues reblogged this from ethiopienne
  3. tenmorereasons said: I, myself, had disordered eating. And I’m black.
  4. siddharthasmama said: I agree. I suffered horribly with anorexia&bulimia for 5 years and I still have BDD (like, diagnosed. I don’t own mirrors outside my bathroom because of it), and I never got taken seriously for it in therapy or otherwise cuz I’m not pretty white girl
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