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Although to my eyes panel 2 isn’t necessarily rich – he could easily be working class. Is the guy in…
Although to my eyes panel 2 isn’t necessarily rich – he could easily be working class. For some reason, my…
Good point, Dianne. Although to my eyes panel 2 isn't necessarily rich - he could easily be working class. I…
there’s no reason to suppose the people in this cartoon are conservative, for instance FWIW, my impressions and/or implicit biases…
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Category Archives: Fat, fat and more fat
November and Sarah Haskins
This post uses Dollhouse as a way of examining some ideas. If you haven’t watched Dollhouse, but want to, then I recommend avoiding it, since it has some significant spoilers, and the show really will be better if you don’t … Continue reading
The problem with how even relatively enlightened anti-obesity activists think
Marc Armbinder is enlightened, as “anti-obesity activists” go; he admits that obese adults aren’t going to be losing weight ((I assume he means “most” obese adults)) and he dismisses as useless any policy based on hectoring people to lose weight. … Continue reading
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It may be self-evident that exercise reduces obesity, but that doesn't make it true
Over at The Economist blog, it is written: It seems self-evident to suggest that if schools that have eliminated physical education and recess reinstituted them, there would be fewer obese adolescents in America. Evidence suggests adding phys ed isn’t the … Continue reading
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Paul Campos on "10% of US Health Costs Are Due To Obesity"
Paul Campos is interviewed over at Megan McArdle’s blog. There’s a lot there worth reading, but I’ll highlight this bit in particular, since the study he’s discussing has been much in the news: Consider the methodology of this study. It … Continue reading
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Dance Your Ass Off
Years ago, my favorite part of the Drew Carey show was the opening credits, which featured Drew, who is fat, dancing. ((Actually, the show had a bunch of opening credit sequences over time, but at least a few of them … Continue reading
The Boyscouts Sure Love Their Bigotry.
“In the boy scouts, they came first for the homosexuals, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a homosexual; And then they came for the atheists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t an atheist; And then they … Continue reading
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Moving towards equality, but in the wrong direction
Via You’re Reading Too Much Into It, The New York Times reports on a new trend: super-skinny male models. Where the masculine ideal of as recently as 2000 was a buff 6-footer with six-pack abs, the man of the moment … Continue reading
I asked Becky (who drew this strip). Becky, who is younger than me, replied: "Who?" Then she followed up with:…