I have so many memories with so many different people it is mind-boggling. Spending time with people brings new memories and there are those things that never die. Some of the best memories happened in middle school. I had the same group of friends all though out the three years of middle school. During our second year, I had a friend that has a very nice and a brilliant idea. Every Friday after school some one would pick all of us up and head to her house. Every week, it just depended on the situation to how many people where there. On a normal week there were 7 to 10 people. Being as all of us were hungry, we would always have food. Cooper’s, whose house we were at, mom or dad would cook amazing food and of course it was filling! After we filled ourselves with yummy-goodness, we would head upstairs to hang out. Sometimes we would put a movie on and some people would watch it, others played board games, and there was always some one dancing. Music was and still is a big part of our lives. We would just spend quality time together and enjoy each others company. The girls were invited to spend the night, but I remember my parents coming to pick me up because I always had something to do Saturday morning.
All of the activities continued through out our third year together and even though most of us all go to different high schools, we make one call or one mass text and all the people will be back at the house, ready to make new memories, and reminiscing on the old ones.
“What the hell am I doing here?” Many students ask themselves this question when they step into Ms. Erin Gruwell’s class. 
War- a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation. That’s exactly what the kids in the movie 
Seeing is believing. Many people think that that’s the only way to really believe in something. The definition of believe is, to have confidence or faith in the truth without absolute proof. So seeing is believing is an oxymoron. Having faith in something is believing in the non-substantial. In the book 
“I wanted something for myself, so I started a diet. But once I started dieting, I couldn’t stop. I was out of control.” Brittany, 15, states when she is admitted to Renfrew Medical Center, Florida, for women with eating disorders. “Thin” a documentary film by Lauren Greenfield and sponsored by HBO is a fantastic film. It explores I depth what you go through when you have an eating disorder. As you view the movie, it takes you through 4 girls’ lives and you see what they do everyday, how they struggle, and how they cope.
Shelly Guillory, 25, is admitted to Renfrew after a year of having a tube placed through her skin and directly into her stomach. “When I first got it [the tube] in I was like, this is easy access to my stomach. I could flex my muscles in a certain way and stuff would come out, or I would take a syringe and suck things out, which is totally disgusting, I know.” Before she had the tube placed in her stomach, she had one in her nose for 5 years and her dad made her get the surgery that would place it directly into her stomach because her dad told her, “My child can’t not have a tube in her nose.” Polly Williams, 30, came to Renfrew after a suicide attempt, when she ate two pieces of pizza and that threw her over the edge with everything. “I remember all the things that are symptoms of eating disorders being taught by my family: to cut my food into really small pieces, and chew very slowly and take your time, and always drink water in between so that your stomach fills up faster. I was counting calories and counting far by the time I was 11.” Polly grew up very competitively because of her sisters that where always doing better than her. Alisa, 30, is a mother of two children and she has never been thin enough for her liking. Since the age of 7 when her pediatrician told her mom that she was fat, she has always been cautious on what goes in her body. She has tried to do many things in life to make her happy but the only thing that will make her truly happy is to be thin. “I just want to be thin. If it takes dying to get there, so be it. At least I’ll get there.” And then there’s Brittney and she became a compulsive eater at 8. Eating disorders runs in the family. Her and her mom would bond with this thing called chew and spit. “We would buy bags and bags of candy and just chew it and obviously spit it out. We just thought of it as a good time; we didn’t think of it as a problem. And it was.” All four of these women are suffering with one thing, an eating disorder. How they all react is completely different due to their personalities and backgrounds.
This movie was directed by Lauren Greenfield. The producers that where involved in where, R. J. Cutler, Lauren Greenfield, Amanda Micheli, Ted Skillman, and Joanne Toll. Together they made one of the best documentaries I have ever seen. Though there was not much action, it was very detailed and made you want to keep watching. You wanted to know what happened to the girls at the end. When the women went to therapy with everyone there, you felt like you where sitting next to them. There were some parts that made me feel like my heart had gotten ripped out by someone and other times where you were up lifted because the people would help someone and you could see change. Every week they had to do an art project. My favorite was when each girl first comes there they draw what they think they look like on a big piece of paper on the wall. After they are finished, the artistic therapist traces them onto the same paper with a different color marker. They both then step back and see what they think they look like and what they really look like.
Though this is a documentary, it was very believable. Seeing what each girl goes through and understand what they are dealing with, really makes you think about what they have to do. When people talked, it was very believable because you could tell it wasn’t edited much. They said what was on their minds and that was portrayed into the film. Also, they ladies wore their own clothing. There was one part of a scene where Alisa tried on almost her whole wardrobe, just to find looked best on her and which one she liked the best.
I recommend this movie; 4.5 out of 5 stars. Even though this film didn’t have a rating, I would mark it with a PG-13 rating for inappropriate language for those under the age of 13 without adult supervision. Many of the girls use very explicit words and they really give the feel to the movie, so you can’t take them out. When the girls purge, they also sometimes show what they do and it is very detailed. I also think that every bully should watch this. People call other people fat every day, some really take it to heart and think they’re fat. That’s how an eating disorder can start.
Eating disorders are very real. It’s a disease. Many people have it, some just worse than others. If you notice an eating disorder in someone, don’t be afraid to tell someone. If you have an eating disorder, I completely understand. I used to have a slight form of anorexic and not eat for a week at a time. I soon realized that I was loosing weight I didn’t have to loose. Someone I really looked up to noticed and said I needed to start eating on a regular basis and from there on, I have become in love with food. So just be careful what you say and don’t forget to compliment those around you. You never know whose life you can save.
