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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/pushing-skinny-from-leslie-goldmans-the-weighting-game/">“Pushing Skinny” from Leslie Goldman’s “The Weighting Game”</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted April 21, 2008 at 05:00 PM by Alexandra Haller</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">We all know pro-ana [anorexia] websites are, by their very nature, extremely dangerous. The tips on losing weight, on how to stop hunger pangs, the “thinspo” pictures - they’re dangerous and potentially very damaging to the psyches and bodies of the young women reading them. I don’t think there are any arguments there. As evidence: numerous search engines have taken down these sites. But what about taking down every and any image that promotes excessive thinness? That’s the dilemma at the heart of a battle being waged in France, where a groundbreaking new bill intends to bring down not only pro-ana websites, but fashion designers, advertisements, runway models and more. Read the rest of this entry, and more from Leslie, on her blog: The Weighting Game.<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/pushing-skinny-from-leslie-goldmans-the-weighting-game/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/pushing-skinny-from-leslie-goldmans-the-weighting-game/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/pushing-skinny-from-leslie-goldmans-the-weighting-game/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/pushing-skinny-from-leslie-goldmans-the-weighting-game/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/body-image/">body-image</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/eating-disorders/">eating-disorders</a><br /><br /> </P>