Taylor Swift's documentary Miss Americana covers her struggle with an eating disorder. In her upcoming Netflix film, the singer reveals how she used to starve herself, and says she used to think it was normal to feel like she was going to pass out at the end of a show.
The Guardian reports that she ‘would make a list of everything she ate, exercised constantly and shrank to a UK size two; she is now a size 10.’ The musician also reveals how derogatory comments about her body in the media would ‘trigger’ her to starve herself. She also speaks about the impossibility of beauty standards, adding, ‘if you’re thin enough, then you don’t have that ass that everybody wants, but if you have enough weight on you to have an ass, then your stomach isn’t flat enough.’
In an interview withVariety, she says that she still isn’t entirely comfortable on talking about the topic - but that it made ‘sense’ to include her story in the film. ‘I’m not as articulate as I should be about this topic because there are so many people who could talk about it in a better way,’ she says. ‘All I know is my own experience. And my relationship with food was exactly the same psychology that I applied to everything else in my life: If I was given a pat on the head, I registered that as good. If I was given a punishment, I registered that as bad.’
Taylor also cites Jameela Jamil as someone who has helped her recover. ‘I love people like Jameela Jamil, because she says things in a really articulate way. The way she speaks about body image, it’s almost like she speaks in a hook.’
Miss Americana will be able to stream on Netflix on January 31.
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