I’m 99.9% sure that actually happened. I think that was a plot line on their short lived reality show.

This is what makes the dress notable, at least to me. It’s certainly eye-catching, but I don’t think it would stand out on most red carpets. She just looked SO silly next to a bunch of people in like, business casual. Beautiful, but silly.

Yeah, that’s how it seemed to me too. I think Nick is also somewhat newly sober himself so distant support is probably necessary.

Yep, he was in my city during that tour. I’m pretty sure he mostly just wanted/hoped to fuck a bunch of nostalgic sorority girls, though.

I, too, was a huge Nick Carter fan. From what I’ve seen/read, he cleaned up his act (I think he had a drinking problem?) and is married with a baby.

Yeah, you hit the nail on the head with the ridiculous, reductive stereotypes. Eating disorders are so fucking complex and it’s frustrating to see them play out as the same old tropes time and time again. I think the collective idea of what ED “looks like” is a big part of the reason lots of people delay treatment.

This bothers me a lot. I’d love to see a movie depict the actual damage of an ED. But hair loss, chipped teeth, and swollen salivary glands aren’t very sexy.

It’s super frustrating. Sometimes when we’re going through old photos, my mother will find one from that time and start with the “look how in shape you were!” nonsense and it makes me want to scream.

Ugh, exactly; and I frequented those boards like a mad woman. It didn’t help that my mother parroted that attitude by saying I “looked fine” so I couldn’t possibly have a problem.

Thank you!!

Yeesh, that sounds like an early aughts pro-ana forum come to life.

It’s wild to me how similar outright pro-eating disorder stuff and mainstream weight loss tactics are. My first job out of college was managing a Jenny Craig center and ohhh man was that a misguided choice.

I loathe all moral implications/judgements surrounding food, but the term “clean eating” makes me seethe with rage.

I think the difference is that no one starts using drugs with the intention of becoming an addict. While I don’t think anyone wakes up and says “I’m gonna become anorexic today”, eating disorders do tend to come with this awful desire to look visibly waifish and “sick.”

Yeah, I agree. Fitspo can still be dangerous and pretty ableist, but I 100% would rather see a musclar woman crush a watermelon with her thighs (an actual video I somehow stumbled upon last night!) than see someone showing off their hip bones and such.

This is what confounds me about the whole thing. I realize that lots of actors lose weight for roles, usually in weird and unhealthy ways. But what kind of doctor is okay helping a former anorexic become visibly emaciated?

I think you’re 100% right. I was never technically below my healthy BMI range and seeing representations of scary skinny girls with eating disorders always made me feel like I was just really bad at bulimia.

It really is astounding. Whenever I see pictures of me at my worst it’s jarring because I look so unlike my healthy-ish self, but all I heard during that time was how healthy and fit I looked.

Not to diminish your point, but I think most people assumed Daisy had an eating disorder because she was trading meds for laxatives, which is a really common symptom of bulimia.

I wish I could star this more than once. So much solidarity. Diet culture is so dangerous and I cringe every time I hear women talking about “being good” ugh.