LKH may dance around the issue, claim that Anita is simply never hungry and just likes her coffee, but that isn't what we are seeing here.
Not to be completely insensitive but.. I assume that you felt hunger even when you refused to indulge it.
True...I guess I'm trying to see this from LKH's perspective, because I'm sure we can all say that she isn't purposely writing Anita with some sort of medical issue/eating disorder. LKH is probably trying to write Anita as someone who is so stressed and busy that she simply 'forgets' to eat. And while I don't like to speculate too much into LKH's personal life, I'm certain that part of Anita's eating habits stems from LKH's own desire to have the 'perfect' body without having to work at it. Hell, I don't blame her, it'd be nice to be as ridiculously thin as Anita, and at the same time massively curvy (physically impossible), and never have to deal with such pesky things as being hungry or having to eat. But now that Anita's food habits directly impact others around her, the lack of eating has taken on a whole new sinister dimension.
It also kinda shows how much of a Sue/self-insert Anita is. Bella was the same way...come to think of it...I've noticed a lot of Sues in literature that are girls who are just naturally very skinny (with the right amount of curves), who never eat or really exercise. Lot of wish fulfillment going on.
(And, by the by, YAY FOR YOU for getting a handle on your health issue. Health issues are the WORST and they're so slippery that getting handles on them is really tough. I admire you for not only doing that but being able to talk about it afterwards.)
Thanks, it's been a long uphill climb that I've been on for over a year now, and it's only now that I feel like I can see the top and where I need to be. I suppose my own personal experience with eating disorder probably colors my perspective when reading Anita's aversion to food and her body-image issues. I mean, even now I'm nit-picking her breakfast choice (fresh fruit is fine, but the coffee has a lot of sugar, and croissants are mostly butter and eggs...if she wanted protein and something light, she could've gone with Greek yogurt, added calcium benefit)
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Not to be completely insensitive but.. I assume that you felt hunger even when you refused to indulge it.
True...I guess I'm trying to see this from LKH's perspective, because I'm sure we can all say that she isn't purposely writing Anita with some sort of medical issue/eating disorder. LKH is probably trying to write Anita as someone who is so stressed and busy that she simply 'forgets' to eat. And while I don't like to speculate too much into LKH's personal life, I'm certain that part of Anita's eating habits stems from LKH's own desire to have the 'perfect' body without having to work at it. Hell, I don't blame her, it'd be nice to be as ridiculously thin as Anita, and at the same time massively curvy (physically impossible), and never have to deal with such pesky things as being hungry or having to eat. But now that Anita's food habits directly impact others around her, the lack of eating has taken on a whole new sinister dimension.
It also kinda shows how much of a Sue/self-insert Anita is. Bella was the same way...come to think of it...I've noticed a lot of Sues in literature that are girls who are just naturally very skinny (with the right amount of curves), who never eat or really exercise. Lot of wish fulfillment going on.
(And, by the by, YAY FOR YOU for getting a handle on your health issue. Health issues are the WORST and they're so slippery that getting handles on them is really tough. I admire you for not only doing that but being able to talk about it afterwards.)
Thanks, it's been a long uphill climb that I've been on for over a year now, and it's only now that I feel like I can see the top and where I need to be. I suppose my own personal experience with eating disorder probably colors my perspective when reading Anita's aversion to food and her body-image issues. I mean, even now I'm nit-picking her breakfast choice (fresh fruit is fine, but the coffee has a lot of sugar, and croissants are mostly butter and eggs...if she wanted protein and something light, she could've gone with Greek yogurt, added calcium benefit)