Cut Knuckles
There—the small red cut marks on the knuckles, which any bulimic could identify as those made by the teeth when finger-inducing vomiting.
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Forsyth Harmon is the author and illustrator of the illustrated novel JUSTINE (Tin House, 2021). She is also the illustrator of GIRLHOOD by Melissa Febos and THE ART OF THE AFFAIR by Catherine Lacey, and has collaborated with writers Alexander Chee, Hermione Hoby, Sanaë Lemoine, and Leslie Jamison. Forsyth’s work has been featured in Granta, BOMB, Refinery29, and more. She received an MFA from Columbia University and currently lives in New York.
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