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The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

Overlooked mental illnesses: eating disorder recovery at UVM

Overlooked mental illnesses: eating disorder recovery at UVM

Kendall Evans, Culture Staff Writer November 1, 2024

At the end of my first year at UVM in 2023, I found myself sitting on my much too uncomfortable and insatiably loud plastic mattress with tears rolling down my face.  The housing accommodations my...

The power of eating disorder recovery

The power of eating disorder recovery

Olivia Langlan, Opinion Columnist February 29, 2024

Content warning: discussion of eating disorders The seven years of my life that were governed by my eating disorder were a constant game of playing pretend. After a sharp downward spiral that landed...

Tiktok needs to stop romanticizing eating disorders

Tiktok needs to stop romanticizing eating disorders

Emily Johnston, Assisstant Opinion Editor October 16, 2020

Picture Cassie Ainsworth, the character from “Skins,” not eating for 3 days for an arbitrary reason and teaching her classmates how not to eat.  She was the quintessential thinspo, or thinspiration,...

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