The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: A powerful memoir of overcoming an eating disorder

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In Half-Blood Prince, Luna is first seen on the Hogwarts Express. When some other female students invite Harry to join them in their compartment by saying that he does not have to sit with Luna and Neville, implying that they are undesirable companions, Harry witheringly says, "They're friends of mine." Luna observes in her bluntly honest way that people expect someone like Harry to have "cooler friends than us". Harry's response, indicative of the increased fondness he has developed for the pair, is that she and Neville are cool. Burgess-Pike, Caroline (2018). "A Huge Animal Rights Protest is Returning to London". Veganuary.com . Retrieved 10 November 2019. EL: The minute I announced I’d gone vegan, I got a loud and enthusiastic welcome from the vegan community. It gave me incredible access to people and organizations who were extremely generous and forthcoming in sharing their experience and resources. That’s one of the best things about going vegan, the supportive spirit. The energy and passion I witnessed in all these people responding to me inspired me to pursue activism because I loved their idealism and determination to help the most vulnerable beings. I wanted to help get their message out there. VO: The idea behind Kinder Beauty is amazing! What is the curation process like for each cruelty-free beauty subscription box?

Shamsian, Jacob (27 January 2014). "2 actors from 'Harry Potter' are dating, and they define #couplegoals". Insider . Retrieved 30 June 2021. a b "Luna Lovegood role has been cast". CBBC Newsround. BBC. 2 February 2006 . Retrieved 29 May 2010.

VO: You started acting at an early age! What was that like for you to experience Hollywood as a teenager?

I think to me, being unremarkable was the same thing as being unlovable, and if I didn’t have love, I wouldn’t want to live, and if I didn’t want to live, I’d eventually die. And I really wanted to find a way to fight that urge to die. Lynch currently co-hosts a podcast called Just Beings with psychologist Dr. Melanie Joy. [72] [73] Forthcoming projects [ edit ] Granshaw, Lisa (13 February 2018). "7 Reasons Why Luna Lovegood Is Our Favorite Ravenclaw In Harry Potter". Syfy. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018 . Retrieved 1 August 2020.

Rodriguez, Karla (3 August 2011). "Saoirse Ronan admits disappointment over 'Harry Potter' Luna Lovegood role". Irish Central . Retrieved 17 July 2020. It will get easier’ is probably the most offensive thing you can say to someone in the grip of pain. You are borrowing from a future that isn’t promised, a future that depends entirely on their endurance of the pain. You are taking for granted a well of strength within them that they may not possess, fast-forwarding through the ugly bits that you don’t want to watch but they must live through, nonetheless. ‘It will get easier’ is not a helpful thing to say to someone for whom only the present moment can exist, so vivid, so intense that it’s not possible to imagine a moment beyond it. The future doesn’t matter to someone enduring an unimaginable pain, so let’s not entertain that childish fantasy. All that matters is the pain that is consuming you in this moment, that you grit your teeth and try to survive it. You invalidate the pain and the damage it inflicts when you hasten to skip past it to a brighter tomorrow. Sometimes things are just unremittingly shit and the only respectful thing to do is to stand next to the person going through it and scream along with them.”a b Stallings, Annie (18 February 2021). "Evanna Lynch wrote 'Harry Potter' fan fiction before getting cast as Luna Lovegood". Insider . Retrieved 5 March 2022. I am so tired of this game, the constant bargaining, the seemingly hourly negotiations to eat or not to eat. I just want to retire from eating, be done with the whole messy, unpalatable affair. Why do people have to eat so often, upwards of three, four, five times a day? Do they have nothing more interesting to do? Do people eat to live or live to eat? Evanna Lynch, Rowan Polonski and more cast in UK premiere of The Omission of the Family Coleman. WhatsOnStage. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019. Official BBC Sounds companion podcast for the TV series Conversations with Friends; [119] also broadcast on BBC Three

WATCH: Evanna Lynch in trailer for BBC's Danny and the Human Zoo". Independent.ie. 17 August 2015 . Retrieved 19 January 2021. Electronic Arts (30 June 2009). Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , Instruction manual. Electronic Arts. iAnimal film featuring Evanna Lynch shortlisted for Raindance award!". Animalequality.org.uk. 22 August 2018 . Retrieved 10 November 2019. BBC Radio 4 - Swipe Right, We'd Need To Manage It by Naoise Dolan". BBC . Retrieved 1 November 2021.

Scott, Anthony (10 July 2007). "Hogwarts Under Siege". The New York Times . Retrieved 29 July 2007. As an activist, Lynch advocates for veganism and animal rights. She has been involved with several non-profit organisations like Animal Equality, and launched both a vegan-themed podcast and the cruelty-free cosmetics brand Kinder Beauty Box. I also knew about her ED struggles beforehand (because of the sensational "She was able to beat anorexia just to get the Luna role!!!!" which aren't even true), but basically nothing else about her as a person, so I'm now glad to have that information. She even talks about that in the book, how even she defined herself by her ED alone for a long time, and working on her goals and dreams OUTSIDE of it are what finally got her out. Now, we’re not asking you to build an entire castle from scratch or anything... but we’ll leave that up to you. How can I get involved?