Vocabulary
Word
Meaning
Ana
Short form for Anorexia – Personifying the eating disorder as a person ex. Ana is my only friend
Mia
Short form for Bulimia – Personifying the eating disorder as a person ex. Mia is there for me when I need it
Ednos
‘Eating disorder not otherwise specified’
UGW
Ultimate goal weight – the weight were you achieve thinness
Thinspo
Short form for Thinsporation or Thin inspiration. Pictures of thin girls and other motivating things are included in this category.
Wannarexic
Someone or something that is posing to have Anorexia
Pro-Ana/Mia
Something (usually a website) that supports an eating disorder
Binge
The act of consuming a large amount of food in a small period of time.
Purge
The act of making yourself throw up, usually by sticking your finger down your throat
Fast
The act of not eating for an extended period of time
PROLOUGE
The summer I was eleven, my cousins came to visit for the week at our little cottage home. It was a yearly ritual for my family – with the beach right at our fingertips and an endless amount of space to run, it was the perfect place to dump you kids for a week while you finally get a well-earned break.
After a long day of swimming, pruning and tanning underneath the warm sun, we decided it was time to take a trip to the local library.
While browsing through the limited section of teen reads, I couldn’t help but notice my youngest cousin. She would pick up a book, flip to the last page, than determine if it went back on the shelf or in our pile. I couldn’t help but ask, “Bridget? Why are you doing that?”
Glancing up from the small paperback, colourfully decorated with fairies, that she was currently critiquing, she gave me a look that clearly meant I should know the answer. “To find out if the ending is good or not.”
“But why ruin it?” my voice that of a confused child, “why spend all that time reading the book if you already know how it ends?”
“Because Alex,” she sighed, “the ending is the best part.”
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75 Pounds
Teen FictionAlexandra Morton is in stuck in the hospital. Everyone keeps telling her she has an eating disorder, but that's not what she would call it. She's not sick, not Anorexic, and shouldn't be here. For eleven weeks. And then thrown back into her home wit...
