Clogged filters...

Anorexia is narcissism says Joan Bakewell in a leading article on the front page of The Sunday Times yesterday.
Baroness Bakewell, once described many years ago as "the thinking man's crumpet" has made herself look a complete doughnut.
I found her derisory attitude extremely unsettling. "Anorexia was called hunger when I was young".
She attributes the rise of this insidious mental illness to the preoccupation of being beautiful and being thin. "Keep Young and Beautiful (if you want to be loved)" was written the year she was born.
It's a centuries old preoccupation.
Mental illness can take many forms; anorexia is just one.
Our developing  awareness of all forms of mental illness is positive progress. Too long it has been hidden away, shamefully. The rise in mental illness amongst youngsters prompted The Times to start a campaign on Child Mental Health a year ago.  Constructive debate is useful.
If, however, you are in the eye of the public and you know that you also have the ear of the public you should be very cautious indeed before you make Great Aunt Maud type declarations in the belief that your seniority, or your status, gives you the right to do so. Particularly when you are so extraordinarily mis-informed.
Yes, let's have a debate about narcissism, over-indulgence and introspection but do not cite these as the causes of Anorexia.
Today Joan Bakewell apologised. I am glad she apologised sooner rather than later for causing distress. Not surprisingly Mental Health charities were in uproar.
However, her Tweet that she was speculating loosely about what might cause anorexia indicates the clear and present trend of saying publicly what's on your mind without reflection or using the filter of circumspection.