I’m currently writing an essay on the thin is in topic as well and I saw this interesting research paper by Karen Dias on the invasion of pro ana spaces on the early internet & how you kinda kept separated unless you actively looked for those topics. It kinda makes me think about the blending of lines in Internet spaces like tiktok where you don’t actively search things that resemble body checking, pro ana content but it seeps into your feed / the reaction it gets when it leaves the “internet neighbourhood”.
(Ofc not talking about the people who are actively attacking fat people and using their photos to mock them etc)
Omg so interesting - yess totally, this definitely resonates with me as someone who was old enough to catch the height of the Tumblr pro ana era, it really was an insular community. Randomized public broadcasting algorithms totally changed that
Yeah exactly! Like even though we’re a few years older than the gen z’ers in high school atm, the internet landscape is so different and things have changed rapidly due to tiktok. I wouldn’t have gotten waify coquette posts on my Twitter TL because I wasn’t engaging w that at all but now it’s always on my feed no matter what I do 😭
I’m currently writing an essay on the thin is in topic as well and I saw this interesting research paper by Karen Dias on the invasion of pro ana spaces on the early internet & how you kinda kept separated unless you actively looked for those topics. It kinda makes me think about the blending of lines in Internet spaces like tiktok where you don’t actively search things that resemble body checking, pro ana content but it seeps into your feed / the reaction it gets when it leaves the “internet neighbourhood”.
(Ofc not talking about the people who are actively attacking fat people and using their photos to mock them etc)
Omg so interesting - yess totally, this definitely resonates with me as someone who was old enough to catch the height of the Tumblr pro ana era, it really was an insular community. Randomized public broadcasting algorithms totally changed that
Yeah exactly! Like even though we’re a few years older than the gen z’ers in high school atm, the internet landscape is so different and things have changed rapidly due to tiktok. I wouldn’t have gotten waify coquette posts on my Twitter TL because I wasn’t engaging w that at all but now it’s always on my feed no matter what I do 😭
Another great read by Abby 🔥
I do not have the life experience to comment intellectually on this so fire emoji it is!
I completely agree. Any attention given to them will only fuel their mindset. Sometimes you just have to let people go.
Thanks for this. I’m going to re-read it tonight and do some more reflection.
Let me know the results of your reflection if you don't mind! I'd love to hear.