Sombr: "I only eat to survive, I don’t eat for pleasure"

[Red 99,152]

Good for her? If food didn’t give me pleasure I’d be grateful for not needing to care about what to eat, one less burden in my life

[RAMROD 117,202]

Glad he talk about this. ED issues need not to be tabooed. An open conversation is where a positive change can start. 

[Juanjo 2,294]

It shows!

Jokes aside, I don’t think there is anything wrong with seeing food as fuel vs pleasure. However, yeah, he just needs to be very careful of how he says things, as it seems he is quite popular with younger audiences. 

Edited 7 hours ago by Juanjo

[27monster27 15,890]

This eating disorder issue with major celebrities really needs to be a wake-up call for the world about how beauty standards and mental health issues need to be taken significantly more seriously.

That aside, I agree with @****oDanceFight that this will not get nearly as much scrutiny as Ariana because Sombr is a man.

[Bronco 25,395]

12 minutes ago, 27monster27 said:

That aside, I agree with @****oDanceFight that this will not get nearly as much scrutiny as Ariana because Sombr is a man

That is a factor.

But lets also consider the difference in delivery.

Sombr was asked about it in an interview. Otherwise, doesn't talk about it. 

Ari is posting in ways that a lot of ED charities and people in recovery say is deliberate pro-ana posting. 

So while misogyny is an issue, we need to also be honest and adult in that these are 2 different public presentations.

[27monster27 15,890]

30 minutes ago, Bronco said:

That is a factor.

But lets also consider the difference in delivery.

Sombr was asked about it in an interview. Otherwise, doesn't talk about it. 

Ari is posting in ways that a lot of ED charities and people in recovery say is deliberate pro-ana posting. 

So while misogyny is an issue, we need to also be honest and adult in that these are 2 different public presentations.

This is a fair point. We need to see how they continue to speak about or present it to really get a better idea.

[amourssauvages 186]

21 hours ago, NUTELLA said:

Exactly. The plausible deniability of it all. Even though that is shrinking for her, day by day.

Openly saying something about it isn't insidious. I think it is *unhelpful* & a bit *media-opportunistic* (as gross as that sounds in this context) but at least it is direct.

Meanwhile.... AG beating around the bush with outfits intended to show her malnourished body, choosing that narrative about bodily scrutiny in her newest music video ("needs to lose weight"), her vile tongue-in-cheek partnership with uber eats & THEN her intentional silence about the responses... are all insidious.

He is shouting for the attention, she is playing with it.

I know this is a touchy subject & cynicism is often unwelcome. But it bears repeating: all that matters to these celebrities is that people are talking about them (which translate to various avenues of profit).

As far as I’m concerned, until either of them come out & directly say “I am sick. If you are too, here is how you can get help…,” they should both be ashamed for using disordered eating as a talking point in their celebrity narrative (passively or actively).

They're recklessly aiding in the derailment of people’s relationships with body image & nutrition… tiny violin in one hand, giant bundles of cash in the other

feels good to read someone sensible

[JustTea 6,958]

Relatable fr, yet I try to gain mass but it's a struggle to eat so much... 

[Ilia Malinin 2,922]

jesus christ.  i used to think like this and have started to again.  with the rise of glp-1s and thin bodies becoming something everyone wants again, my brain is starting to relapse into disordered patterns after i'd worked so hard for the last 12 years to not think like that again.  i look at how many calories are in food, i look at how much sodium and sugar is in it.  i hope he's talking to professionals about this.

Edited 1 hour ago by Ilia Malinin