Fat Is A Social Disease, And Fat

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.

Today, 'fat' Has Become Not A Description Of Size But A Moral Category Tainted With Criticism And Contempt.

If You Continually Diet, You Are Putting Your Body In A Quasi-famine Situation. It Slows Your Metabolism Down And Breaks The Thermostat. Diets Don't Work. They Don't Help You Understand Why You're Eating More Than Your Body Wanted In The First Place.

Public Intellectuals Come From A Range Of Areas And Use Their Expertise To Comment More Widely Than Just Their Field. They Want To Make A Contribution To Public Space, And They Stick Their Necks Out To Do It.

I've Always Felt Very Sympathetic From The First Days Of Writing About Women That, Whatever The Woman, Whether She Is Trying To Be A Woman In The Conventional Sense Or Breaking The Boundaries, Those Struggles Are Quite Difficult.