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 a...

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