PLEASE

Like look at this shit! I would pay for it even if I didn't know @ejdickson.bsky.social.

I wrote it basically to make conservatives mad so hopefully it does that

Thank you for sharing! I never heard of this but I’m definitely going to read

This piece took eight months to write and report, and I hope more than anything else it did Karolina's story justice. She was a beautiful spirit who deserved better.

You can read it at @nymag.com @thecut.com: www.thecut.com/article/karo...

What seems evident, however, is Karolina took the cultural obsession w/ clean eating and purity to a dangerous extreme. One former raw vegan deeply regrets introducing her to the lifestyle: "She was healing, & she took a step back because my ED was feeding hers." www.thecut.com/article/karo...

Many of the raw vegans I spoke to said Karolina's death had nothing to do with her diet. They believe she died because she refused help and essentially lost the will to live. Many declined to speak w/ me, fearing the story would reflect poorly on the community. www.thecut.com/article/karo...

After a few months in Bali, Karolina checked into a retreat in the outskirts of Ubud. She was so weak the staff had to turn her over in bed. She was found dead on Dec. 11, 2024. She was just 27 years old. www.thecut.com/article/karo...

Some offered to help Karolina recover on a raw vegan diet. She met Jenn Peach, an influencer who claimed she could heal women w/ EDs, asking to stay w/ her. Jenn said no. “It was too much on my nervous system to be around someone that I think is going to die," she said www.thecut.com/article/karo...

When she got to Bali, it was nothing like she expected. Her weight was also dangerously low. She refused to go to the hospital or see a doctor, and she was deeply depressed. "It would have been better to die than try to manifest something beautiful," she told a friend. www.thecut.com/article/karo...

A fan of spiritual influencers like Teal Swan, Karolina dreamed of going to Bali, the epicenter of the raw vegan community. She told friends she wanted to live w/ with her "soul fam" in the tropics, where she could eat coconut and watermelon all day. www.thecut.com/article/karo...

As she became more isolated, Karolina's health declined. On Facebook, she frequently posted in raw vegan groups w/ questions about her crumbling fingernails or rotting teeth. The answer was always the same: get more sun, eat more fruit. www.thecut.com/article/karo...

Karolina Krzyzak, 27, was an aspiring influencer from Poland who struggled with anorexia. When she found fruitarianism, she became deeply immersed in the community, despite the concerns of her family and friends. Her posts show her rapidly wasting away. www.thecut.com/article/karo...

frankly i do hope the rapture comes tomorrow bc i'd like to avoid the Wicked 2 press tour if i can help it