How is Ariana Grande allowed to keep going?

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She looks like she’s at death’s door with anorexia and yet she’s just kicked off a world tour.

I thought we were living in more enlightened times now and that celebrities’ ill health wouldn’t be enabled like this. If she went to any hospital she’d get admitted for malnutrition.

It didn't read as desperate to me, it read as relevant to the topic under discussion, so we'll have to agree to differ.

And if you don't think calling someone hysterical is misogynistic, you might want to reflect on the origin of the word.

Okay, try googling "deaths by risk factor"

Deaths by risk factor, World, 2023

The thing with an eating disorder though is that it has a very high immediate risk of death whereas obesity has a long-term impact. It may be that there are fewer people suffering from anorexia than there are from obesity in the world but the immediate risk of death from anorexia (especially in a younger demographic) is much higher.

i think the poster is fairly determined not to get that

I've never claimed this isn't the case, but none of this disputes the objective fact that more people die from obesity than from anorexia/bulimia.

Why do you keep banging on about it though? Literally no one is arguing with you, it’s obvious this isn’t a relevant point

This is the case overall, but for each individual with anorexia vs obesity, the risk is much higher for anorexia. Anorexia has the highest proportional death rate of any mental health issue. The heart can just give up as it's a muscle and anything that causes muscle wastage can damage it.

More people are obese than anorexic which is why obesity figures so high. I think people can live happy lives though whilst being overweight and obese, and also be relatively fit (until it is extreme) whereas, having spent a lot of time in ED wards, I've only ever seen very unhappy people with active EDs. Its a life of torturing yourself and it's a very difficult way to live.

I should also say that a good proportion of people with ED go on to a partial or full recovery, so that is possible. But living with an active disorder is having a devil in your head the whole time, I'm sure all AG's traumatic experiences will have made that even worse.

Oh give over, the word has evolved and can well be used neutrally. Who even said the posters are all female? Completely unnecessary policing of perfectly good use of the English language.

Okay then, there is no need to keep throwing your toys out of the pram.

OK, then, when was the last time you called a man hysterical?

Ostensibly about a wardrobe malfunction.

https://www.instyle.com/ariana-grande-embraces-nip-slip-wardrobe-malfunction-instagram-12006404

Though you cannot help noticing one of the photos on her Instagram shows her upper ribs showing through the top of her dress

https://www.instyle.com/thmb/yelQRiPA6I_9DcIyNEM8Li_jxLM=/750x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/IMG_5348-1001659273954652a32aeba54ddf0d1d.jpg

https://www.instagram.com/p/DZ728ErkfSk/?img_index=3

She seems so childlike to me. I can't imagine the pressure she is under.

I think someone mentioned she's either about to play a ballerina or inspired by ballet. A performance field that is intensely punishing on bodies

Yes. And for which you need a level of strength & fitness akin to that of an Olympic long distance runner. Except nobody goes on about them being skinny, because everyone assumes they must be fit and healthy in order to be able to sustain that level of endeavour for hours at a time.

She is quite childlike isn't she? She's lovely and I'm not saying she's immature, but she comes across as delicate, like a small kitten. She's probably got unicorn wallpaper in her bedroom!

There are a lot of ED in dance, athletics (even elite) and other sports.
But while lean and toned, most athletes dont look as skeletal as AG does at the moment

Despite her misleading appearance she is clearly very robust!

I offered to step in and cover her world tour if she felt that she wasn't up to it and have been waiting here, with my packed lunch and washed tights for over two weeks and no one has called me! Even the cat is miffed as I told her I'd take her with me...

Actually it’s a recognised issue in the industry. Eating disorders are rife, and you can’t dance 7 performances a week if you aren’t eating.

people do go on about skinny ballerinas. A lot.

there’s been a big trend recently away from the super slim aesthetic and recognising the need to be properly fuelled to prevent injury, and also dancers with an ED very quickly lose the ability to perform.

Actually it’s a recognised issue in the industry. Eating disorders are rife, and you can’t dance 7 performances a week if you aren’t eating.

people do go on about skinny ballerinas. A lot.

there’s been a big trend recently away from the super slim aesthetic and recognising the need to be properly fuelled to prevent injury, and also dancers with an ED very quickly lose the ability to perform.

The people who shouldn't be enabling this, are the parents of the little kiddies who go to these concerts! The parents are buying these tickets and allowing their kids to be influenced by her and aspire to be like her….. Appalling parenting.

She (and her managers) are just counting the money.

The ribcage thing has been noticed

https://youtube.com/shorts/skCiTN3YbtM?is=B2BhOy5adY6qSDok