| Jennifer Jackson - Carly Eating disorders are treated as medical and psychological illnesses, which they certainly are, but it's rarely acknowledged in the course of such discussions that we live in a misogynistic culture. A culture that punishes women for taking up space - emotionally, intellectually, or physically. I concluded from my research for this role that the problems so many women experience around food - bingeing, purging, anorexia, dieting, weight obsession, dangerous and painful plastic surgery - are fueled in part by this belief that women do not have the right to our own bodies and try (with sometimes extrememe results) to erase our bodies. My character, Carly, is a strong woman who would walk on nails for her child. She'd do anything fr her daughter - except respect and love herself; a realization that results in both Carly's tragedy and her hope. Even women who have not suffered diagnosable eating disorders may see themselves on this stage. It's my hope that Madeleine George's The Most Massive Woman Wins will shed some light on this wound too long ignored. |