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| Thinspo (thin inspiration) is positive anorexia reinforcement, like anorexic role model pictures. Thinspo was originally "thin and sporty" (Thin+Spo) and pro
by ot8 8y ago
| Thinspo (thin inspiration) is positive anorexia reinforcement, like anorexic role model pictures.
Thinspo was originally "thin and sporty" (Thin+Spo) and promoted a super healthy and physically fit lifestyle and positive choices.
Over time it has been co-opted by those with deeply negative body image issues, and those with anorexia fetishes.
- washadjeffmad 8y agoI'm not asking for a specific source, but how do you know this? I've just heard people saying it as 'in-SPO-ration' for so long that a -spo suffix seems more intuitively to be a truncation of -spiration.