- Anorexic, Bulimic and Online – works.
In the article, Beverly Kemp tells us about websites, which promote "ana/mia". She deplores them, she wants them banned. She wants to pursued us to share her point of view.
As with most magazine articles the headline and photograph are intended to grab our attention as we flick through the pages. On this occasion the picture is missing, in the original article a picture was used but somebody obviously felt it was too graphic for a School piece.
The introduction in this article uses strong emotive language to capture the writers (Beverly Kemp) opinion on the subject concerned. At the start she tells us website names promoting anorexia and Bulimia (ana-mia) such as websites with the title; Sharp Bones, Dying to be thin, Stick Figures and many more. Beverly then goes on to tell us about the members of these such websites telling us that people join from there early teens to there late 30's and also adding in the fact that the numbers are primarily female. We are introduced to the fact that the members are primarily getting younger over the years.
In the same paragraph she goes on to tell us about the sort of things these websites say and do. She says to exchange how – to tips with like-minded individuals. In one part of the introduction she says, "These are pro anorexia and bulimia websites owned and visited by young women". Suggestions are posted to help people become the perfect 2ana" (as the members put it). The advice Beverly tells us about says; "Eat ice cubes during cravings/stay cold/when wanting food. Paint your nails do anything bur eat". The next part Beverly tells us that several of the websites list "Ana's Ten Commandments". Such as "Being thin is more important than being healthy" and "Thou shall not eat without feeling guilty".
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