Send us a text Social media can feel like a gladiator arena for adults, let alone kids. We take a clear-eyed look at Australia’s Social Media Minimum Age Act and why it puts the responsibility on platforms to prevent under-16s from creating or keeping accounts. No criminal penalties for parents, no blanket government ID checks—just “reasonable steps” that force companies to build safer systems, document their methods, and accept penalties when they fail. We walk through how age assurance act...
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Send us a text Social media can feel like a gladiator arena for adults, let alone kids. We take a clear-eyed look at Australia’s Social Media Minimum Age Act and why it puts the responsibility on platforms to prevent under-16s from creating or keeping accounts. No criminal penalties for parents, no blanket government ID checks—just “reasonable steps” that force companies to build safer systems, document their methods, and accept penalties when they fail. We walk through how age assurance act...
Fat Kid to Physician: How Anorexia Nervosa and Disordered Eating Shaped My Life
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55 minutes
4 months ago
Fat Kid to Physician: How Anorexia Nervosa and Disordered Eating Shaped My Life
Send us a text "You're just sitting there obsessing over what's happening with your fat cells. It's fucking wild." These raw words capture the mental torment of anorexia nervosa—a reality I knew intimately as both patient and physician. My relationship with food began as an obese child enduring bullying and humiliation. By fifteen, amid my parents' divorce, I found control through extreme calorie restriction. I dropped weight dramatically, earning praise until crossing that invisible line wh...
fitscapades
Send us a text Social media can feel like a gladiator arena for adults, let alone kids. We take a clear-eyed look at Australia’s Social Media Minimum Age Act and why it puts the responsibility on platforms to prevent under-16s from creating or keeping accounts. No criminal penalties for parents, no blanket government ID checks—just “reasonable steps” that force companies to build safer systems, document their methods, and accept penalties when they fail. We walk through how age assurance act...
