I had an eating disorder - we need to talk about women being worryingly thin

Ihad an eating disorder , which began as anorexia at 17 and morphed into bulimia in my early 20s. It defined my late teens, and I spent a few years as an outpatient at The Priory. Now, at 32, I have been happily recovered for years but it is an ongoing (exhausting) exercise to not let triggers bother you. Although it has largely gotten easier with time, it can still catch you off guard.

In recent years, this has meant navigating the volume of conversations about GLP-1s as weight loss tools, and the new era of celebrities who are shrinking in front of us. I had largely been at peace with my existence in this new era. Until I went to see Wicked: For Good .

I want to caveat here that I am not, and can not, armchair diagnosing the stars of Wicked . But watching the latest film, and t