Mallary Tenore Tarpley experienced significant grief after her mother's death, leading to the development of anorexia nervosa. Struggling through teenage years filled with treatment, she sought control through restrictive eating. Tarpley reflects on her ongoing battle with this disorder in her book, emphasizing the troubling resurgence of diet culture represented by new trends like GLP-1s and #skinnytok, despite previous movements toward body positivity. Her narrative captures the complexities of living in the challenging space between illness and recovery.
"I found that calorie counts gave me some semblance of control in the aftermath of my mother's death; I couldn't control what happened to her body, but I could regulate what I put in mine."
"Instead of the low-fat foods and heroin-chic of the 1990s, everyone seems to be using GLP-1s and #skinnytok, a social media hashtag promoting eating disorders, which had millions of views before it was banned by TikTok in June."
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