celebrity anorexics annoy me. i can't help it. i know anorexia is real. i know it's a disease. i know they apparently can't help it. but i don't care. i think they can . and whilst i have nothing but sympathy for young women (and men) who become ill in this way as a result of trauma or a difficult upbringing, i have nothing but contempt for young (in particular female) "celebrities" who cannot accept the natural development of their female bodies, and behave as if being feminine is a ...

So, what is Victoria's Secret ? ... is it bulimia ?. There is a parody site based on the women's underwear label 'Victorias Secret'. It's completely disgusting, and features photographs of scantily-clad women puking whilst parading their 'perfect' bodies in glamorous underwear. But it's more than just a visual affront. It sends a powerful message about how ugly bulimia really is, and as shocking as I found this webpage, if it gets its' message across then I'm all for it. The ima...

The World Health Organisation is warning that suicide kills more people each year than road traffic accidents in most European countries, and globally, suicide takes more lives than murder and war put together. The world annual death toll from suicide is approximately one million people per year . This accounts for half of all violent deaths worldwide, says the WHO, warning that estimates say fatalities could rise to 1.5 million by 2020. "Suicide is a tragic global public health prob...

  Australia is lucky in that the limited amount of fresh water we do have is of good quality, and the majority of Australians can drink fresh water directly from a tap with no purification needed. I drink a lot of water (particularly in summer) and I’m grateful I don’t have to purchase or purify it, yet I know that’s not the case everywhere.   I have a friend in Indiana who tells me they never drink their tap water on the advice of the area health industry, so how ...