Thursday, April 06, 2006

J.K. Rowling Tackles Anorexia Obsession

J.K. Rowling rants about Western culture's obsession with unhealthy underweight women; her fears of what effect this obsession has on girls, including her daughters; and about acquaintances who see her after a long time and can only say, "You've lost weight!" after she's produced three children, and six internationally bestselling novels that have been turned into four major motion pictures. Hello! What's wrong with this picture? Can JKR possibly have accomplished anything more important in this world than watching her weight? Can any woman? And what does that say about the world that asks such a question?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not to mention how many of her baddies are fat! Starting with Vernon, Marge, and Dudley Dursely

Lioness said...

That's real near a sore spot with me. I have a relative who is truly anorexic: massive hair loss, furry limbs, cauliflower ears, sunken face, wears oversized sweats so you don't see that all her bones are showing, looks 12 years older than her chronological age, and has had addictions to drugs, alcohol and worthless men. She's constantly being complimented for her thinness, and I'm constantly told I should try to look more like her. I don't think so.

Anonymous said...

What I'd like to know is this: If J.K. Rowling was a man, would the press have even bothered to mention that she'd lost weight? I think not. :-)

Lioness said...

When the person she was talking to mentioned that she had lost weight, she reminded them that she had just had a baby then.