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Thin by Lauren Greenfield
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did not like it

This book makes me so mad.

Renfrew is a horrible treatment center. I can't
even believe the people running that place are
professionals. Those poor girls that go there.
You can't blame them for getting worse after
they leave. They go their for help and don't get
it, and then become more hopeless. It is so sad there
are places out their like this- SO many of them!

I feel so blessed and fortunate to have gotten the
treatment I got- at one of the best treatment centers
in the world.

The professionals in this book don't have a clue what
they are doing. Grrrrr...

AND Lauren portrays eating disorders as if they are only
about losing weight, being skinny blah blah blah....THAT
IS ONLY THE TIP OF THE ICE BURG. And I dont' think the
professionals at the treatments center in this book even
realize that; that is why this book is such a problem.
It only feeds into the idea that ED's are all about food,
weight, vanity, etc. BUT THAT IS SO WRONG!!! If you are
looking to learn more about ED's from this book, you will
not learn the truth behind ED's.

AND you can not put a face (or body for that matter) on
an Eating Disorder! MANY people with ED's are at an
average, or even above average weight. Although some
people are emaciated, that is very often not the case.

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message 1: by Daisy Dino! (new)

Daisy Dino! Your so right! I struggled with anorexia ever since I was ten and it was mostly that I felt guilty to eat and only a little bit was to be thin.


Jasmine I do agree that it's more to it than weight. But I think Lauren did a great just depicting it in photos of what was going on at that time. A lot of girls come out of Renfrew recovered. It depends on which center you go to and the movie aspect of it wasn't the whole story. I almost went to Renfrew but ended up at another center and a lot of crazy shit goes down there it's like a game. One big emotional rollar coster.


message 3: by Gabriella (new) - added it

Gabriella You also have to want help...just a little bit.


message 4: by Haylee (new)

Haylee If you don't mind me asking, where did you go to Megan? I agree wholeheartedly with everything you said by the way.


message 5: by Heather (new)

Heather Faye I love that you used your voice so well. That's hard for me.


message 6: by Sara (new) - added it

Sara I am WONDERMANNN


message 7: by Plaguedoctor (new)

Plaguedoctor I thought this book sounded interesting, but I don't think I want to eat it now. I agree that it doesn't always have to do with weight. A lot of eating disorders can be caused by depression or stress. I guess it just plays in with the whole young teens starving themselves to look a certain way agenda.


message 8: by Nadia (new)

Nadia I think the documentary was good and interesting. It didn't "glamorize" EDs (which doesn't have an apostrophe lol...but that's just me being obnoxious.) Anyway did she ever write that these are only a few stories and she's not summing up everyone's experiences with EDs? If so, she did her job and isn't grouping everyone into 1 category of vanity etc.
These are a few stories. No one should be led to believe that it's everyone's experience and i don't think it's the writer's responsibility to include stories that she doesn't feel necrssary to her work.


message 9: by Anna (new)

Anna Fernands I also went to Renfrew and it was absolutely horrible. I was lucky enough to get out and attend somewhere else


message 10: by Cordelia (new) - added it

Cordelia Bryant I guess I’m the one person who had a good experience at Renfrew. It changed my life.


message 11: by Eva (new) - added it

Eva I cried so hard when I found out about Polly.


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