Okay, so I really like The Onion and think most of its articles are funny and satirical. I've even found some distinctly feminist articles there, like the one about the 'glass ceiling' which I've posted here before.

So how did this appalling piece of crap find its way there?

Women Have To Stop Starving Themselves Past The Point Of HotnessAn ( Read more... )

This is a pretty interesting article from Slate.  I bolded the part of the article I found the most insightful.

( Kate Moss: The Ironies of Her Downfall )

Here is a link to a story you might find interesting: Forced feeding of women in MauritaniaThis is something I had not heard of before. Certainly it is no better than asking women to starve themselves to become thin but I think it is a curious situation that will allow these two complete polar opposites to come together ( Read more... )

today i was watching The View, and they had two girls explaining how they go on websites to learn how to be anorexic and bulimic? i typed in 'thinspiration' tonight and got too many links to even count ( Read more... )

Article in this week's TIME magazine about pro-ana websites, and their possible effects.
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