novembre ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- when it's sunny, on national holidays, "the bragging was the worst. i hear this in schools all over the country, in cafes and restaurants, in bars, on the internet, for pete's sake, on buses, on sidewalks: women yammering about how little they eat. oh, i'm starving. i haven't eaten all day. i think i'll have a great big piece of lettuce. i'm not hungry. i don't like to eat in the morning (in the afternoon, in the evening, on tuesdays, when my nails aren't painted, when my shin hurts, when it's raining, when it's sunny, on national holidays, after or before 2 am). i heard it in the hospital, that terrible ironic whine from the chapped lips of women starving to death, But I'm Not Hun-greeee. to hear women tell it, we're never hungry. we live on little ms. pac-man power pellets. food makes us queasy, food makes us itchy, food is too messy, all i really like to eat is celery. to hear women tell it, we're etheral beings who eat with the greatest distaste, scraping scraps of food between our teeth with our upper lips curled. for your edification, it's bullshit." from WASTED, by marya hornbacher, a memoir about anorexia and bulimia. 8:25 pm - 9.19.2000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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