Eating Disorders … a conversation with Emily Bashforth
NEW CONVERSATIONAL VIDEO with Emily Bashforth, eating disorder recovery advocate.
Tascha and Emily discuss the consequences of lockdown and the impact of social media on those affected by eating disorders and on the road to recovery. Emily offers inspiration and advice both to those struggling with eating disorders themselves and to those supporting them.
A conversation with eating disorder recovery advocate Emily Bashforth**New Conversational Video!** Tascha von Uexkull and eating disorder recovery advocate Emily Bashforth discuss eating disorders and the impact of lockdown and social media. Emily offers inspiration and advice both to those struggling with eating disorders and to those supporting them. This conversational podcast follows Tascha's article http://adamah.media/eating-disorders/
Posted by Adamah Media on Monday, 24 May 2021
This episode develops the themes of Tascha’s article for Adamah Media:
What possible harm could a minute-long video actually do? The recent backlash against video-sharing social networking service TikTok suggests the answer is, rather a lot.
In February, a disturbing Instagram post by journalist Danae Mercer called out the platform for promoting a negative body image and eating disorders. She sought to upend the myths around the perfect body which abound on social media, as images that are in fact ‘incredibly filtered, posed, and perfected’.
Read the full article here…
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Joseph Evans
Fr Joseph Evans is a Catholic priest and a member of Opus Dei. He has worked as a journalist and youth worker, and is currently a university chaplain in Oxford. He is co-founder and Editorial Director of Adamah Media and a poet. His most recent work, “When God Hides”, was published by SLG Press in 2025.
