girl purging and a girl binge eating (assuming she ate that entire box of chocolate) = both eating disorders.
Um okay except you’re making an assumption that a fat chick ate an entire box of chocolate in one sitting based on a gif that only shows her consuming one piece. You’re filling in the lines with your own assumptions about fat bodies.
You’re also making an assumption that a woman has an eating disorder based on a hypothetical photo of her purging. You don’t know her, her situation, or why she’s purging - you’re looking at a photo on the fucking internet and making an assumption.
Seriously, am I making this hard to understand or something? I thought it was pretty simple. STOP. ASSUMING.
I’ve eaten an entire box of chocolates in one sitting, but that doesn’t mean I have an eating disorder. I’m sure plenty of people have done the same after a particularly bad day or in response to some sort of craving. It’s human, it’s what we do.
Food is comforting and sometimes we indulge a little more than we “should”, but doing so doesn’t mean you’re a bad person, or even an unhealthy one.
To make a long story short, as a society, we really need to try to stop taking things at face value. Stop making assumptions that you are not qualified to make. It’s harmful and perpetuates body hate. Just fucking stop.
(Made this ask into a text post to preface with a trigger warning.)
