About Me and The Pointe Complex

About Me
I'm a 20-year-old college student working on getting into the dance program. I live with my boyfriend and spend my time reading, writing, and doing photography.

About The Pointe Complex
The Pointe Complex is my way of recording the issues I go through with eating disorders and my dance classes. It is my personal journal. The title comes from my long-standing desire to dance on pointe.

FAQs
If you have a question that isn't answered here, please ask away!

Are you anorexic?
I am not anorexic. I don't pretend that I am. I eat. I like to eat. However, I have put myself on a restrictive diet, and I am planning on restricting it more and more as time goes on.

Why?
Because I dance. Because I'm trying to get into the dance program at my university, and at my current weight, I'd never get accepted.

Couldn't you just exercise?
I do. But if exercising is good, and dieting is good, why not combine both?

Isn't this blog a bad thing for young girls to read?
It's not my job to be a role model. The people in my life who look up to me do it because of who I am, not what or how I eat. Parents should be watching their children. You should be telling girls that they look beautiful. And not with a qualifier like, "You look nice with your hair up" or "That shirt is cute." But just that she is beautiful. Period.