Natasha VC: The Bird as Symbol in Current Culture

natashavc:

I first noticed the bird motif on the pro-ana sites. Girls described wanting to have bird bones, to be feather thin, ‘become frail’, to be light as air, be delicate, small, like a shimmering, (starving) sparrow.

The bird lust has seeped into other facets of culture, fashion…

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    I’m still going...use vulture motifs. Vultures may...most...
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    this because I do actually very much identify with sparrows in particular, birds in general. My adoration of birds...
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    fucking hate birds. Preach it, girl.