HELEN ORTH - CONSUMER, CONSUMED, CONSUMPTION

CONSUMER, CONSUMED, CONSUMPTION, 2008
DIGITAL LIGHTJET PRINT

THE FEMALE BODY HAS BECOME A PRODUCT OF THE SOCIETY AND CULTURE OF WHICH IT WAS CREATED.
CONFORMING TO A CULTURE OF THINNESS AND UNNATURAL BODY IDEALS IS A PRODUCT OF WANTING TO FIT IN AND NOT WANTING TO BE STEREOTYPED AS BEING OVER WEIGHT THEREFORE LAZY OR HAVING A LACK OF SELF-CONTROL.

AS TIME HAS MOVED ON THE PHYSICAL EXTERNAL CONFINEMENT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE INTERNAL RESTRICTION OF FOOD. EATING DISORDERS HAVE BECOME A POETIC RESPONSE NO LONGER HAVING AN EXTERNAL PHYSICAL COMMODITY AS A RESTRAINT; AN EPIDEMIC OF ANOREXIA AND BULIMIC NERVOSA CAME IN TO PLAY.
ANOREXIA IS WHEN A PERSON COMPLETELY DEPRIVES THEM SELF OF FOOD AND IN TURN LOOSE DRAMATIC AMOUNTS OF WEIGHT, BULIMIA IS THE OPPOSITE AND IS WHEN A PERSON BINGES ON FOOD FOLLOWED BY SELF-INDUCED PURGING.

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