Thousands of pro-anorexia videos posted to Internet

by Barry ORegan | August 15, 2007 at 06:19 am

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Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor

Apparently being Healthy is not good enough in a image and youth based society.

It is so tragic that young pre teen women feel peer pressure in that they must fit into a certain mould brought on by an Image Based Society of So Called Beautiful People. Shows like Ugly Betty are the exception showing Plain Janes in a world of Fashion Television, Celebrities and Clothing Stores where it is Chic to be a size "0". Truly some in Society are Unclear of the Concept of Beauty in all shapes, colours and features. When society is more a size 8 to 11.

Thousands of pro-anorexia videos posted to Internet

Misty Harris, CanWest News Service

Published: Wednesday, August 15, 2007

A new kind of graphic Internet video has inspired calls for website administrators to ban or restrict access to the "hardcore" clips being accessed by teens through YouTube, Facebook and MySpace.

The cause of concern isn't pornography but rather "thinspo" videos alleged to promote anorexia and bulimia among the young people who watch them. There are currently more than 8,000 public thinspo - also called thinspiration - videos on YouTube, most of which set images of skeletal models, celebrities and anonymous real girls to songs such as Lisa Loeb's She's Falling Apart, a favourite anthem among disordered eaters.

They tend to be accompanied by "motivational" words for pro-ana (pro-anorexic) viewers, such as the message in the video "Thinspiration By Livi" reading: "Every time when I'm about to eat, I look at these girls and then remember that nothing tastes as good as thin feels."