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Words_of_Glitter
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since 2000-10-25

Posts 90
USA

0 posted 2002-02-26 11:35 PM

She hurts herself each day
By telling herself she is fat
Looks at models in magazines and thinks,
"I want to look like that"
She "dreams" of a starvation diet
Then berates herself for eating
No one helps, her pain is self-inflicted
When she gives herself the beating
She hurts herself all the time
When she thinks she is not good enough
Not good enough to wear a bikini
Not good enough for confidence and "stuff"
"People like people who like themselves,"
Is what her mama would always say
But her mom was a size three
And called herself fat every single day
She gets her body image ideal
From the anorexic actresses on TV
But they are hurting themselves constantly too
Why is that so hard for everyone to see?
Let's be realistic
No one is supposed to be one hundred-fifteen pounds and five foot-nine
The media portrays unhealthy role models
And it is their magazines we keep buying

"Time really does fly by and no one knows where it goes, so if you have something to say or do, say or do it now."

SEA

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Member Seraphic

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with you

1 posted 2002-02-26 11:51 PM

those aren't the magazine's I buy!
great message, although very sad....
I prefer healthy....that is what matters....

great emotional, thought provoking poem

Erin
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since 2000-06-15

Posts 2527
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2 posted 2002-02-27 07:46 AM

Your words are to true...I buy some of those magazines but only when they have good stories...

~I thought it was only your loss when we broke up, but it turns out it was mine too~

Jenn Cirrincione

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since 2000-07-02

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3 posted 2002-02-27 08:42 AM

A very real issue. Kudos to you for bringing it up. Hope you aren't experiencing it.

Jenn

"You are the strength, that keeps me walking- you are the hope that keeps me trusting."

LCBS
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since 2001-11-29

Posts 532
Connecticut

4 posted 2002-02-27 03:39 PM

I feel the word "fat" is used to frequently, I would never dream of calling someone else it, but I often use it casually when refering to myself. We need to set a rule for ourselves, treat yourself the way you treat other....

Great Write

~LCBS

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Allysa

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since 1999-11-09

Posts 1952
In an upside-down garden

5 posted 2002-02-27 05:02 PM

So true, so true.
My friends smack me when I say I have fat rolls.

Don't let your mind wander, it's much to small to be out by itself.

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