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While emphasising the importance of diverse literary narratives in order to raise awareness of the prevalence of AN in men and boys, and to contribute to the reduction of stigma, it also considers current research into the potentially harmful triggering effects of AN literature on vulnerable readers. It identifies Anne Percin\u2019s <jats:italic>Point de c\u00f4t\u00e9<\/jats:italic> (Side Stitch) (2006) and Simon Boulerice\u2019s <jats:italic>Jeanne Moreau a le sourire \u00e0 l\u2019envers<\/jats:italic> (Jeanne Moreau Has An Upside-Down Smile) (2013) as examples of good practice in AN literature, due to their thematic focus on male experience, and because they employ narrative strategies that disrupt reader identification with the anorexic character, and avoid focusing directly on potentially triggering descriptions of anorexic ideas and behaviour. They also contribute to diversifying the portrayal of AN via non-judgmental portrayal of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) themes, a topic absent from equivalent YA novels currently available in English. The article further argues that literature\u2014including fiction\u2014contributes to the overall social and cultural discourse surrounding specific illnesses and is likely to affect patients\u2019 real-world experiences, but that it is a specific kind of discourse in its own right, which demands to be read with the appropriate tools. 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