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Sabine said on January 5, 2013
Why is it that featured women aren’t displayed of other ethnicities such as; Japanese, African American, Indian, etc.,?!
Skylar Alexandra said on January 9, 2013
I third that! A lot of thinspo is white. You have to look up “black thinspo,” “Asian,” etc to find other races amongst it usually, which is really odd for Asians because many are thinner….
I think it’s just racism….adding to the idea of what beautiful people look like. So if thinspo is taken from a magazine model picture or something like that, they’re usually white because white people are considered the prettiest by a lot, even if it’s subconscious for most people. I think people posting it here should be conscious of that and try to post it of other races and ethnicities.
Sabine said on January 10, 2013
I know it can e research, or what not. I’d just like to see it on PT. Especially, when there’s posting like the one above.
Sabine said on January 10, 2013
Yea, I definitely understand the media imaging issue. I know there’s thinspo of other ethnicities. There’s many members of different ethnicities in here. If just loved to see them posted my moderators, just to now that they acknowledge their members are diverse.
Sabine said on January 10, 2013
I hate typos! Lol.
Bisquette said on February 6, 2013
Because of the fact that Asian culture is different from English and American, their diets are different, mostly consisting of water based meals with fish and boiled vegetables so their national averages range from size zero to 6 in English sizes. The average height is usually under 5 feet too.
Daguerreotype said on January 6, 2013
Thats a good point Sabine. I would appreciate seeing that as well.
Canetton said on January 10, 2013
I’m sorry that you fell under the pressure (be it the media, or whatever) but I actually went here, going through all of that trouble to be members just to find that there is nothing there. I don’t mean you links or anything, they work fine.
But where did our haven go? Where is the safe house where we gather? It isn’t here anymore, I am sorry to say. I’m sorry that you fell under some kind of censure. But where are we supposed to go now? You’ve changed, but you’ve changed too fast. We cant trust you anymore. I’m sorry.
Cherry Blossom said on February 24, 2013
I feel this way too. It’s left me a little lost.
Sabine said on January 22, 2013
I hate my stupid ass mother! She’s a fucking bitch! I hate her ducking guts!
Bree said on January 22, 2013
You know what… count me in on that bandwagon… mine sucks too
Alice said on March 8, 2013
Just remember who brought you into this world.
And who will be the one person you know will be there if everybody else were to leave you.
That’s your mum.
Esa said on March 9, 2013
Yes, but sometimes your mother goes a little psychotic and tells you that she hates you when someones forgets to put away the pot roast
Daguerreotype said on March 24, 2013
As an ‘adult’, I’m going to burst you and a lot of the child-abuse-overlooking churchgoers from my childhoods’ bubbles: blood is not necessarily stronger than..well, anything. You would be surprised.
Loztandfound said on April 29, 2013
Mums are not always the nice people some of us know. Some abandon their kids. Some cause EDs. Some ignore SH cuts and scars and mention weight/skin problems every time they see you. Some mums are nice, don’t get me wrong, but not all of them. It’s all a matter of perspective
vivo_con_fuoco said on January 30, 2013
Some of the comments on this page were flagged, which is why I’m posting a response. I find the comments are perfectly fine, so I’m leaving them up.
I absolutely support diverse imagery – I’d rather see it as everyday interactions rather than specifically searching for something.
However, I won’t be posting any “thinspo” as a moderator for the site. The site owner chooses to include “thinspo” on the site as he feels it’s what the community wants, and that’s fine. I will not add any images that contribute to a unified standard of beauty for the Westernized worlds. We’re a diverse culture of all races, shapes, sizes, ages, and not all of us can fit in that homogenized standard no matter how hard we try, and “thinspo” only contributes to that homogenized pool.
Xee said on March 30, 2013
This definitely looks more friendly then that other site >8C
justme. said on April 11, 2013
most days it’s hard to look into a mirror and think today is going to be a good day, most days I never want to get out of bed out of fear that food is rearing it’s ugly head around every corner willing me to be fat, willing me to put on “just another lb”. everyday is an uphill challenge, I am a survivor and I know that I can do this I know I can get to my goal weight again as I have before my family decided that I wasn’t well. the looks I get from people at college make me feel like i’m a freak “why doesn’t she just eat?” sometimes I feel maybe I am a freak, maybe I am the only one that feels like this. why did ana chose me? I’ve never been perfect and I know I never will be I just want to be normal I want to be the person I was when I was 7 when all I cared about was barbies and i’d eat as much chocolate cake I wanted and not worry about every calorie and carb.
ana has defnititely taken over my life but in a strange way I love her for it, she’s the only one that understands me the only one that keeps me strong when I feel I can’t go from day to day. i’m not sure I could cope without her and when I went into rehabilitation I guess I was equally frightened of disappointing my best friend ana as I was of getting better.
well I know I may ramble on and I may get on peoples nerves but sometimes it just feels better to get the rambling out of my system and somewhere else, what I guess i’m trying to say is thank you everyone, thank you prettythin for you make me realise that I don’t have to struggle alone i’m not a freak and a weirdo i’m just a normal person with normal thoughts, feelings and problems that happens to have an eating disorder.
Xee said on April 14, 2013
Lost three pounds.
How. Well from the idea this site banned me from submitting. >:C
Now because of being so judgmental of a person opinion. I refuse to come back here. And continue on reaching my goal.
Kelpie said on May 7, 2013
Your not banned it is because James, the site owner got rid of the moderaters/admins which made it impossible to approve new entries and as James is NEVER here (not been on in over a month) he has neglected everyone.
It is active and fully moderated and no need to wait until posts are approved. It is approved automatically for al members 
But come check out the site us mods have made… http://www.prettythinagain.webs.com
Zoe said on May 6, 2013
How come my journal is still not approved? It’s been like 4 days, and it still says “Pending”.
AndThen said on May 11, 2013
Zoe,
Somehow the Journal posts of some people need approval. I’m not sure why. Newer members, maybe ?
Unfortunately the site owner fired the mods who would normally be doing the approval ( they just get rid of spammers, so I know you would be approved ) so it can take a while for some of the less-active mods which are left to come here and approve entries. But it will happen in time.
Hopefully when the Admin person stops by, he will do some of that himself, since he was the one who removed the active mods.