OMG! I'm so glad I could make your day <3 I hope you have a wonderful birthday and year ahead of you!
Oh, I didn't write this earlier bc I forgor but it was also nice to see a portrayal of ED that isn't tied to weight loss. Aiyana's general disinterest/sensory difficulty around food was very, very close to my own. Sometimes, that's hard for other people to understand, and sometimes, it almost makes me feel like I'm just making shit up, but no! We're real..... ty................
yes! thank you!! i wanted to write it because that kind of disordered behavior is severely under depicted and often just viewed as 'picky eating' when it is something that can severely affect your life. even that sort of behavior in academic literature is viewed as a thing associated with children.
i've only seen it in one manga actually (a yuri (she loves to cook she loves to eat))... well.. also.. i guess.. it shows up in random things but it's romanticized when it really sucks!! it's actually a common thing you can find in autistic/adhd girl-dominated communities too i saw while researching!! but it's just.. not talked about at all.
