Posted by nolegirl23 on March 16, 2007, at 19:28:49
In reply to Poet's Comments- Trigger, posted by Poet on November 19, 2006, at 18:00:15
One more thing:
This documentary featured emaciated women. Yes, a majority of people with an eating disorder are very thin, but several women with ED's (predominantly bulimia) are not so emaciated.
These women seem to be less important to staff members at ED treatment facilities. One girl who was in treatment with me would cry every night because she felt like she was too fat to be in treatment. Although she has the same disease as the 50 lbs. anorectic, bulimics are looked at as less than..
Their disease is not taken as seriously, they are not as cared for and doted upon as the anorectics who are in treatment.
I found that *Thin* showcased women who were very thin when in fact, a large percent of eating disordered people do not fit into that emaciated image that comes to the mind of the less informed individual.
Most people who have little or no knowledge of eating disorders do not realize that not all eating disordered people are emaciated, and I feel that *Thin* could have made that a point in the film.
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