“I’m sick of all your stereotypes and cheap jokes! The overweight individuals in this country are just as smart and talented and hard working as everybody else! And they’re gonna make their voices heard! All they need is a leader!” – Homer Simpson Conventional wisdom has it that everyone is getting fatter these days and that’s a bad thing. Reality, as usual, is considerably more complicated. Moral panics over fat have been a recurring feature of American culture for over a century; the actual effects of obesity are deeply misunderstood at best; and the amount of societal and cultural abuse…
Day: February 12, 2015
Quote of the Day
“Now, when the wealthy dowager comes in, the party’s over, right? Wrong!” – Krusty the Klown “Kill . . . wealthy . . . dowager.” – Homer Simpson