Juliana's Journal - Entry #18 now online!

The more I read of Juliana, the more I appreciate Jeffrey Denman.

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Um, sorry, but last time sI checked, this was teh tour journal of a 20 year old girl. NOT the memoirs of Ethel Merman.
Give the girl a brak. If you don't like it, WTF do you go back or feel the need to trash her??

Then cry to yourself!! I am not just speaking for me when I say we don't care!!

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I know people would probably not believe this, but I am serious. I am actually getting concerned about Juliana's food issues: Our culture does such a number on young women, and young women whose bodies are the "instruments of their art" suffer more than most.

There have been a few women who have been in my life who really suffered to recover from eating disorders, one was a ballerina, one an actress, the other not connected to showbiz, so it really does cut across all walks of life.

There are several key things in the overall journal that are enormous red flags. The one where Juliana talks about feeling so much better with just two meals a day. The almost pornographic discussions of the limited food she does ingest (her salad mentions are getting almost salacious). And the examples of unhealthy habits. Girls, a flavorless smoothie (even with protein supplements) is NOT enough for a two show day.

Now, people might say, well, it's her life, it's her body, it's a free country. BUT, I do think that publishing this journal without actually naming what it is going on in many ways reinforces the same dangerous and deadly cultural phenomenon that encourages young women in their quest for control over their bodies to the point of starving themselves to death. Literally.

And since there do seem to be a lot of girls and young women, many with big dreams of Broadway stardom in their eyes, reading the journal, people should probably think twice about the messages that are being put out. I know what somebody who writes of food that way would say in response to my concern: "Oh, if you knew what I really eat! I eat a LOT!" But that's just the standard answer. The reason somebody would detail every salad like that is because that somebody is probably hungry. And if you don't FEED your hunger, you will starve to death.

Girls, no level of fame or Broadway exposure is worth that!

xo
FindingNamo

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But there's nothing you can do about it! She is an adult, she can eat what she wants. We know that people here think she has a food problem!

MEMBERS OF BROADWAYWORLD.COM,
Some of your fellow memebers think Juliana has a food problem.

There, no need to post this everytime a new entry is up.

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Errr, I would have to disagree that in this case there was bashing. A perfectly acceptable topic was brought up and is being discussed without any type of personal attack that I read. It can’t be a bad thing if it does anything to raise awareness of eating disorders. The moment it turns cruel is a different story. I will be the first to voice my objection.

If (operative word here) Juliana does have an eating order problem, it’s true that there is nothing we can do about–it’s also true that it really isn’t our business. HOWEVER, think of it this way, if she is reading our posts as we are reading her journal, it is possible it may bring it to her attention so she can DO something about it.

LOL, Bless MY heart, it’s an amazing and awesome thing–I found myself agreeing with Namo.

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DofB5, this isn't the 1st time they have mentioned this!

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I am a dedicated reader to Juliana's journal because she is basically my age... a few months older... and has the same dreams I do. She seems like a smart girl and talented at that.But, I do agree with the whole foods situation. It seems more and more in every journal she talks about her skipping out on meals and going to the gym or when she does eat, it's a cobb salad from crayola or a powder shake...and when the tour gets to LA how she plans on looking hot. Seeing photos of her on line she is a BEAUTIFUL girl!!! I myself as well as many friends know what it's like to suffer with eating problems. Throwing up your food every single night or not eating....weakness,black circles,mood swings come with it all and while you may lose the pounds you don't feel good and as a fan of hers, I do not wish to see ANYTHING like this happen to her. Im sure she can take care of herself but, when you have a group of total strangers from different parts of the states thinking the same thing, maybe something is up. I DO NOT want to assume anything because hopefully we are wrong... I know when I was 15 I was REALLY thin because I wanted to look good in a HIGH SCHOOL production of "West Side Story" playing Graziella.. shes in the real deal imagine what that must be like? I hate the standards we are all supposed to live up to.. i just wish there were more shows for AVERAGE size girls.

Updated On: 8/18/03 at 11:59 PM

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Updated On: 8/18/03 at 12:06 AM

Well, I promised I wouldn't, I really did. Juliana is a healthy girl. She eats well (unlike YOU, I have eaten many many meals with her and she has a very healthy appetite). You act like eating a Cobb Salad leads to anorexia. I eat Cobb Salads. They're huge, they have turkey and bacon and avacado and blue cheese and are quite yummy and quite filling. Sometimes they are so filling that I don't eat again, or I'll just have something light. Sometimes I'll eat two salads a day. Sometimes I'll eat one meal a day. So WHAT? I'm not anorexic nor is she. No one but you lot seem to be bothered by this - she's not sending out messages to anyone, and the e-mails she gets are from other healthy teenagers like herself. So, I know just HOW concerned you are, really I do, but your concern is for naught. She's happy, she's healthier than most of you lot, and she is a gorgeous young woman. The End.

With all that roughage Juliana is feating on, I hope for her castmates sake she's heard of "beano".

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Bruce. It's different for girls. I am sure as a very middle-aged man you do just fine on your salads. In your golden years I am sure you are not panicked about staying a size zero. (Your recipe, however, sounds fan-tab! Do you think it would be as good with vegetarian mock turkey?)

I am sure that as Juliana's physician, your opinion that she is very healthy is valid. I'm sure she could very well be one of the rare very healthy gals who catalogues every single bit of food she ingests. Nothing wrong with that at all.

But, and it's a big but, people who publish messages and themes over and over again that are read by girls and young women have to ask themselves if they are part of the solution, or part of the problem? I guess that would include you, Bruce. Clearly, Juliana has lots of young female fans. They are already bombarded by messages that tell them to be thin at all costs. Nobody tells them that the images they are inundated with are completely touched over, like the ones Broadwayguy links above.

And now they have someone in a position they would like to be in (new Broadway starlet) publicly obsessing about food and thinness and her desire to be hot, which she links together.

So that's fine. Keep publishing it as is. But just be conscious of what you are sending out there, even if you don't change a word at least you can think about the potential damage you might be doing to young women and not claim you had no idea.

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