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Dark humour isn’t for everyone, but I like the tongue in cheek approach juxtaposed with the stark,
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However it is recieved though, it has certainly fulfilled what the creators set out to do – attract a vast amount of attention (I only hope not all from the wrong people i.e. critical journalists and bloggers). The image is extreme, verging on too extreme for many to see past – but the message it is portraying is very real and maybe it is good that someone is doing something not only to highlight these facts about how dangerous, lifethreatening and downright ugly Anorexia is,
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One advert,
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It does not surprise me that it has caused such controversyand I presume it could cause offense to people whether or not they have experienced an Eating Disorder – and I can see why, but I’m not easily offended so thoughts of how insensitive they may be almost bypass me, perhaps even as a defense mechanism.
As a (wannabe recovering) anorexic, and someone who has seen and heard of too many people die as a result, I feel a little cold at the thought that I am not angered by images, jokes etc that use Anorexia as a source of humour. Am I spineless? Coldhearted? The way I see it is that sometimes you just have to laugh at yourself, your situation, the illness… it is a release of tension, of frustration and even of sadness in some circumstances.