Meaning of edtwt | Babel Free

Definitions

A Twitter community for those with eating disorders.

Internet, neologism

Examples

“The recent use⟳ of TikTok videos using fatspiration, and to a lesser extent thinspiration, on Twitter (@caloire, 2020) has brought a lot of negative attention to Eating Disorder Twitter (edtwt) and to a lesser extent other pro-ana and eating disorder communities on other platforms. There are those within edtwt who are arguing against TikTok users posting thinspiration and fatspiration content (@dietlix, 2020; @somehowatypical, 2020). However, this continues to be an issue⟳ across social media platforms.”

“Christ, what a shitshow that place⟳ is. Full of bullies shamefully spouting harmful tips and this constant sense⟳ of superiority coming from all of them. I know⟳ we’re all sick but coming back to this sub feels like⟳ a breath of fresh air; everyone’s nice, encouraging and willing to call⟳ out any harmful toxicity that pops up, while edtwt seems to fester in it.”

“More recently, thinspo has become⟳ a recurring theme on social media platforms. On edtwt, there are multiple accounts dedicated to frequent reblogging of thinspo content such as extreme weight loss progress⟳ pics, very thin people in poses that emphasise this like⟳ closing their fingers around their upper thighs, thematic groupings like⟳ #legs, and photo sets of recognisable thin celebrities such as KPop idols.”

“For this thesis, I followed one account that was a mixture of pro-ana and media fandom content, which caused my otherwise fandom-oriented timeline to become⟳ full of dieting tips, edtwt [Eating Disorder Twitter]^([sic]) memes, and even intra-community arguments.”

“Table 5 illustrates the top 10 keywords and hashtags associated with the classified categories. It enables comparisons between categories’ words and displays the most frequently used hashtags. […] The ED-user category has a significant relation with ED content such as proana, edtwt (twitter warning), body image, skinny, and fatspo.”

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