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Post an Anorexic Secret?

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So everybody loves tumblr. I'll admit, it's great for art ideas, decoration, style ideas, and just generally things which are nice to look at. But tumblr, like many social networks, also has a dark side. As many of you who use tumblr already know there is some unusual pages, which is good, it's always nice to see variety in blogs and there is something for everyone. Although, there is some pages on tumblr which are perhaps indulgent, and encouraging the wrong things. Some that I have seen include pro-self harm pages, pro ana/mia (ana being anorexia and mia being bulimia). pages, which is frankly disgraceful. Recently I found this page, which has the same concept as post secret, where you share a secret about your eating disorder, self harm problems or anything else. It is aimed the same way post secret is, to try to help by allowing people a space to say something. However, some of the "secrets" say how tumblr is responsible for their eating disorders a