Breakthrough Writer: 1A Lesson Plan for "Add Cake, Subtract Self-Esteem" (217)

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One. Lexicon

1. Addiction to starvation 217 first paragraph

2. obsessive compulsive rituals second paragraph

3. anorexia 217 bottom and 218 top

4. silent protest 218 top

5. core cause of anorexia 218 middle and 221 second paragraph and 223 top paragraph and 225 middle paragraph

6. internalized caveats and rules 218 and 219 top 2 paragraphs and 221 middle paragraph

7. female math 220 top

8. dangerous form of hunger 222 top

9. cardinal violation of appetite 222 bottom

10. new female aesthetic 223 second and third paragraph; Marilyn Monroe trumped by Kate Moss

11. backlash against feminine strength 223 bottom and 224 top

12. visceral knee-jerk hostility to fat women and people in general 224 bottom and 225 top