STARving CSUN Senior Thesis Film 2009

This film is based on my experience as an actress in an arts high school where the pressure to be thin caused some girls to exercise instead of eat at lunch and commonly develop eating disorders. Having surmounted bulimia myself, I now strive to illustrate the unhealthy consequences of accepting our society s absurdly oppressive standard of beauty and hope to help shape a healthier, more balanced, cultural viewpoint. While it is wellknown that eating disorders can be directly linked to the pressure exerted