ANTB64H3 Chapter Notes -Laxative, Susan Bordo, Eating Disorder
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Not just a white girl"s thing : the changing face of food and body image problems -susan. Image of girl w/ eating disorder: white, heterosex. , na, and econ. secure, extreme perfectionist w/ a hyper-demanding mom, suffers from body image distortion syndrome. Anorexia: raised believed that it was a mark of racial superiority that black woman are comf. w/ large bodies feels she"s a traitor to her race. Attending all white school was quickly convinced taht her curves weren"t beautiful so she turned to binge and emot. eating and then purging; doctor was told by mom to put her on a safer. Diet but that just lead to weight gain and eventual diet pill and laxative abuse. Friend poked at her slightly protruding stomach at 12 saying she looked preg. Lost pounds but then no one complimented her eventually ate and ate and ate; losing the abil. to eat norm.
