To The Bone: Romanticising E.D.s?
(Potential trigger warning) Over the past weekend during Uni holidays, I logged into my Netflix account and the first recommended movie that came up was 'To The Bone.' A couple of months ago there was a large controversy surrounding this movie (starring Lily Collins, an absolute icon of mine) as people had viewed it as 'romanticising eating disorders.' I wanted to see for myself if it was really as controversial as media outlets had reported it to be, such as The Sun's article, which I have linked here. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3943117/anorexia-nervosa-the-bone-netflix-lily-collins/ While I actually quite enjoyed the film, I could see how this could potentially provoke someone who already has developed or on the verge of an eating disorder of the same type of manner that Collins portrays as the character Ellen/Eli. Anorexia Nervosa is an extremely devastating and dangerous disorder that effects people all over the world, and especially teenage gir...