I have just become aware of pro-thinspo websites that claim to be different from pro-ana websites.  Personally, I find them rather similar… they even share many of the same “thinspiration” images”.
Have you heard of these sites?  What’s your opinion?  Can you be pro-thinspo (i.e., want to be super skinny) without having an eating disorder?

Fellow b5 blogger Trench Reynolds has an excellent article on the pro-ana/pro-mia debate at this My Crime Space link.
It’s the old “free speech” question again.  How far should sites that promote anorexia and bulimia as lifestyle choices (and not just mental health problems) be allowed to go? 
I still haven’t decided.  As I’ve said before, I would have most definitely been pro-ana if the Internet had existed in the 1980s, and that really worries me.  In fact, I would have been the first to start posting pics of my bones in the bathroom mirror.  And I have the feeling that if …read more

Breaking the Mirror is a pro-recovery blog. As such, I feel it fills the need to bring support, awareness and discussion among persons with and without eating disorders.
But there are many other blogs and forums that discuss anorexia, bulimia and ED-NOS (eating disorder not otherwise specified). Those I’d like to discuss today designate themselves as pro-ana or pro-mia.
There’s a great deal of controversy about those communities. Some people believe they are evil; others feel they have saved their lives by providing a connection with likeminded individuals. Many people don’t care either way.
Today, I’d like to start a dialogue about pro-ana …read more