I recently read an incredibly well written and at times painful memoir entitled "Unbearable Lightness" which is authored by Portia de Rossi. An Australian actress and model who was on Ally Mcbeal she is also married to Ellen DeGeneres.
In her memoir de Rossi chronicles her entire battle with Anorexia and Bulimia. At times the book is incredibly painful to read because as the reader you know that she is not healthy but in her mind (at the time) she thought she was completely healthy and that it was a professional and healthy thing to restrict her daily calorie intake to just 300 kcal.
She also talks about her struggle with her sexuality and how she was completely terrified that if she admitted that she was gay publicly that she would lose her entire career just like DeGeneres did. In the end she goes on to say that when she met Ellen was when she learned how to really love herself and how to enjoy her life.
It's a wonderful book de Rossi is an exceptional author and I highly suggest this book to anyone.
My reasoning for doing this review on a Health and Fitness blog goes with the idea that due to society and it's weird need to idealize the "perfect" female body type that the drive for perfection will more often than not get out of hand and has lend far to many people down the road of eating disorders, and even worse still that road has lead to many people dying from those disorders.
Friday, March 18, 2011
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