June 06, 2005

Hate Your Body, Kill Yourself
by Lorraine Berry

It's time to cut this shit out. A new study shows that teens who think themselves too fat or too thin are more likely to kill themselves. On one hand, that's a fairly logical sequence of events. On the other, it makes me wanna holler.

Interestingly, the study shows that it's white kids who are more likely to see their body issues as cause for suicide. Black and Latino teens were not more inclined to kill themselves because of body perceptions.

I've written repeatedly on body issues. I have also confessed my own struggle with eating disorders. I don't have an answer for this right now, other than this deep dismay that our insanely unhealthy attitudes toward bodies--especially white attitudes toward bodies--are deadly. Literally.

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