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Bedridden woman became 'breathing skeleton' after eating nothing for 40 years

Welsh woman Mary Thomas was said to have gone as long as 40 YEARS without food, with her story said to have inspired hit Florence Pugh film 'The Wonder'

Daily Mirror · Apr 24, 2023

Starving bodies as public spectacle

In "The Wonder," this morbid fascination with the suffering of the young and beautiful is nothing new

Salon · Dec 19, 2022

The Wonder: Netflix's story of 19th century 'fasting girls' reminds us starving bodies remain a public spectacle today

In October, US tabloid the New York Post reported somewhat gleefully that the early 2000s trend for “heroin chic” is back. After a brief period of limited body diversity, it reported, runways were once again full of extremely young, wraith-like white women.

The Conversation · Nov 28, 2022