General Article 'Thinspo' anxiety: veiled anorexia in social media form

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There’s a growing movement online that is unfortunately causing fairly drastic consequences. It’s called the ‘Thinspo’ movement, short for ‘Thinspiration’, (a portmanteau of ‘thin’ and ‘inspiration’) and it’s taking over social media websites.
‘Thinspo’ is the act of viewing photos of women that are incredibly skinny – often with bones protruding out of their skin – and claiming that the photos are inspiration to get thin and exercise. The problem is that ‘Thinspo’ isn’t health related at all....

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