Categories: Ramblings

I watched Drop Dead Gorgeous yesterday. That movie’s hella funny. If you never watched it before, it pokes fun at beauty pageants and middle America. It also shows the ridiculous lengths women will go become “princesses.” Mary Johansen, the anorexic girl who won the title the year before, said something that was one of the funniest things I’d heard in a while. “With one week to go before the pageant, I was finishing my outfit, rehearsing my talent, brushing up on current events, and running 18 miles a day on about 400 calories. I was ready.” You should’ve seen the pathetic state she was in. She was wasting away, and spent most of her time in bed. Other times she was in a wheelchair because she was too weak to stand. And at the end of it all, she lost her crown a year later. Seems so futile doesn’t it? To destroy your life for some momentary glory. That painful realization inspired me to post this.

I want to know why? Why would women destroy their bodies like that just to look thin? I mean God! Look at the pic. This girl’s dress is barely hanging on her bony frame. And she probably thinks exposed ribs makes her look more attractive. Well I don’t. I wouldn’t make love to her. In fact, I’d rather do one of those lab skeletons. More meat. Months ago over at Teenage Perfectionist, she brought to my attention a blog by an anorexic, read and commented on by other anorexics. What I read shocked me, the lengths these girls will go to lose weight. And the worst thing is their loved ones don’t even know. And HBO made a documentary about it called “Thin”. It premiered on the 14th of November so I doubt you’ll catch it. I wonder what drives girls to do this. Is it low self-esteem? Do they think society will accept them more if they look like the living dead? Or are they trying to attain the ridiculously high standards of beauty set by society? I think its a combination of both.

I think one of the reasons why anorexia is so widespread is that people don’t view it as a disease. People view it as just a bunch of teenage girls throwin’ up so they can fit in size 10 dresses. That’s probably why many of them don’t realize the danger that they’re in. We need to stop parading stick thin models around and get some plump women on magazine covers. Cover Girl has made the first step by featuring some large ladies like Queen Latifah. But more needs to be done, else more young ladies will be literally dying to be thin.