My core proposition at the Mayo event was that peak oil, and peak fat, are transforming the logic that currently shapes the global biomedical system. …
Fatphobia turned into an artform
via The Sidney Morning Herald, some pearls of wisdom from Lyndon Terracini, the artistic director of Opera Australia, who next month unveils the program for …
Inspirational reading
via The Extender: bikini livin, today’s dose of truth: […]the story itself, validates a really frustrating cultural conceit: You have to earn your right to …
When it comes to pay, do the thin win? The effect of weight on pay for men and women
Just came across this study, from late 2010, which compares the effect of weight gain and pay gaps for men and women in Germany and …
The body police will be right there: Time’s Golden Globe Fashion feature
Golden Globes Fashion: Five Who Looked Fat — 5 Who Looked Fit and Fabulous, written by someone who, given the title of her book, must …
Today in fatphobia
Courtesy of The Telegraph, Obese mothers ‘stretching maternity wards’. A survey by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has found that half of those heading …