Anorexia

I was sitting in my office (the bathroom) flipping through the latest Vanity Fair feeling annoyed that Julia Roberts is on the cover with legs as long as the Great Wall of China sitting on the steel-hewn lap of that aphrodisiacal Idris Elba (she’s my new Gwyneth Paltrow object of jealousy) when I flipped to …

  I spent many years hating my body. It all began in my late teens. At that time a certain modeling school was all the rage. I won’t name names but let’s call it Carbizon. I decided to become a world famous model, and enrolling in this school would be my first step. I soon …

Sometimes a post just hits a nerve. Anne Parris’ recent offering on the Boulevard was that for me. About another Dove commercial. Highlighting the unintentional messages about body image that mothers give daughters. It’s pretty shocking. Please. If you haven’t, go give it a read. The mothers’ surprise and sadness was palpable. What they had honestly tried …