Monday, July 8, 2019: Whose Image Is Our Body Image? - Shani Raviv

This week on Women's Magazine we explore the racial, cultural, economic and emotional roots of our obsession with thin bodies.

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Shani Raviv's memoir, Being Ana, explores the role that anorexia, personified as Ana, played in her life for ten years, from age 14 to 24. Moving from South Africa to Israel and back again, with parents who were depressed or absent, uncomfortable because of class issues and a severe squint, anorexia was less an extreme diet than a search for order and structure. Yet none of the adults around her recognized the problem and intervened. Shani talks about how she eventually healed and what you can do if you think someone you know is suffering from an eating disorder. For more information about eating disorders at NationalEatingDisorders.org.

Click here to listen to the entire show. 59:58 min (There is a break in the recording at 44:46 that lasts for about 45 seconds.)

Also on today's show:
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