new year challenge
1. Five things you have accomplished in 2011
+ i have rediscovered what’s important in my life, gotten my first real job, somewhat gained control over my obsessive eating, completed my matriculation examination and recovered from a two-year long crush.
2. Four things you regret about 2011
+ not being more hardworking at school, holding grudges, being too competitive and wasting money.
3. Three people who you are glad to have met or become closer to in 2011
+ my sister, sue and julia.
4. Two memorable moments from 2011
+ the night of my friends’ graduation and the death of our cat.
5. One wish for 2012 Happy New Year Everyone! Lets Hope it will be Better than the Last!
+ i wish to stay on the right track this year without getting blinded byinsecurity or self-doubt.
So, tumblr support refuse to warn, censor or remove blogs that promote eating disorders—“pro ana” blogs—on the grounds of being harmful and trivialising a mental illness because they believe in “freedom of speech”. To them, “freedom of speech” means that blogs can post purging tips, tips on self-starvation, tips on hiding weight loss and generally encourage unhealthy lifestyles and the cultivation of a mental disease that kills millions of suffering men and women each year. Many people, including myself, have written to tumblr support asking why these blogs continue to exist. They do not answer our emails.
Nobody should ever “try” to get an eating disorder. Eating disorders are not glamorous, fun, diets, choices or icons. Eating disorders do not necessarily make you thin. They do not make you pretty, or popular, or stylish, or confident, or worthy of attention. They just make you unhappy, depressed and suicidal.
So, please reblog this. I want to see if I can get enough notes for people to become aware of this problem. Anorexia and bulimia are diseases. They kill. They are not “lifestyle choices” or diets. Pro-ana blogs encourage hateful behaviour towards oneself and reinforce negative thoughts about body image.
Livejournal, Xanga and Wetpaint all took a stand against pro-ana blogs, and shut down the worst offenders. Tumblr: don’t be spineless. Save millions of girls from a lifetime of hell.
If you agree with anything I’ve said, or watched the video and liked it, please reblog this. Please. This is our chance to get heard.
- Anne
