Nothing tastes as good as being skinny feels – essay

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The blogpost, “Nothing tastes as good as being skinny feels”, is written by the lifestyle- blogger FunkyBrownChick.

The blogger usually writes about her single life and dating as one of the most frequent subjects, but this time, she makes an exception, and lets the reader hear about her own body-thoughts and/or issues, standing through with a clear claim:

Skinny is better.

But does being skinny equals being happy? Or maybe more popular?

A question many girls as well as women ask themselves, as they look in the mirror. If you ask this blogger, whose real name is Twanna, the answer to this question is undoubtedly yes.

She describes herself as a non-anorexic woman suffering from BDD (Body Dysmorphic Disorder), and a person forever in the belief that she is slightly full for her figure.

In this blogpost, she opens up about herself, her body-contemplations and with a clear message to the reader, for example using the words:

” I’m not saying that I'm not crazy. I'm just saying that my BDD, my personal mental state, has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that most heterosexual men and lesbians probably prefer Halle and Beyonce over Jennifer because they're thinner (read: sexier).”

According to Twanna, she speaks for most women as well as men, when she expresses her persuasion of what is generally considered attractive. But how does she argue her case?

It is a characteristic part of Twannas style of writing to affect the reader’s feelings by making use of the rhetorical features, pathos and ethos.

Ethos can be found in several of her own told experiences from her everyday life, in which she, with a direct, personal language, uses to open up about herself and make her not only seem vulnerable (using pathos) to the reader, but also as a reliable victim (using ethos) of the modern body ideals:

“I'm not anorexic but I, like most women, suffer from so- called BDD (Body Dysmorphic Disorder).” In this quote, Twanna exposes her “suffering”.

Using words as “suffer” and “disorder”, she exhibits herself as a victim, creating a seriousness around her mental standpoint with words that create sickness-like associations in the reader’s mind.

All this makes her seem as a more trustworthy example, since she’s experienced the whole issue the blogpost concerns, herself.