Guest Post: Gender Politics, Media & Eating Disorders
Posted May 01 2011 4:08am
I’m delighted to present a guest post at Beautiful You today by Alexis Bonari. Alexis has courageously recovered from an eating disorder and has an interesting story to share about how her studies at University helped her to do so. I was thrilled when she contacted me and wanted to share her journey with you. If you have recovered from an eating disorder or any other life circumstance and think your words could inspire and support others – please contact me! You could be a guest poster at Beautiful You too.
I didn’t realize I had an eating disorder until I confessed one night to my college sweetheart; “Sometimes I make myself sick.” I know—how do you not get what’s happening when you’re purging? Sadly, people with eating disorders often can’t accept they’re sick. They swear what they’re doing is okay. That’s why I was as shocked as my boyfriend was at the confession.
Our campus therapist was a joke. I was inches from leaving school and locking myself into a clinic until I attended the semester’s first class of Politics of Sex, a seminar for understanding genders, sexuality, and… Read the rest
I’m delighted to present a guest post at Beautiful You today by Alexis Bonari. Alexis has courageously recovered from an eating disorder and has an interesting story to share about how her studies at University helped her to do so. I was thrilled when she contacted me and wanted to share her journey with you. If you have recovered from an eating disorder or any other life circumstance and think your words could inspire and support others – please contact me! You could be a guest poster at Beautiful You too.
I didn’t realize I had an eating disorder until I confessed one night to my college sweetheart; “Sometimes I make myself sick.” I know—how do you not get what’s happening when you’re purging? Sadly, people with eating disorders often can’t accept they’re sick. They swear what they’re doing is okay. That’s why I was as shocked as my boyfriend was at the confession.
Our campus therapist was a joke. I was inches from leaving school and locking myself into a clinic until I attended the semester’s first class of Politics of Sex, a seminar for understanding genders, sexuality, and… Read the rest