bulimia
My Eating Disorder Had Nothing to Do with Barbie or the Media
A lot of people with an eating disorder will find the idea that it's caused by Barbies or supermodels insulting and patronizing. It's a mental illness, not a bad case of vanity.
Why It's So Hard to Talk About Male Anorexia
I was a teenage boy who thought anorexia was a "girl's problem." I was wrong.
Read an Excerpt from Sarah Gerard's New Novel About Bulimia
Read a selection from Sarah Gerard's new, fearlessly blunt novel about a young woman struggling with bulimia.
Coming Out About Eating Disorders Might Not Be Cathartic, But It's Important
Girls' Zosia Mamet became the latest celebrity to share her struggle with an eating disorder this week. Author and previous anorexia sufferer Emma Woolf explains how important this public "coming out" is.
Ramadan Is Tough for Muslims with Eating Disorders
For Muslims suffering from eating disorders, this sacred time of fasting is the only month they can get away with starving themselves because not only is not-eating enabled, it is rewarded. I know this firsthand.
Dean Kamen—Inventor of the Segway—Made a Bulimia Machine
The brilliant mind who brought us the Segway, a device aimed at eliminating walking, is back to show us how to remove the annoying process of digestion from our everyday lives. Just plug a tube into your "Skin Port," and let this incredibly stupid...
Bulimi-ania!
Bulimia's fucked up. I just spent a week doing it to see what it's like, and I don't understand how those bitches survive.
Bulimi-ania!
Bulimia's fucked up. I just spent a week doing it to see what it's like, and I don't understand how those bitches survive.
Thin Chicks
Not all girls that have anorexia or bulimia look like a stick figure with the faintest ghosts of tits. Some of them just look a bit skinny and act kind of squirrelly.
Puking Up Bullshit
The best art to come out of Mexico never actually existed. It was poignant and beautiful and provided heavy social commentary.