'Say No to Anorexia' Ads Pass the Buck and Miss the Point

Over on BuzzFeed, Copyranter has posted a series of ads from Brazil. Star Models is that country's branch of Ford Models* and the ads involve a glamorous fashion sketch placed side by side with a model Photoshopped to appear painfully thin. The tagline:

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WTF: Model Scouts Look for New Talent at Eating Disorders Clinic

Sweden's largest eating disorders treatment clinic, the 1,700-bed Stockholm Center for Eating Disorders, says it has an unusual problem: scouts for Sweden's biggest modeling agencies who congregate outside its doors, persistently trying to recruit patients.

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Is 'Drunkorexia' Really a Thing? Meh.

Since time immemorial, fresh-faced collegiate youngsters have been skipping Tostada Bowl Day at the dining hall in anticipation of the "Babies and Mommies" party later tonight at ΑΤΩ.* Drinking on an empty stomach is as integral to the college experience as shower-flops and Glee Club incest—it facilitate maximal…

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This Week in Tabloids: A Dubious and Fucked-Up Guide to Celebrity…

Welcome back to Midweek Madness, in which Tanisha Love Ramirez assists as we gorge on gossip from In Touch, Us, Ok!, Life & Style, and Star. This week, there's a ton of Kardashian "news": Scott "American Psycho" Disick may not be the father of Kourtney Kardashian's son; Rob Kardashian's been boozing and seeing hookers;…

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Diabulimia: Eat Anything You Want, Lose Weight and Seriously Put Your…

Erin Williams was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 11 years old, and at 14, she decided to stop taking her insulin. Her body started to "burn through fat and muscle" and Williams lost weight quickly. Dangerous? Absolutely. But as ABC News reports, Williams actually experienced positive reinforcement:

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Recovering Anorexic Asks Frat Bros to Please Stop Wearing "Please Don't…

Five years ago, the Phi Sigma Kappa brothers at American University decided it would be hilarious to print rush t-shirts that said "Please don't feed the sorority girls" on the front and "Campus Beautification" on the back. The AU Interfraternity Council told them to get rid of them because, "as a general standard, if…

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This Wonderful Letter Posted in a Girls' Bathroom Stall Makes Me Feel…

Most people usually ignore writing scribbled on bathroom stalls, or at least forget all about it after they're done peeing; I know I've seen countless confessions of unrequited love and unspeakable pain over the years, all of which I've erased from memory as soon as I zip up my jeans.

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Hashbrowns and Hashtags: How Will Instagram Stay Ahead of Photos That…

Instagram has 80 million users and they're growing fast, and with that, moderating the quickly expanding community is a mounting concern. For Beat, a British nonprofit that helps people struggling with eating disorders, the concern is with hashtags and images that celebrate disordered eating and emaciated bodies.…

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