Here’s a weird and recent meme explosion. The goddess Ana and the cult of anorexia. All the current activity seems to stem from just one or two Associated Press syndications. The same, ever so slightly, rewritten story turns up in a pile of news publications. It’s also been a popular link in the blogging community
With a bit of poking I’ve found some stuff going way back about girls (and it is all girls) personifying their eating disorders, and going online to provide wont power to each other.
It does seem that the bloggers, lefty-liberal technorati types, find this sort of thing somewhat cool and morbidly fascinating and that the opposite end of the spectrum also get a morbid kick out of it, as is shown by the number of major publications carrying it.
Is it just a storm in a tea cup? How much is it a real cult? How much can we really know with only a few out of context quotes from mental health workers and anorexics?
But I did find this great mag… Girls & Corpses… I’m subscribing immediately.
