The Truth About Online Anorexia 3/5
Fearne Cotton examines the ongoing trend for super-slim women and immerses herself in the worrying world of pro-ana websites who encourage anorexia and starvation as a life choice. As Fearne explores the diet and exercise regime of a pro-ana, shell try some of the extreme regimes that they endorse and meet other girls whove embraced the same lifestyle. She will explore the seductive nature of these support groups, examine the world of competitive dieting, and look at relationships that ordinary women have with each other when it comes to diet and body image.
This vlog was recorded on January 18th by Asmaa Mahfouz, the girl who helped start it all. She had shared it on her Facebook, and it had gone viral. It was so powerful and so popular, that it drove Egyptians by the thousands into Tahrir Square, and drove the Egyptian government to block Facebook . I’ll shut up now and let Asma talk. Translated by Iyad El-Baghdadi, subbed by Ammara Alavi. Find me here: www.el-baghdadi.com www.facebook.com/iyad.elbaghdadi www.twitter.com/iyad_elbaghdadi
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Comment by PicatchuIsEatingMe
I adore how there are so much girls commenting, just like the ones she talks about. Yes, anorexia is an illness, but hey, much of us just skip meals on pure vain. It´s a problem, and its intelligent to talk about it..
She is obviously not “making fun of girls who have mental illnesses,” Absurd ! Why would she ? She is beautiful..
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 2:05 pm
Comment by OhhCathy
facepalm is all i can say
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 2:35 pm
Comment by BreighGazelin
This really breaks my heart….i think fearne has a beautiful heart.
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 3:18 pm
Comment by PainfullyBeautiful
@isabellehebert 14 pounds
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 3:37 pm
Comment by BlaiddDrwg2009
At least Fearne understood it. Most people in this world think “OMG you’re so skinny…EAT SOMETHING! Are you stupid?” and she now understands that anorexia isn’t like that. I actually think Fearne was doing a good thing.
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 3:45 pm
Comment by menaroma
@heyalexandria
I don’t think Fearne was making fun of girls (and boys) with anorexia. If she was making fun of them, she would be laughing and calling them pathetic human beings. She was just trying to wrap her head around the whole concept of physically hurting yourself to be thin. I was once anorexic and am recovering from a relapse and was not offended at all by anything Fearne did or said–in fact, I was glad she took the time to really try to understand this disease and help people.
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 3:50 pm
Comment by FolleJacqui
You can’t expect someone who doesn’t have the disorder to fully understand how those individuals feel. She’s trying to get an insight into something that is running ramped everywhere….I give her credit for trying to help others see what having an eating disorder is and not what it may look like.
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 4:22 pm
Comment by TheBluebarbie19
Did anybody else start crying at 8:34 ?
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 4:37 pm
Comment by Livi1876
@isabelleherbert a stone is 14 pounds
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 5:31 pm
Comment by AntiSecret90
@isabellehebert that’s about 6 kg
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 6:19 pm
Comment by isabellehebert
can anyone tell me what is a “stone”?
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 6:31 pm
Comment by JRmcMGG
i know it defeats the purpose of this video, but she is so thin and pretty i want to look like her and id strive to be like her. because change a few letters in strive and you get starve.
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Comment by Gossipgirl1608
@heyalexandria she doesn’t make fun of people who have a mental illness. she makes fun of the people who want to do that to their bodies and decided to. they see it as a life style.
and btw it’s not “making fun” it’s deterrence.
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 8:06 pm
Comment by krazy77grl
What song is playing at 3:50???
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 9:03 pm
Comment by XPrettyXSceneXGirl
@Lucyisafish Agreed!
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 9:41 pm
Comment by Lucyisafish
This is making me really angry, I’ve never had anything against Fearne Cotton but jeeez, she’s really taking the piss and doesn’t understand what she’s talking about here at all.
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 10:36 pm
Comment by 99elizabeth
@firehead2591 theres a big fucking difference between not being able to eat and being a serial murderer.
you obviously dont know anything about this illness so shut up.
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 11:04 pm
Comment by popsytm
@LandenEctomy Jill Sobule – Supermodel
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:02 am
Comment by firehead2591
Just because it’s a mental illness doesn’t make it acceptable. If there was a support website for serial murdering sociopaths nobody would accept that either.
It’s just sad that people feel the need to be something that isn’t real or natural.
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:50 am
Comment by LandenEctomy
What’s the song playing during her photo shoot?
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:45 am
Comment by vegiterianbooklover
I like this vid and I think it makes a great point, but it’s really not hard to go a day without food. I did a 24 hour hunger fast for charity and it wasn’t that hard
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:18 am
Comment by ShutYourEyesAndSing
@rebeccacamilleri After watching Skinny Kids here on YT I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s encountered a young relative making remarks about their nonexistent fatness and decided to investigate. I see where you’re coming from, but you don’t have to be, say, mentally unstable, to have a deep interest in the mentally unstable and how they go on about in their everyday life. :]
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:19 am
Comment by rebeccacamilleri
@ShutYourEyesAndSing I have seen the other parts. I get what she is doing, but my point is, I dont understand why fearne, as said before , who has evidently never been concerned with her weight, is the one tackling the issue cos its totally foreign to her. She is, physically, what a lot of these girls aspire to be, thats why she found herself on one of the thinspo sites.What Im trying to say is , weight wise, its easy to be fearne, so she dsnt understand where these girls are coming from.
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:27 am
Comment by LovingSora4Lyf
@omgz0rtbh fearne is beautiful! leave her alone, jeez
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:47 am
Comment by LovingSora4Lyf
@omgz0rtbh fearne is beautiful! leave her alone, jeez
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 3:44 am
Comment by massimo38
@Padeshahi7000 Islam is not anti-Human right but some people are .Religion has nothing to do with
the people’s problems but the people are .
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 3:58 am
Comment by yoyoyoussef619
sorry i don’t think i can come to tahrir im too lazy
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 3:59 am
Comment by naiyir
@NCredleg your media and your government does not like that mubarak has left so they just scare you and revive the islamophobia spirit again, and in case you asked saudia arabia and iran is not the best example of what islam is.and no you are wrong islam is a great religion and JUST, i know my religion so in case if u have any questions instead of insulting i would be glad to answer you
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 4:56 am
Comment by CruisinDaNap
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Posted on August 1, 2011 at 5:16 am
Comment by LightHeartBalloons
20 people liked mubharak (don’t care if I mispelled, and no caption on purpose)
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 5:25 am
Comment by M3aaaqHD
@Padeshahi7000 خرا بأهلك..
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 6:19 am
Comment by NCredleg
Freedom from a secular dictatorship right into the arms of a politco-religious ideology that suppresses it`s adherents through sharia and purdah.This is a good thing that has been done.NOT!
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:07 am
Comment by Padeshahi7000
islam is Anti Humanright اسلام معارض حقوق البشر و نساء
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:24 am
Comment by GlobalEyesYouth
Wow you guys should all respond to our videos. We are making a Documentary and need some people to give us feedback on them. If you have time, check them out.
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:34 am
Comment by caroleabumoussa
@iyadelbaghdadi So, if Asmaa originally shared it on her facebook, do we still have a link to it on facebook (with the original posting date)? I’m planning on using it in a research paper & I’d like the original link. Thx!
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:16 am
Comment by yusgus96
Thank you soooooo much for freeing Egypt. You are the best!!!!!!
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:17 am
Comment by JakTuSieNieWkurwiac
@BalzacOfTheTubes tez tak mysle
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:33 am
Comment by BalzacOfTheTubes
She would not ignore the significance of the men who burned themselves in protest.
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:29 am
Comment by MsYosra87
respect!
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:46 am
Comment by MsYosra87
respect!
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:59 am
Comment by NewSpirit2000
You go girl!!!!!!
xoxo
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:28 am
Comment by oppressednation
this is a true hero these are the type of people the world should admire and respect.
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:48 am
Comment by future81
رشح أسماء محفوظ لجائزة فى مجال حقوق الإنسان humanrightsaward.strutta.com/entry/164261?=t20x4q#box-info
Vote for Asmaa Mafouz in people’s choice Contest for winning Human Rights Award
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:32 am
Comment by southsidebugsy
god bless ya okhty
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:47 am
Comment by wfaanasr
@WeldrBrat
thank you very much
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:39 pm
Comment by dancelizzi
You are my hero Asmaa Mahfouz.
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:51 pm
Comment by landafire
Americans are watching with happy hearts that the people are standing up for themselves and refusing to be oppressed any longer. May God be with you all!
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:03 pm
Comment by Zed1967
@publius123dolphin
So you think that newspapers are an accurate report of what is going on in the real world.
You are fucked in the head. Newspapers/news stations are out to make money and to do that headlines have to be as dramatic as possible.
A newspaper headline that says ”CAT STUCK UP TREE” will not sell newspapers but ”CAT STUCK UP TREE AFTER JAPAN NUCLEAR REACTOR EXPLOSION” will.
Newspapers like The Sun love you, brain dead customers. *shakes head*
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:19 pm
Comment by publius123dolphin
@Zed1967 Let’s try some headlines, from right-wing and left-wing sources alike: “How Mohammed Bouazizi Sparked a Revolution” TIME MAGAZINE “Slap to a Man’s Pride Set Off Tumult in Tunisia” NEW YORK TIMES “The Story of Mohamed Bouazizi, the man who toppled Tunisia” INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES “The specific event that is thought to be what triggered the spreading unrest in the Middle East…” THE SPECTATOR “How a man setting fire to himself sparked an uprising in Tunisia” THE GUARDIAN UK.
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:43 pm
Comment by publius123dolphin
@Zed1967 Don’t be vulgar; pay more attention to nuances in language. A “cause” may be: necessary; sufficient; necessary-AND-sufficient; or contributory. No one event causes important social change. But a single event certainly can be a necessary — or important contributory — cause of said change. That is what is implied by a term like “catalyst” (my term) or “spark” or “precipitant”.
It is recognized by experts of all political ideologies that this man served such a role in the Arab Spring.
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:09 pm