The Rise of The Black Thinspo Site: Is It Sinister or Harmless Blogging?
From Frugivore – Now more than ever people are obsessed with losing weight and living a healthier life. Every day millions of women are thinking of, working on and talking about weight. To add to the obsession, microblogging social media sites like Pinterest have become a home for women looking to create “thinspiration” boards that encourage eating disorders like anorexia in order to get thin.
Last month, Pinterest, promised to limit the number of photos labeled “thinspiration” posted on pinboards and accompanied by hashtags such as #thinspo or #perfect. The new terms of service prohibit posting content that “creates a risk of harm, loss, physical or mental injury, emotional distress, death, disability, disfigurement, or physical or mental illness to yourself, to any other person, or to any animal, and went into effect April 6th. The National Eating Disorder Association is helping sites like Pinterest sharpen their thinspo senses so they can more effectively root out some of the better-disguised thinsperation pictures.
y’all i went to those thinspro sites and that is not inspiration. that is Anorexic Training. When your ribs show and bones sticking out.. that is scary- i hope these ladies dont get sick where they lose weight because they just might die because they have no weight to lose- they look like skeletor from he man
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I hope u all r aware that the women that were shown in this article r not sickly, the r naturally skinny. If u think they r sickly u have a serious issues…
Impressionable teens and young girls will not think that rationally when they see these skinny girls. They will start to believe, as most of their white counterparts do already, that thin (very thin) is normal and should be their own body type. The site is called “Thinspiration” Not “Hey, look at these thin girls.”
umm, being pressured to be thin is the least of worries when it comes to black girls and beauty. plus a lot of black female might need this inspiration, seeing the # of black women that r overweight in the states. I am sure the thinness of these women will b over shadowed by the fact that they r black.
I don’t disagree with you…our girls have so many other problems and it’s because of that they don’t need this garbage on top of everything else. You’re not getting what I’m saying-I think it would be JUST as unhealthy if there were websites out there that encouraged girls to be very overweight. It’s a slippery slope. I’ve seen these sites-they don’t give healthy eating tips, and ways to boost your metabolism-the whole point is to be thin at any cost.
Hmm….
There are some really worrying thinspo sites out there, make no mistake (especially with really young teenagers), but I have no issue with thin black women. Naomi Campbell and Iman are gorgeous! But I’m not sure I’m happy with the comments coming out that are so harsh about bigger women. Two way street, you know. We should aim to BODY POSITIVE.
Personally, I don’t look at thinspo sites because I’m curvy, and I’ll always be curvy, so there’s no point me looking at those photos and aspiring to be what I’ll never be. I hope to tone and develop some muscle so look at fitspo sites – my inspirations are Serena Williams and Christine Ohuruogu (Black British 400m athlete), who are both curvy but clearly fit and gorgeous!
I’ve learned to love my body for how it is in the process. And that, to me, is the most important thing.
+1 I just wish that people could discuss this topic without having to hurl insults at each other and then try to disguise as being concern for the health of all Black American women and girls. If you want to act like a jerk, then just be a jerk.
i think it’s like this if your in training like me exercise become’s a life style after a while sitting in front of your computer become’s boring and benal so all in all no if they were harmful it would say but seeing as obesity is the number one health concern in america i don’t wanna end up like a lot of black women grossly over weight un healthy and un able too wipe myself if you catch my drift bye see ya
heads up i’m black and i like too be healthy i don’t how ever want too end up so obese i can’t leave my home i think black women cling too the deluded idea that all black men want a woman with some serious meat on there bones no not all black men want a woman who sit’s around and eat’s all day long that is not what they want in a woman in fact no man or woman should cling too cultural ideal’s too hide the fact that they can’t lose weight bye you can you choose too be lazy and slothful bye don’t blame some young girl or some young woman who worked hard too lose weight bye our society is obese genic we need too lose weight bye