If you need support, please get it.
Alcoholics Anonymous UK // Alcoholics Anonymous US
Narcotics Anonymous UK // Narcotics Anonymous US
National Self Harm Network UK // Recover Your Life
Something Fishy (Eating Disorders)
Depression (Overview) // Depression Alliance UK
Please reblog & show that there’s no shame in asking for help. ♥
Reblogging as previous post was US-only resources.
I was asked to speak about my rape on national radio this morning. Here it is.
If you need support, please get it.
Alcoholics Anonymous UK // Alcoholics Anonymous US
Narcotics Anonymous UK // Narcotics Anonymous US
National Self Harm Network UK // Recover Your Life
Something Fishy (Eating Disorders)
Depression (Overview) // Depression Alliance UK
Please reblog & show that there’s no shame in asking for help. ♥
Reblogging because without Samaritans these past few days I probably wouldn’t be here.
‘Monster’ by Stephen Collins, for Time to Change.
But for the record, I really hate this quote:
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent”. - Eleanor Roosevelt
I’m speaking entirely for myself, but as a rape survivor I have gotten absolute no comfort from it. I know it’s used alot in the feminist movement, and prior to my rape I, too, thought it was a great quote - I have no idea what the point of this post is, just that to me as a rape survivor it triggers super victim blaming ideas in my head.
Despite petitions and numerous reports, Facebook is refusing to remove the group ‘You know shes (sic) playing hard to get if your (sic) chasing her down an alley’
This group is being framed as a joke – but where is the punchline in comments such as ‘I love raping bitches out in the cool night air, don’t complain sluts or your (sic) next?’
There isn’t a punchline because this isn’t a joke. It’s a form of hate speech against women and indicative of the spread of rape culture. If you are tired of a) men who don’t think the consent of a woman is relevant or interesting and b) are fed up with how long Facebook is taking to remove it for being hate speech then here is something you might like to do:
Between 8pm and midnight this coming Sunday we are asking you to choose a photo that expresses the positive importance of consent - we’ve got some on here and please upload your own for others to use. You don’t need to join the group to post however you won’t be protected from them not contacting you on your account. You will be able to block them but we’re not sure what their reaction will be so please if you feel unsafe doing this, don’t participate.
Eating ice cream in bed with boyfriend and he asked “why are you wearing your spoon like a badge?” Apparently I suck at putting cutlery down properly.
I have decided it is my recovery badge. It is to signal that I was anorexic but now I am eating ice cream and wearing an elastic waistband so that as my fat grows, my pants do too.
Recovery is so fucking cool.
A truly wonderful piece written by the very funny, very talented, and very sexy Rob Delaney.
This was originally posted February 26, 2010.
I deal with suicidal, unipolar depression and I take medication daily to treat it. Over the past seven years, I’ve had two episodes that were severe and during which I thought almost exclusively of suicide. I did not eat much and lost weight during…
I seem to get a new survivor coming to me for support or advice every few days. I’m tired but incredibly honoured that people feel comfortable sharing with me. I will fight for the survivor community with every breath I have. Nobody should ever feel alone in this. My ask is ALWAYS open and anon is ALWAYS on.
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This is the story of a recovering anorexic.
She gained loads of weight and alot of it went to her butt and she thought that was so cool.
The end.
we <3 your butt misscoco!
MY BUTT LOVES YOU! <3 <3 <3
This is the story of a recovering anorexic.
She gained loads of weight and alot of it went to her butt and she thought that was so cool.
The end.
Tina Fey
Fancy putting your daughter off her food? Then buy her Maggie Goes on a Diet, a children’s book aimed – according to Barnes & Noble, one of the many booksellers on whose website it is currently listed – at six- to 12-year-olds.
The book tells the story of 14-year-old Maggie, who according to its blurb “is transformed from being overweight and insecure to a normal-sized teen who becomes the school soccer star”. It’s not out until October, but so disquieting is the cover image that perhaps we may, in this case, allow ourselves to judge the book by it. Maggie is depicted as dumpy, pigtailed, wearing an unflattering jumper (has nobody told her that wide lateral stripes aren’t a good look when you’re carrying a few extra pounds?), staring into the mirror, presumably dreaming of a thinner self who will one day wear the tiny pink prom dress she’s holding wistfully to her chest.
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2011/aug/17/diet-book-for-girls)
