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An inspiring tale for women of all ages, Hungry is an uplifiting memoir with a universal message about body image, beauty and self-confidence.
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“One hundred and sixty five pounds was fine for a regular girl. But not for a supermodel.”
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“...my eating disorder was all about business… I didn’t want the red eyes and disintegrating teeth that went along with bulimia. Not only was vomiting gross, it wasn’t a good long-term marketing plan for Product Crystal.”
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“Models who are identified as having an eating disorder should be required to seek professional help… models who are receiving professional help… should not continue modeling without that professional’s approval. That’s a lot of use of the passive voice. Who owns the problem here? The subject of the sentence: ‘models’… who are as passive as the voice in those recommendations. They’re the ones whose careers are on the line... she doesn’t blame the business. She needs to work.”
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“Back in the 80s, when supermodels were several sizes larger than top models today, the clothes worked on bigger bodies. They were bright, bold, curve-enhancing… It was an era when women were gaining power… and I think the style of the clothing was a reflection of a time in which women didn’t have to be invisible. I wonder whether today’s mania for super-thin, wide-eyes, less powerful-looking girls is tied to fear of female strength. Today’s girls take up less space, literally and metaphorically.”
Crystal Renn
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“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
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If possible, you should help others. If that is not possible, at least you should do no harm.
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“Don’t change your body to fit your mind’s perception of what it should look like. Change your mind to appreciate your actual body.”
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We often have to find out what we don’t want in order to figure out what we do want.
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The solution is to accept that the only person you have to please is yourself. Indulge your instincts, wear what you love, and embrace your own natural size. As tired as it sounds, self-acceptance has to come from within. You simply cannot look to the wider world for a perpetual stream of affirmation. It won’t be there. And life is too short to hate yourself.
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As the writer Naomi Wolf said, “A cultural fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, but an obsession about female obedience.” When your biggest concern is controlling your body, you’re not thinking about all the things in the world—besides yourself—that you might be working to change.
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She wasn’t beautiful, but she made everyone believe she was. What was the source of her power? It had to be her confidence, her unshakable belief in her own fierceness.
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Franz Kafka said, “There are some things one can only achieve by a deliberate leap in the opposite direction.”
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Stop obsessing about being looked at. Do stuff. Be. Don’t wait to be thin to start living. As the fat-blogger Joy Nash says, “Life begins now.”
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Blogs like Shapely Prose, Manolo for the Big Girl, Too Fat for Fashion, Curvy Fashionista, Pretty Pear, The Rotund,
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Setting & Locations edit
- Miami
- Mississippi
- New York City
- Paris
- America
- Vogue
- London
- Florida
- United States
- Williamsburg
- Brooklyn
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This is a story about two pictures.
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 746.92092
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