Last Friday evening May 11, 2012- Castlewood sponsored a free screening of the movie America the Beautiful Part II in Monterey California. About 125 people attended the screening at Monterey Peninsula College which was followed by a panel discussion. Following the screening, Darryl Roberts, writer, producer and director as well as eating disorder experts from Castlewood answered questions and facilitated a discussion about eating disorders, body image, and societies obsession with dieting.
Too see the full story visit the Monterey County Weekly news article.
As Castlewood expands into the Monterey/Pacific Grove area we plan to bring critical resources, education and eating disorder awareness into the community. This movie screening is just one facet of the resources Castlewood plans to bring to the area. Castlewood will also host a conference for professionals in June. For more information on events hosted by Castlewood please visit our upcoming conferences section of our website.
This week Vogue announced that it will not longer knowingly show images of models who are below a healthy weight, “appear to have an eating disorder” or who are younger than 16. To see the full story on this initiative visit the Examiner.
While Castlewood supports this initiative, I have to wonder if anything will really change? Vogue has failed to mention their guidelines for how they will choose who is at a healthy weight, or who “appears to have an eating disorder.” This begs the question, will those that struggle with purging or those at a healthy weight be ignored? Will those that struggle with binging and purging fall through these criteria and be allowed or dare I saw encourage to stay in their eating disorder? The counsel of fashion designers in America (CFDA) launched an Eating Disorder awareness campaign in 2007 and set out warning signs of eating disorder to all designers, photographers, and other professionals in the field. But they continued to allow images of unhealthy women to be on the cover of every magazine and allow women who are possibly very ill to walk the runway.
Our hope is that this initiative will encourage others to step forward and follow suit. And that they will develop criteria for health and assessment of eating disorder. We also hope that those women in the fashion field who are struggling with an eating disorder will be encouraged to seek help and offered assistance at a treatment center. The CFDA should work on true ED awareness: They should bring in experts to discuss warning signs and treatment options an a regular basis, as well as develop strict criteria for who can be in an image, how an image gets photo-shopped, and who can participate in runway shows. True ED awareness and prevention campaigns might work to encourage these young women to seek help if an eating disorder has already developed, it might discourage restricting or other ED behavior, and it might help prevent some body dissatisfaction which is pervasive throughout the industry. We support VOGUE for the step forward and hope that the industry can catch up with what is truly needed.
Christine Hartline, the founder of EDReferral passed away in late March from a long battle with breast cancer. In honor of Christine who gave so much to so many, particularly in the field of eating disorders, through her commitment of time, energy, knowledge and passion, the Christine Hartline FUND FOR ED Treatment had been created. The fund was the idea of many of Christine’s colleagues including Carolyn Costin, Sharon Peterson, Johanna Kandel, Gail Schoenbach, Lisa Kantor, and Kathleen MacDonald. We are thankful to Kevin, Christine’s husband, for allowing us to offer this opportunity for people to remember Christine.
The fund is set up thru the F.R.E.E.D. Foundation (For Recovery & Elimination of Eating Disorders), a 501(c) 3 organization dedicated to raising funding for people to receive treatment. All donations are tax deductible and 100% of monies go directly to an individual’s treatment. The foundation will let Christine’s husband Kevin know how the money raised was used, as well as send you a receipt and acknowledgement for your donation.
If you have any questions about donating, please contact Kathleen by Email: kathleen@freedfoundation.org
