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An interview with Cornell University historian Joan Jacobs Brumberg on the cultural and historical issues surrounding eating disorders is presented. She discusses the cultural matrices that influenced eating behaviors from the holy anorexics of medieval times to the lives of contemporary young girls. She offers her perspectives on why there is little visual imagery about eating disorders. She also talks about her books "Fasting Girls: The History of Anorexia Nervosa" and "The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls."

The article discusses various reports published within the issue, including "Artists Against Eating Disorders," by Pat Sanders, "Food Photography and Inverted Narratives of Desire," by Margaretta M. Lovell, and another by Barton B. Blinder on the role of visual imagery in eating disorders from several perspectives including the visual body image distortions experienced by some suffering from eating disorders.

The article offers information on the project Eating Disorders in a Disordered Culture, which is designed for public art, exhibitions, and the World Wide Web. A forum was created on the project's Web site where people could share their experiences to emphasize the emotional experience of eating disorders. The public art component involved the placing of photographic images in advertising venues that promote excessive consumption. The gallery exhibitions included sculptural pieces, sound installations and prints about eating disorders.