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I’ve been an Apple fan since 1985, when I got my first Macintosh (the 512K with option two floppy drives –
for $3,600!). I, like my other Apple Computer fans, cannot see myself switching to another platform. So, when Apple introduces something new, I’m checking it out as quickly as possible.
Two days ago, I get an email announcing the new Apple MacBook Air. Of course, I go to the Apple website to check it out and I download the ad. It’s a cool looking computer (although I’m never first one in on any technology; that’s really just being an unpaid beta tester) but the ad ends with a shot of the computer (left) and the word, "THINOVATION" along the top.
In light of my previous column about THINspiration, two feelings come to mind:
I’ve been an Apple fan since 1985, when I got my first Macintosh (the 512K with option two floppy drives –
for $3,600!). I, like my other Apple Computer fans, cannot see myself switching to another platform. So, when Apple introduces something new, I’m checking it out as quickly as possible.
Two days ago, I get an email announcing the new Apple MacBook Air. Of course, I go to the Apple website to check it out and I download the ad. It’s a cool looking computer (although I’m never first one in on any technology; that’s really just being an unpaid beta tester) but the ad ends with a shot of the computer (left) and the word, "THINOVATION" along the top.
In light of my previous column about THINspiration, two feelings come to mind:
I’ve been an Apple fan since 1985, when I got my first Macintosh (the 512K with option two floppy drives –
for $3,600!). I, like my other Apple Computer fans, cannot see myself switching to another platform. So, when Apple introduces something new, I’m checking it out as quickly as possible.
Two days ago, I get an email announcing the new Apple MacBook Air. Of course, I go to the Apple website to check it out and I download the ad. It’s a cool looking computer (although I’m never first one in on any technology; that’s really just being an unpaid beta tester) but the ad ends with a shot of the computer (left) and the word, "THINOVATION" along the top.
In light of my previous column about THINspiration, two feelings come to mind:
I’ve been an Apple fan since 1985, when I got my first Macintosh (the 512K with option two floppy drives –
for $3,600!). I, like my other Apple Computer fans, cannot see myself switching to another platform. So, when Apple introduces something new, I’m checking it out as quickly as possible.
Two days ago, I get an email announcing the new Apple MacBook Air. Of course, I go to the Apple website to check it out and I download the ad. It’s a cool looking computer (although I’m never first one in on any technology; that’s really just being an unpaid beta tester) but the ad ends with a shot of the computer (left) and the word, "THINOVATION" along the top.
In light of my previous column about THINspiration, two feelings come to mind:
I’ve been an Apple fan since 1985, when I got my first Macintosh (the 512K with option two floppy drives –
for $3,600!). I, like my other Apple Computer fans, cannot see myself switching to another platform. So, when Apple introduces something new, I’m checking it out as quickly as possible.
Two days ago, I get an email announcing the new Apple MacBook Air. Of course, I go to the Apple website to check it out and I download the ad. It’s a cool looking computer (although I’m never first one in on any technology; that’s really just being an unpaid beta tester) but the ad ends with a shot of the computer (left) and the word, "THINOVATION" along the top.
In light of my previous column about THINspiration, two feelings come to mind:
Years ago, I reserved the URL, www.THINspiration.com. I thought it was a clever name for what I speak about and what I do. I still think it is.
What I did not know then was that "thinspiration" is a term used by young women (and a few young men) in the "pro-ana" community. "Pro-ana" stands for pro-anorexic. In other words, these women suffer from anorexia or bulimia. They know they do. However, they do not want to be treated or cured; rather they look for support in how to sustain the condition. When they look for support, they search for "thinspiration."
If you do such a search, you will find loads of listings of blogs and photos of these women helping each other. Unfortunately, my website will also show up on that list.
I was not aware of the use of the word "thinspiration" in this context until some time after I set up my site when I would start getting hate e-mail from people telling me that it’s my fault that their daughter or sister was sick. As these types of email go, they were — of course — incomplete in their rationale as to why or how I had done this to their loved ones so I had no idea what was going on nor why I was receiving this.
It wasn’t until someone sent me an email saying she congratulated me on being a male dedicated to pro-ana that I found out what this was all about. Of course, I had to correct her and I posted that announcement on my website too, thinking it would help deter the others. I was naive then, not understanding search engines. So, now, not only did I have a URL with the name "Thinspiration" in it, I posted the words "pro-ana" on a main page. (Big dummy me!) I started getting ever more hits and more crazies sending me emails.
To make matters worse, the media picked up on the pro-ana movement. Then things went really crazy!
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