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part two in a three-part series on normative beauty, illness, and the U.S. culture that sustains both

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Cameron Steele
Feb 08, 2023
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Today’s essay attempts to complicate eating disorder origin stories, the beginning of my time as an investigative crime reporter in Alabama, and, most importantly, the violence of the white, skinny, feminine, (upper)-middle-class body. The third and final part in the series, out next Wednesday, will examine the categories of “femininity” and illness as …

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