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Fat is a way of saying no to powerlessness and self-denial.
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I wish we could treat our bodies as the place we live from, rather than regard it as a place to be worked on, as though it were a disagreeable old kitchen in need of renovation and update.
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Fat people are so rarely included in visual culture that fat is perceived as a blot on the landscape of sleek and slim.
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Consumer society tantalises us. We then try within ourselves to control the needs that are being constantly stimulated.
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Boys, young men, men of all ages are being captivated by the new visual grammar which pushes men to pout and posture.
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Many young girls are constantly consumed by controlling and managing their body image to the extent that they are much more involved in the production of the self than in living.
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Bodies are becoming our personal mission to tame, extend and perfect.
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We accept there's an emotional aspect to life. But we're not very developed in our ways of understanding it.