[**Update March 2019: Following a few recent ambivalent/critical reactions to this post, I've made a number of additions to help 1) clarify what I originally meant and 2) reflect changes in my ...

So many people just don't understand what it means to want and need to starve yourself. Why on earth should they? Yet anorexia seems strangely appealing as a subject of media jokes, or magazine gossip ...

Some psychologists and parents argued that it risked glamorizing the condition, but one performer described the experience as empowering: “Onstage, I can be who I really am.” By Alex Marshall ...

Anorexia and OCD are disorders that interconnect, often driven by obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors. Anorexia nervosa and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are two distinct mental health ...