Anorexia
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BBC Three’s Overshadowed is the perfect take on anorexia in the age of social media
The structure of BBC Three's new anorexia drama 'Overshadowed' is particularly effective.
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Is To The Bone the new 13 Reasons for controversy?
Earlier this year, Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why, a teen drama about suicide, was criticised for its alleged glamorisation of its delicate and harrowing subject matter. Starring Lily Collins, To The Bone is a Netflix original movie released in mid-July and tackles the story of Ellen (Collins) who is living with anorexia. The film sees the character explore her attempts to deal with the illness after meeting a quirky, unconventional doctor (Keanu Reeves).
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Former Anorexia Sufferer Celia Imrie Brands Anorexics 'Self-Absorbed'
Actress Celia Imrie has said that sufferers of anorexia are ‘self-absorbed’. The 'Calendar Girls’ and 'Bridget Jones’s Diary’ star, who was herself anorexic as a teenager, made the comments in an interview with the magazine Psychologies. “If I met a younger person with anorexia, I would shake them,” she said.