Health
‘Thinspo’ underbelly: ‘This shouldn’t be a TikTok trophy’ – Chronicle
Anorexia and bulimia are not by-products of the social media age – but boy is social media ripe for creating and sustaining them, says Clare Masters.
OPINION
“Block don’t report please”.
That’s the mantra on social media profiles across multiple platforms where the ‘proana or proanamia’ – the alarming moniker of those who consider themselves pro-anorexia or pro-bulimia – groups thrive with a single intention; to motivate each other to lose weight.
This is not the shedding of kilos because the scales say so. This is the endless pursuit of melting fat and skin to the point of vanishing because a mental illness is driving you.
The problem is…
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