Eating Disordes
The three narratives I chose for this paper were Alisa L. Valdes, Abra Fortune Chernik and Nomy Lamm. All of these narratives talk about the body, eating disorders, and body image. I feel like I relate to these narratives because I used to be anorexic for three years, so by reading these stories I can totally relate. I think the one I enjoyed reading the most was “The Body Politic”. This story talked about women who were anorexic for years and also bulimic. The way she expressed her feelings by telling the story and the details was exactly how I was and exactly how I felt. I agree 100% when she talks about how the media and society has a major role in eating disorders today. I strongly believe that. The reason for mine was because I was heavily into ballet dancing for 15 years. I danced professionally in Las Vegas (with clothes on) and every week they would weigh us to make sure we did not gain any weight and if we did we had to lose it quick! I only did that for six months because I was paranoid of gaining any weight. So that did no good when it came to trying to overco . . .
I enjoyed how she loved her body and she knew she was fat, and she excepted that. I find it hard to believe that after reading these stories nothing has changed for women today. Also women today like to compete with each other when it comes to weight and looks. Women go to aerobic classes and see other women and compare themselves to these other women and want to have the body like hers. She excepted that she was “overweight” and dealt with it, even if she was teased all the time because of it she loved her body. It takes a lot for these women to express these stories and feelings out and give them so much credit for that. When we talked about eating disorders and how commercials, ads, television and etc. , have such a major role in eating disorders today and women will do anything to lose weight and impress men. This is how it should be in society today with women and there bodies. The narratives relate to the topic of body image that we talked about in class. I think in my parent’s generation it was nothing like it is today with men and women. That is totally true, we can never please society today because it just keeps getting worse. As for women things have changed because of the way men look at women and what men want these women to look like.
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