Bear with me because what follows is all from memory and it's late.
Regarding Eugenia:
Before Eugenia's refusal to eat got this bad, back when she was just very thin, people were terribly worried about her but they let it go because Eugenia isn't promoting her eating habits as a lifestyle. But later, after she became a bone queen, Tumblr's outrage brigade were apoplectic that she would show herself online in any capacity and trigger all the precious 250 pound snowflakes who once skipped a meal and might totally see her on YouTube and, like, become anorexic again and die. Eugenia has been down this road before and it's unlikely that Greg and his cabal of anxious teen girls seeking his favor will upset her too much. She seldom seems affected by criticism.
But one of the main reasons the first wave of gossipers left her alone is because Eugenia lives with her parents, who are definitely aware that she is skeletal and are affluent enough to get her help and are doing all they can legally to help her.
However, traditional help doesn't change much for Eugenia because Eugenia does not recognize or admit she is anorexic. Some think her refusal to eat comes from being on the autism spectrum (and maybe this was the OCD spectrum). The theory goes that she dislikes eating because the physical reality of food and its consumption fucks with her sensory issues. The smell and texture of so many foods upset her, as well as hearing herself chew and the sounds of plates and cutlery scraping against each other. She takes a lot of photos that can be seen as body checks but mostly if she was 40 pounds heavier she'd be just another basic bitch who takes too many selfies in front of mirrors.
And while anorexia nervosa causes a wide variety of behaviors, Eugenia doesn't seem to exhibit any of the behaviors seen in other online bone queens. She never speaks of her weight, she never engages with people about weight loss or anorexia, she doesn't do the whole, "I'm so fat and disgusting because I ate an apple" shtick seen in so many online anorexics. She seldom seems depressed or unhappy. She doesn't seem to recognize that she appears frightening to other people so she doesn't enjoy the malignant attention that someone like Ashley gets when she rolls around Target without her wig on. She doesn't talk about food for hours on end. She behaves in a manner wholly unlike most of the girls with anorexia nervosa. She certainly suffers from anorexia in that she is not eating very much, but she very well may not suffer from anorexia nervosa.
But even if the autism angle isn't correct, it is undeniable that Eugenia has parents who love her and get her care. She lives with them and they have a far better idea of what is happening with Eugenia than Greg does. If her parents have been unable to persuade her to eat, chances are a bunch of online eating disordered baby Onions will not be able to get her to go inpatient and eat a sandwich. If Greg is so worried about someone's eating habits killing her, perhaps he should look into getting Amberlynn or Chantal help.
Regarding Eugenia:
Before Eugenia's refusal to eat got this bad, back when she was just very thin, people were terribly worried about her but they let it go because Eugenia isn't promoting her eating habits as a lifestyle. But later, after she became a bone queen, Tumblr's outrage brigade were apoplectic that she would show herself online in any capacity and trigger all the precious 250 pound snowflakes who once skipped a meal and might totally see her on YouTube and, like, become anorexic again and die. Eugenia has been down this road before and it's unlikely that Greg and his cabal of anxious teen girls seeking his favor will upset her too much. She seldom seems affected by criticism.
But one of the main reasons the first wave of gossipers left her alone is because Eugenia lives with her parents, who are definitely aware that she is skeletal and are affluent enough to get her help and are doing all they can legally to help her.
However, traditional help doesn't change much for Eugenia because Eugenia does not recognize or admit she is anorexic. Some think her refusal to eat comes from being on the autism spectrum (and maybe this was the OCD spectrum). The theory goes that she dislikes eating because the physical reality of food and its consumption fucks with her sensory issues. The smell and texture of so many foods upset her, as well as hearing herself chew and the sounds of plates and cutlery scraping against each other. She takes a lot of photos that can be seen as body checks but mostly if she was 40 pounds heavier she'd be just another basic bitch who takes too many selfies in front of mirrors.
And while anorexia nervosa causes a wide variety of behaviors, Eugenia doesn't seem to exhibit any of the behaviors seen in other online bone queens. She never speaks of her weight, she never engages with people about weight loss or anorexia, she doesn't do the whole, "I'm so fat and disgusting because I ate an apple" shtick seen in so many online anorexics. She seldom seems depressed or unhappy. She doesn't seem to recognize that she appears frightening to other people so she doesn't enjoy the malignant attention that someone like Ashley gets when she rolls around Target without her wig on. She doesn't talk about food for hours on end. She behaves in a manner wholly unlike most of the girls with anorexia nervosa. She certainly suffers from anorexia in that she is not eating very much, but she very well may not suffer from anorexia nervosa.
But even if the autism angle isn't correct, it is undeniable that Eugenia has parents who love her and get her care. She lives with them and they have a far better idea of what is happening with Eugenia than Greg does. If her parents have been unable to persuade her to eat, chances are a bunch of online eating disordered baby Onions will not be able to get her to go inpatient and eat a sandwich. If Greg is so worried about someone's eating habits killing her, perhaps he should look into getting Amberlynn or Chantal help.
