I absolutely hate bumping old threads and I know it's annoying, I apologize sincerely for my seemingly random contribution to this thread. However, ED "culture" (honestly just romantization but tiktok has to make everything into a "culture") on tiktok has 100% escalated over the past 8 months. There are several points I want to divulge into, so I henceforth apologize for the onslaught of text that is about to occur.
1.
Wonyoungism
A lifestyle (I'm not putting this in quotation marks for reasons that will be covered shortly) notated as "Wonyoungism" has absolutely taken over tiktok, specifically a demographic of people under the age of 20. Wonyoung herself is absolutely gorgeous and clearly in good shape, minus that bump in the road that occured last year. She takes care of herself, works out regularly, and eats clean as well as taking care of her appearance immaculately. The term Wonyoungism seems harmless, almost helpful and positive, at first. And for some it genuinely is. They are working on eating cleaner, working out more and with structure, skincare and personal hygiene, dressing well, and fostering self love. That side of Wonyoungism is beautiful to see.
However. The other side, with more followers from what I have discerned, are simply taking it open themselves to glamorize anorexia and orthorexia to an extreme I haven't seen in a minute. The amount of actual children I have seen on tiktok who are using Wonyoungism tags and proclaiming to follow her "lifestyle" are consuming two cucumbers, five pieces of peppermint gum (sugar free
of course), a bowl of ice with water, and green juice. That's it. On top of this they are doing pilates for hours, running every chance they can get, and still body shaming themselves when they are literally wasting away. I saw a profile of one 15 year old girl who claimed to be 5'8" and 41.7 kg, which is 91.9 lbs. Her UGW was 37 kg. That is deadly. That is not achievable though healthy means. And she was actively comparing herself to Wonyoung and saying that she "just needs to live the lifestyle a bit longer so she is
less fat and skinny like Wonyoung". The fact this content is even allowed on tiktok, even worse SEARCHABLE, is despicable and absolutely triggering for some.
2.
ED Bait Audios (and the slideshows that come with them)
Recently there has been an audio trending on tiktok that literally says "you can always be thinner, look better". I 100% agree with that audio, do not mix up my words, but some of the slideshows accompanying this audio are atrocious. I saw countless accounts utilizing this audio to post pictures of them now as the first slide (you can always be thinner) and then attach an image of them in the absolute worst physical state of an ed they have/had. I saw several people that only skin and some patches of thin hair was preventing them from looking like the skeleton kept in the back of a 7th grade biology classroom. And they were, in their caption, reminiscing and saying how much they missed looking so "pretty" and "dainty". The ones that were the worst were the ones who posted straight up scale pictures and were talking about how gross they feel at 43kg (they are 5'6.5") and how they want to be 40 kg again. This, in my personal opinion, is absolutely horrifying.
3.
WIEIAD gone rogue yet again
Not too much to add here but the WIEIADs are getting even more out of hand. "Yassss girlypop, so proud of you, you only had a matcha and two egg whites today!!! I wish I was less fat
". We know you want to lose weight
and you should but when the account who posted said WIEIAD says the egg whites were a "cheat meal" there is a bigger issue at play. It's just getting worse over there.
Those are the main ones I wanted to touch up on but there are more behaviors and trends I have seen that are just downright unhealthy. I'm all for piggies losing weight but making starvation quirky and cute is not the answer. The Bulimia side of tiktok is so unbelievably foul at this current moment that I fear it's ineffable in the worst way possible. Again, I apologize for bumping this thread. I hope all of you skinnies have a wonderful day.