🤝 Community Pro-Ana - "I need to lose 20 more pounds or I'll never be pretty!"

[Calamity]

I haven't really gave much notice to this thread before, but I feel compelled to read through it properly now.
Lately, I've been seeing minors on twitter pop up here and there, with their pages full of pro-anorexia and pro-self harm content. Even photos of their own self harm scars - clearly recently cut, still bleeding.

Minors. That's the part that makes me sad. Where on earth did this start for them? I'm guessing it's a strange way of them turning a horrible thing around and trying to cope with it. It's jarring seeing chibi little anime girl art alongside minors praising each others open wounds and showing off their jutting ribs like 'omg bestieee great job <<<333'.

I seen small hints of it back on tumblr years ago, but back then the blogs were all dark, gritty, monochrome imagery and maybe some scene/emo vibes thrown in I guess. It feels like now it's went into the realm of glorification and 'cute-ifying' it.

It is so, so clearly counterproductive for these people to be around others who egg on their unhealthy habits.

Kept up with the Eugenia Cooney stuff for a while, but not so much now other than being surprised she's still alive whenever I see her mentioned. I'm sure if I read more into the comments I'd find these people all over the place. I have no idea how someone like Eugenia even walks around - I miss my meals for a day and feel weak and miserable, nevermind starving yourself for years on end.

 

[Coldsteel the Hedgehog]

There's some pretty grim shit on r/1200isplenty (they mean 1200 calories per day, of course).

r/safe_food is historically another good place to find nasty ana recipes and food pics, but right now they seem to be mostly posting collages of their favorite packaged shelf-stable chow.

1200 is plenty used to be a subreddit for people with endocrine issues and petite sizes to share recipes that worked with their incredibly low intake requirements, it's a shame it's been coopted by anachans. I used to find some pretty good dinners on there.

 

[TapewormSalesman]

Minors

I see somebody wasn't around for the 00s teenage ana quest for Christina Aguilera's flat stomach.
They were running news specials on how to spot anorexia, because the children's hospitals got an influx of anas. Also pretty sure the whole dumbass campaign of Barbie instilling bad self esteem in little girls started somewhere around back then.
The only difference is that now the anas flock together on twitter and egg each other on even more.

 

[Dancefloor Muthafucka!]

Minors. That's the part that makes me sad. Where on earth did this start for them…

I heavily agree. It’s sad to see the community say “oh we aren’t pro!” just to go encourage their buddy and say good job. Harm reduction gets shared on there but not nearly enough. The youngest person i’ve seen on that side of twitter was 11 years old. My heart absolutely broke. When I’d hear about anorexics or self harmers they were usually 16 or atleast two years younger or older. It’s terribly sad and i don’t have the vocabulary to express just how depressing that is.

 

[Wendy Wheelchair]

So I was debating on whether or not to start a pure thinspo text/platitude image thread, but figured I would just dump a bunch of thinspo stuff here. I think it's the funniest, cringiest thing ever. I love how they sound like the smuggest thing ever as if the person writing them has accomplished anything when in reality they've just not ate.

Proof that anorexics AREN'T attention whores!

The rhyming ones are my favorite.

"Am I the only one who sees how beautiful this is?"[A] Imagine being moved by this drivel. Also there is like 5 times as much of this shit as I posted on the link.

It's a lot harder to find than it used to be. I wish I would've saved the stuff from 2010s Tumblr. And wish I would've been aware of it to scope out the LiveJournal pro-ana drama.

 

[Just A Rat]

“She knows she’s a winner
she couldn’t be thinner
she goes to the bathroom
and vomits up dinner”

We’ve really made progress huh.

 

[fuzzyrodent85]

 

[Elderly beef taco]

Fun fact: some schools will give you a copy of the book "Even if it kills me" by Dorothy Joan Harris if they suspect anorexia or bulimia.
I kinda doubt it helps much.

 

[Sweetpeaa]

I keep hearing there is a "return" of the Anorexic beauty standard. I don't see it. The Ozempic body trend is thin, but not Tumblr thin from way back in the day. Just look at the images posted above in this thread. There was a literal mainstream Anorexia culture in the early 2010's. The retailer "Brandy Melville" was a covert Anorexia retail store and everyone knew that back then lol.

I just don't see it these days in the same form. Body positivity is in trouble sure, but I think the body positivity (aka fat positivity) movement of the mid 2010's was a reaction to the stringent beauty standards of the time.

 

[Echnaton]

I keep hearing there is a "return" of the Anorexic beauty standard. I don't see it. The Ozempic body trend is thin, but not Tumblr thin from way back in the day. Just look at the images posted above in this thread. There was a literal mainstream Anorexia culture in the early 2010's. The retailer "Brandy Melville" was a covert Anorexia retail store and everyone knew that back then lol.

I just don't see it these days in the same form. Body positivity is in trouble sure, but I think the body positivity (aka fat positivity) movement of the mid 2010's was a reaction to the stringent beauty standards of the time.

There is, but it's niche. Different. Specialized. Unlike anachans of old, there's a distinct undercurrent of self-awareness regarding the fact that they're ill. They're practically romanticizing it. The goal isn't to achieve some sort of "beauty standard", but to be as sick as possible. The weakness is the goal. I can't put it to words exactly I think, but I hope it is understood. If it sounds like some sort of Munchausen - that's because I believe it is closer to the mark in this time.

Nevertheless, this isn't why I came here. It's something even worse, and perhaps this thread deserves more attention as a result.

The current cohort of anachans is absurdly fucked in the head compared to what most people think. They're far more mentally ill than ever before. And this is where our little rakes find their prey. Forget Roblox, forget Discord - by the time these girls are there, they're already groomed. Of course, I'm talking about "shedtwt", and it's basically completely overlapping communities of "drugtwt" (oldest trick in the book to lose weight: get a drug addiction) and "tcc". You visit the profile of one of these girls, and you have an 80% chance see some cutesy sanrio-covered images of shock video tier self-mutilation right from the get go. From there, it only gets worse: every now and then the "cutesy" yet macabre posts give way to retweets of the worst, most hardcore porn you will ever see - stuff like girls getting brutally beaten while getting fucked by 3 dudes at once, and such. And we're talking about teen girls posting this shit. Not a few, not a couple dozen, not hundreds, but several thousand. At the very least a 5-digit number.

And it spreads like the plague. If a girl gets even a single glance upon such things, it's basically over instantly. The event horizon is crossed immediately, and you can observe, in real time, a troubled young woman spiral into looking like she went through some sort of slaughterhouse gauntlet that left 80% of her skeletal frame covered in scars as she eats pills like candy. Forget "heroin chic", they go well beyond this. Not to mention the inevitable salivating over serial killers and mass shooters in particular. I've yet to see the reverse occur. You might as well condemn them to death on the spot.

You know what else it reminds me of? Mass psychogenic illness. Or mass hysteria. Or "meowing nun syndrome". Whatever you wanna call it. One thing is for certain: where a large number of girls congregate, insanity is sure to appear and one-shot them all like Little Boy did Hiroshima.

 

[glioblastoma multiforme]

And it spreads like the plague. If a girl gets even a single glance upon such things, it's basically over instantly.

I dunno, I know you're probably being hyperbolic for effect and totally agree with your general point about edtwt and shtwt being utterly fucked. But I don't think a few pictures have that large an effect no matter the content.

Starving yourself sick isn't exactly easy otherwise we wouldn't live in a world of fatasses. Even if someone initially wants to be anorexic, to actually get to a low BMI you need some mental fuckedness off the bat.

 

[Echnaton]

Speaking of mentally ill, I might have stumbled upon an anachan so sordid that even other anachans can't help but go "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING NIGGER GET TO THE HOSPITAL RIGHT FUCKING NOW YOU'RE GONNA DIE RETARD". As a matter of fact I'm pretty sure she's managed to outdo the Lich Queen herself!

Subject: "Tara Terrorful", or just Tara. Russian (why, of course she is - Slavs have gone insane). Obsessed with the Corpse Bride, and clearly wants to become a corpse. Her entire xitter feed is screaming about how she lives off of monster zero ultra and in how much agony she is due to her miserable state while everyone and their dog begs her to go into recovery, and complaining about how people "don't get it" and bully her and how she "can't be helped" - I think she gets off to the pity, really. Alas, I also think that her time here is very short. Unless she gets sent to the loony bin into forced recovery, I'm guessing she's gonna keel over and die at literally any moment now. Generally very sad, she seems like she's a nice girl.

Spoiler: bodychecks, how the fuck are you alive, Tara, also naked skeleton warning

 

[prolific_mango]

Here’s one who caught my interest recently. I believe she’s about 25 and lives in the Netherlands. Been through recovery and relapse a couple times. Been getting a LOT of pushback from people who are “actually trying to recover” (debatable but ok) for posting such obvious, severe body checks while talking about her progress. Also has some very lol crying pics. I also kept one in where you can see what she looks like weight restored. That’s always v interesting to me.

Imagine having emaciated armpits that you can’t help but show off.

This is her response to people calling her out. Sort of.


Normal self—

 

[Syro]

Tara Terrorful

Tara has been on my anachan radar for a good few years now. I don't believe she's slavic or of russian origin at all, but her whole shtick/skinwalk is pinched from the OG tumblr ana-queen herself, shmegeh – right down to the fluffy blonde scenegirl hair – despite claiming to not have any idea who she is. Here she is using the same phone case as shmegeh to further her larp despite it being for an iphone 4 and not whatever giant brick she's actually using and various other outfit matchups.

 

[prolific_mango]

Funny update on the chick I posted a few days ago. Got in trouble with her followers for posting her bf being soooo supportive and accidentally included his obvious boner. Gross.

 

[KifflomKween]

Nothing opens the appetite like looking at anachans. Whenever I look at them I get a craving for a huge, dripping slice of chocolate cake or a greasy cheeseburger and fries with mayo and ketchup. Or both. The greasier and more condimented the better.

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Lmao. What is it with the guys who find these women hot? Necrophilia? Pedophilia? Porn brain rot? Extreme sadism? All of the above?

 

[Sweetpeaa]

@Echnaton I disagree. It was much worse before. I'm talking about not only the early 2010's but the late 2000's. The MySpace era Anorexics were beyond words.

Eugenia Cooney reminds me of them. By a lot.

Unstable people now with anorexia? Sure. But back then it was disgustingly extreme.

 

[prolific_mango]

Nothing opens the appetite like looking at anachans. Whenever I look at them I get a craving for a huge, dripping slice of chocolate cake or a greasy cheeseburger and fries with mayo and ketchup. Or both. The greasier and more condimented the better.




Lmao. What is it with the guys who find these women hot? Necrophilia? Pedophilia? Porn brain rot? Extreme sadism? All of the above?

I think it could be any plus good ol “weirdo fetish” but also that they can have so much control over someone in that state. NXIVM cult leader would basically induce anorexia in women he wanted to fuck. (Coerced women into a “master-slave” relationship with him or an underling and then they had to get their master’s permission for all caloric intake, and the master kept it extremely low)

 

[KifflomKween]

I think it could be any plus good ol “weirdo fetish” but also that they can have so much control over someone in that state. NXIVM cult leader would basically induce anorexia in women he wanted to fuck. (Coerced women into a “master-slave” relationship with him or an underling and then they had to get their master’s permission for all caloric intake, and the master kept it extremely low)

Keith Raniere is a convicted pedophile, by the way.


On a slightly related note, does KF have any threads about cults? Single or master threads. I love that stuff.

 

[Just A Rat]

Keith Raniere is a convicted pedophile, by the way.


On a slightly related note, does KF have any threads about cults? Single or master threads. I love that stuff.

The Love Has Won cult thread was a wild ride.
There’s one in prospering grounds for vegan nutjob Supreme Master Ching Hai and her little cult, but I don’t think she will give much (almond) milk. She’s wacko but kind of boring.