Analysis Of Osgood Kelsey s The She Never Completely...

How to Disappear Completely: On Modern Anorexia is an autobiography written by author Osgood Kelsey. In her book, she tells her tale of her curiosity for eating disorders, especially stories of women affected by them. She herself then began the descent into anorexia nervosa and subsequently survived. Her book is filled with not only her personal accounts and experiences, but also well researched facts into the eating disorder community and how it self promotes the disease and makes it appealing to both men and women. The reason why I chose this book out of the list of books given was more of a personal reason. I myself have also fallen into the trap of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. It seemed to be the most interesting one out of†¦show more content†¦Till this day I sometimes go into relapse and revert back to my previous self. Overall, I was able to relate to this book extremely well. In many cases, the things she experienced and explained were exactly the way I felt when going through that period of my life. When I first heard about this idea of anorexia, I thought it was some magical formula that could make you skinny without doing any work. Of course that work was actually starving yourself, but everything I read made it seem effortless. That is something that Osgood brings up in her book. Being a Millennial, the internet was always just a click away. I was able to come across countless testimonies of people with anorexia and how it really did change their lives. What is shock ing, however, is the amount of chat sites, websites, internet forums, and social media groups that actively promoted eating disorders, as well as images and links to thousands of â€Å"thinspiration† posters and quotes. Like Osgood states, the community glamourizes eating disorders into something that is not harmful to the body and easy to do. I remember finding how-to sites on being anorexic with one site even giving a step-by-step guide on how to hide the signs of eating disorders from your family, how to overcome feeling faint, and making the most out of your starvation. Looking back now I realize I how absurd and harmful they actually are, but at the time I actively followed their recommendations. Some of