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In Australia, there is little regulation of pro-ana material. Shutterstock

June 22, 2017

Should ‘pro‑ana’ websites be criminalised in Australia?

Tomas Fitzgerald, University of Notre Dame Australia and Marilyn Bromberg, The University of Western Australia

Criminalising websites that celebrate extreme, unhealthy thinness is deeply problematic.

Catwalk size doesn’t affect anorexia as much as you think. Republic of Korea

April 20, 2015

Anorexia is an illness – not something we can simply blame on the media

Rachel Cole-Fletcher, Durham University

Biological and psychological factors are implicated in anorexia. If it was just about media, why are many more people obese?

Valeria Lukyanova: a ‘thinspiration’ pin up. Youtube

March 5, 2014

Anorexia advocates turn medical condition into self‑expression

Nic Crowe, Brunel University of London and Mike Watts, Brunel University of London

Decoration and modification of the body have become a contemporary form of fashion. Aesthetic sensibilities once considered quite deviant (and now ordinary) commonly articulate our sense of self through…

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Mike Watts
Professor of Education, Brunel University of London
Rachel Cole-Fletcher
Teaching Fellow, Durham University
Nic Crowe
Course Leader in Contemporary Education, Brunel University of London
Tomas Fitzgerald
Lecturer in Law, Curtin University
Marilyn Bromberg
Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia

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