Ralph Lauren’s legal team is in full gear, threatening online publishers for displaying the American designers latest photoshop disaster. We’ve got the image for you right after the jump.

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The most common reaction to Ivonne Thein’s photos is horror. The women in them are emaciated, wrapped in medical bandages and contorted. Hipbones, elbows and shoulder blades jut out as if begging for release from their diseased bodies.

The wall text offers some comfort: The photos are digitally manipulated.

The exhibition, which goes on display today at the Goethe-Institut Washington, is titled “Thirty-Two Kilos,” which refers to the weight (about 70 pounds) of a French actress who posed naked for ads condemning anorexia.

Thein’s decision to obscure the models’ faces forces the viewer to focus on their bodies, particularly the exaggerated limbs, says Al Miner, a curator at the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, who will be on a panel tonight at the Goethe-Institut to discuss “Thirty-Two Kilos.”

“It’s clear that she’s mocking or appropriating poses that we see in edgier haute couture editorial work. . . . They look uncomfortable and bizarre. The poses are a reminder that they’re a critique of the fashion industry and not just weight loss.”

Thein, a 29-year-old German photographer and student, was inspired to create the series of 14 photographs after reading about “pro-ana” (or pro-anorexia) Web sites in a magazine. People on these sites, which have been around since at least the late ’90s, argue that anorexia is a lifestyle choice like any other. Their fellowship revolves around encouraging one another’s starvation and offering weight-loss tips.

“It was a real shock for me,” says Thein, who has shot commercial fashion photography for European magazines. “It’s important for people to know that every teenager can get this information on the Internet.”

Via Washington Post

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I wrote an article just yesterday about how public anorexia and eating disorders have become. Well here is a link to prove it. Buzzfeed is featuring this video today about a girl who videotapes her starvation. Check it out here.

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Anorexia is coming to the light as a major social problem again. There have always been websites that hosted pro-anorexia groups, clubs and pacts, but the new issue is that these groups are finding their way to social networking sites to build their armys. Thinspiration is a group that encourages unhealthy weight loss, and even gives tips on how to cut fat in no time. These groups are beginning to find refuge on Facebook and MySpace, and are spreading the word to more and more people daily. Originally designed to help people talk about their eating disorders and aid in treatment, they have become a place of invaluable weight loss tips for teens.

Weight loss may not always be a bad thing, as long as it is done in a healthy way. There are ways to get extremely skinny in completely healthy manners!

Thanks to Buzzfeed for the tip.

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“The look this year is anorexia, and even though we don’t want you to be anorexic, we want you to look it,”

- Coco Rocha loves oxymorons. Do you?

Check out her full story on WWD

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Sorry ladies, but it’s not the kosher diet that is keeping all the Jewish girls stick thin. Apparently, the biggest epidemic in the Jewish community is anorexia. The original thought was that they were seeking to reach an unrealistic image as most women do, but it turns out that many are doing to get away from “looking Jewish”.  I think that the stereotypical Jewish mother is to blame for always being so hard on her daughter. Anorexia was quoted as “The Addiction Of Choice” for Jewish girls, an dI will say they are much worse addictions, but any addiction at all is not healthy.

If Jewish girls want to escape their Jewish features there are always nose jobs and chemically straightening your hair, but anorexia won’t help those. So all you harsh Jewish mothers out there, quit harassing your daughter about how they look, stop your penny pinching and buy your girls some food!

Thanks to Jezebel and The Huffington Post for the tip.

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Yes skinny is in, duh, but now, all we’ve been hearing about is the chest bone. Last year it was all about the clavicle, but now, judgment will be upon you if your chest bones are not countable. What I mean by this is, even if you have boobs, you should still be able to see the first five bones of your rib cage, then you are considered truly skinny, and fashionable. Here are some ladies that are apparently doing it right:

How ironic Zoe, a wish bone on your chest bone!

I hope everyone knows that I am not supporting this trend, I think this looks disgusting and unhealthy, Rachel Zoe needs to look at herself in the mirror…

Thanks HuffingtonPost

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Fashionista has just reported that London Fashion Week has changed their mind. Last week, LFW rescinded its pledge to reject Size Zero models from its catwalks after Milan, Paris, and New York refused to do the same.

It’s sad that we have not made progress since all the public deaths due to eating disorders, and that the fashion industry still does not understand the effects of overly skinny models on the runways, or as their spokesmodels. Another year, and more self induced anorexics.

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If mosquitoes mistake your tits for spots their buddies already visited, you might be an ano.

Another day, another spread featuring ultra thin models. This time it’s a spread by fashion photographer Chadwick Tyler (who recently shot photos for V Magazines scandalous June nude new model issue).

The girls here make me want to barf up my lunch, and not cause I have any desire to look like an emaciated Holocaust victim, but because walking skeletons freak me the fuck out. Spooky.

PS. “You might be an ano” is the new “You might be a redneck”. Spread it like Tabasco sauce on celery sticks.

If you’re so thin that gravity has become more of an “option” than a rule of science, you might be an ano.

If size zero jean shorts fit you looser than a hefty bag, you might be an ano.

If your daily regimen of water and low-fat bean sprouts don’t provide you with enough biotin to grow eyebrows, you might be an ano.

If wearing a jacket becomes a safety risks for fear of breaking your shoulders, you might be an ano.

If your head becomes so “heavy” that you need another ano friend to support it, you might be an ano.

If she dies from the weight of your head on her shoulder, she might be an ano.

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I used to have an eating disorder. I couldn’t help but be obsessed with my weight.

Let me start from the beginning. I was always a chunky kid. I was always a couple dozen pounds overweight and in high school I tipped the scale at 270 lbs. When I hit college I became so focussed on studying that I stopped eating. I’d occasionally engorge myself on eating and drinking binges, which would lead to me vomit till I couldn’t stand, but for the most part I stuck with bottled water between classes and ate a bowl of Cheerios whenever I was starving, the problem was I enjoyed starving, and everyday that passed between meals I felt like I was becoming stronger than my desire for food. In about 6 months I dropped 50 lbs and sprouted up to a height of 6′3.

I quickly noticed how much attention I’d get from the opposite sex, so I kept my weight down by exercising and starvation. I hit 210 lbs and nearly collapsed while engaging in a two-hour intense boxing routine in 2002. I checked into a hospital and for the first time was told I was malnourished. The doctor put me on a mix of steriods and weight enhancers. I didn’t take either, but decided to not allow myself to torture myself over my weight. I’ve maintained a healthy weight (with the exception of the recent “blogging” weight I’ve gained) for the past six years and have monitored my eating and exercise to prevent excess, but every so often I can feel the desire to starve myself creeping in and I fear a relapse.

Of course, there are those out there who don’t reach this point of realization and find themselves starving, smoking cigarettes, or using drugs like cocaine to speed up their metabolism and maintain a tiny figure. Men in fashion magazines have gotten skinnier and younger, and the onset of age in men is being discouraged by beauty companies, women and the media. Men in NYC and LA are required to be thin. Fat is a sign of weakness in our culture and this has led to a destructive attitude towards our bodies and our view of beauty.

Manorexia seems like a comical term, but it is a serious condition that all should be aware of. More and more men are starving themselves, vomiting, binging, and experimenting with fat suppressants and surgery to maintain an unhealthy body weight. Even those in power, like former Deputy Premier of England John Prescott, who recently admitting to binging on five-course meals, Big Macs and Carnation Milk, have fallen victim to eating disorders. Here’s his full list of binge foods (accountable for nearly 10,000 daily calories) that Prescott was binging on.

DAILY GUIDELINES FOR MEN

Calories 2000. Fat 70g, carbohydrate sugars 90g, salt 2.4g

CARNATION MILK – 397g TIN Calories 1290. Fat 31.8g, carbohydrate sugars 221.5g, salt 0.4g

M&S TRIFLE – 500g Calories 825. Fat 41.5g, carbohydrate sugars 71.5g, salt 0.55g.

LEMON CHICKEN Calories 1400. Fat 13g, salt 700mg

BEEF SATAY Calories 760, Fat 40g, salt: 650mg

SWEET AND SOUR PORK Calories 410. Fat 30g, salt 350mg

CRISPY DUCK – 650MG Calories 800. Fat 40g, salt 650mg

CHOCOLATE – 230g BAR Calories 1207.5. Fat 68.54g, carbohydrate sugars 130.4g, salt 0.207g

DIGESTIVE BISCUITS – 500g Calories 2355. Fat 106.5g, carbohydrate sugars 83, salt 2.5g CRISPS – 34.5g

PACKET Calories 530. Fat 11.7g, carbohydrate sugars 0.2g, salt 0.5g

1 in 8 people with eating problems is male and that number is quickly growing. It’s an easy problem to ignore since most males will substitute excessive exercise for under-eating. If you or someone you love is suffering for anorexia or bulimia there is help. Contact NEDA for more information on tips to spot the problem and get help.

I hate to sound all preachy, but this is a serious condition that needs to be addressed, plus I’m getting really, really tired of skinny jeans on men. They look horrible and my big ass can’t squeeze into them.

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