
Netflix recently released a trailer for To The Bone: a soon-to-be-released movie about a teenage girl with anorexia. The roughly two-minute and thirty-second trailer has prompted hours and hours of conversation on social media about the complex double bind that often results from depicting eating disorder behaviors in the media. While films like To The Bone can raise much-needed awareness about these often misunderstood illnesses, they can also potentially trigger relapse in those who are in recovery from an eating disorder and inspire those who are “on the brink” to engage in dangerous eating behaviors.