"Thinspo" in China Is Going Too Far | Gen 跟 China

22kg... She was literally dying. I'm so relieved to see she's okay now 🙏🏽

In China, everyone is complaining they are not thin enough, not pale enough, not rich enough, not tall enough, not hot enough, not young enough, not smart enough etc. And Chinese judge each other constantly. If you think this is good, that girls should judge their weight constantly, and that mentality is attractive, just remember they are also judging your wallet, your height, your education all the time too.

28kg is terrifying. That’s the weight of a 6-7 year old. Now imagine a full grown person with that weight. Eating disorders are no joke.

"The Ugliest Girl Group"? They're kids, what's wrong with people!? Couldn't they just let them do what made them happy without imposing their unrealistic and unfair standards on them? 💔 PS - they looked darned pretty, especially with the classic look going

“If you can’t see my value because of my body that is your problem not mine.” Exactly

my filipino relatives: "you are getting chubby" also them: "why are you not eating more food??"

My parents often neglected me so I was starved and emaciated growing up.. Girls would make fun of me calling me anorexic and trying to be a model not knowing there was no food at home. Then when I started living by myself and living life for the first time and gaining weight to a healthy amount, guys would make fun of me started saying I was getting fat 👁️👄👁️ there's no winning

When I was a pre-teen (early 2000s), I created a thinspo blog & really followed the lifestyle. Went through a long journey of crash dieting, fasting, purging, diet pills (esp the infamous phen-phen), fad diets, bullimia- everything. Im still friends with some of the girls that subscribed to my blog & we laughed about how weight obsessed we were when in reality we looked great back then. It was the early 2000s though, skinny was really in & my favorite super lowrise jeans. Back in those days, your upper-mid class parents sent you to fat camp if you were a little pudgy. (I went for two summers) My ex pro-ana girls remember those ridiculous mantras: "Nothing tastes as good as how it feels to be thin" "A touch [of food] on the lips is 10 pounds on the hips" "Waking up thinner, is worth going to bed hungry" "Hunger hurts but starving WORKS" "Because the pain of looking in the mirror (or on the scale) hurts more than starving" I could write a book. Teens, dont do this. Now Im in my 30s with stomach acid issues & an out of whack metabolism. Just eat healthy and exercise. Plus the weight loss from starving isn't permanent.

I don’t think most people realize this, yes in most western countries we usually put the skinny and fit as the sexy thing, but that’s not the standard, it’s the standard in a lot of asian countries and it’s FAR WORST (I’m asian) in asian countries usually if you aren’t pretty/handsome, skinny, and light skinned you get hated on. Edit: I forgot also if you’re short yeah, you’re screwed too. Tall or nothing.

Health is so attractive. Having a healthy body, plus a good feeling about yourself. Being under- or overweight is not part of it.

Reading these comments is scary. The path to eating disorders is pretty easy to go down. Even being "in shape/fit" can be dangerous if you get too extreme in how you accomplish it. I think people forget that society will always have something to say about you. You have to love yourself, first.

It's important to say that anorexia is the mental illness with the highest rate of deaths, an that it is 80% female. As someone who has suffered with ed's, id say the worst part is the hunger you feel all the time (obviously) but some people still think the problem with anorexia is that some people aren't hungry (like??). Anorexia is literally about starving yourself to thinness. It hurts so bad

The cultural pressure is making those ppl sadder, more bitter, too competitive.

I think what's sad is a lot of women are comparing themselves to EDITED pictures of other women where their waist is drawn in or their legs are reduced in size and elongated, but what they're comparing themselves to and/or striving to achieve isn't even real... I remember reading an article about a Chinese actress who allegedly admitted that her legs were so skinny because she got fat drawn out from her legs/liposuction.

As a male who doesn't have a lot of female friends its very hard to understand how someone could go so far to killing themselves because they aren't skinny enough. However this video really puts into perspective how awful and terrible the body standards are for young women. Thank you vice for making this it really makes me thankful that I don't have to go through something like this and how hard it is for somebody else with body dysmorphia.

Its so interesting how every country has their own beuty standards, I've lived in various countries primarily South America. One friend was really down on her body because she was "too thin" here in South America and primarily Brazil were I currently live, vuluptuous women are the cultural standard for "beauty". Naturally she felt ouf of this cultural norm, and I recall telling her "if you where in Asia you would be considered ideal, her being fair skin, long brunnete hair, tall and ofcourse thin

I was bullied growing up for being so skinny (I’m AA) and I felt so bad about myself I use to eat constantly only to weigh 90lb. Then I moved to Japan for a few years and I felt soo pretty there and was constantly complimented just to move back to the states and feel unattractive bc of my weight again.. gotta love cultural standards right lol

"If you can't seem my value because of my body, it's your problem, not mine. Loving yourself is acceptance. Loving yourself doesnt mean you give yourself a hundred marks. Loving yourself means accepting objectively your strengths and weaknesses." I LOVE THIS--SO WISE

Makes me sad bc the “ugliest girl group” is cruel. They’re so far from it. They’re unique, they’re cool, they’re real. They’re natural beauties.

The actress girl is so eloquent and extremely charming. I think its horrible that people had the audacity to call her fat and tell her she would never get the lead role because of her body. She has a perfectly healthy body, was a Zumba instructor, eats clean, and yet total strangers were harassing her on the street... I find it appalling and disgusting that people think they have the right to be rude to a person if she is not stick thin. This fat-shaming aspect of our culture, in both China and America, needs to change.