Today I saw one of the most inflammatory articles about the ‘obesity epidemic’ that I’ve seen in a while. It is an article that talks about how the ‘overweight and obese’ are more numerous than the hungry, planet-wide. What’s truly alarming is that the International Federation for the Red Cross, a well-known humanitarian group, is [...]
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Harvest the Fatties as Horse Meat, and Other Gems of the Moral Panic
Posted by bigliberty on September 23, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/09/23/harvest-the-fatties-as-horse-meat-and-other-gems-of-the-moral-panic/
“Better Human” = Not Obese!
Take a lookie at this steaming pile of Healthistic smugness: Can Running Make Us Better Humans? Yes, it does suggest that avid exercisers are objectively better moral humans. Yes, it does suggest that fat people, who obviously don’t run, are objectively worse moral humans. The Tarahumara, he avers, know something that those of us living [...]
Posted by bigliberty on September 20, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/09/20/better-human-not-obese/
Say It: Obesity = Obese People
For a long time bloggers and commenters in the Fatosphere have observed that when most anti-obesity crusaders talk about ‘obesity,’ they’re really talking about ‘obese people.’ There is no such thing as obesity in a vacuum, there are just people who are obese being looked at on a population-wide scale. And the definition of obese [...]
Posted by bigliberty on September 8, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/09/08/say-it-obesity-obese-people/
A Bad Day for Fat Liberty
And liberty, everywhere. In Dundee, Scotland, fat kids from a non-neglectful household are being put up for adoption by the state because their parents failed to ‘slim them down.’ Seriously. Fuck. I’ve written a few times about how the loss of the individual right to body autonomy and the moral panic over fat can lead [...]
Posted by bigliberty on September 7, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/09/07/a-bad-day-of-fat-liberty/
The Fucking Awesome Truth
Go read this fucking awesome post by Joanna at Dead of Winter: The Truth is Radical It will blow your fucking socks off. It’s so old-school FA, I’m all a-quiver like it’s 2007 again. Dammit, I miss Junkfood Science! Some candy: Instead of feeling liberated with the knowledge that I was not a failure or [...]
Posted by bigliberty on July 31, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/07/31/the-fucking-awesome-truth/
ReasonTV on Banning Lunches from Home (Food Nannies)
Here’s a quick hit for you. ReasonTV’s Nanny of the Month… banning lunches from home.
Posted by bigliberty on May 2, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/05/02/reasontv-on-banning-lunches-from-home-food-nannies/
Weight- and Looks-Bullied Minnesota Girls Fulfill Suicide Pact
This is so sad. Thanks to my husband for emailing the link as soon as he saw it — we’re the parents of teenage girls and are extraordinarily alarmed by the prevalence and virulence of appearance- and weight-based bullying. These poor girls were only 14. They hadn’t even begun their mature lives, and they already [...]
Posted by bigliberty on April 21, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/04/21/weight-and-looks-bullied-minnesota-girls-fulfill-suicide-pact/
The Fat Balancing Act
This is a post initiated by Raznay’s “Some Studies Show Fat Is Bad… Mmmkay?” on the never-ending oodles of studies trying in every which way to investigate just why “fat people are so disgusting.” It discusses the implications of the mindset which is generated by assumptions made in these studies — that is, how fat [...]
Posted by bigliberty on April 18, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/04/18/the-fat-balancing-act/
More on the irrational obesity crusade
I saw a great piece out of Cato not too long ago that I’ve been meaning to link. It also references an upcoming book by the authors Patrick Basham and John Luik: Diet Nation, Exposing the Obesity Crusade. How the War on Obesity Went Pear-Shaped One gem in particular, which should get you to want [...]
Posted by bigliberty on March 15, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/03/15/more-on-the-irrational-obesity-crusade/
On the 1% increase of obese and overweight in the US
If you haven’t yet seen the article from Reuters: More than 70 million US adults obese, US agency says And here’s a link to the actual CDC report Hey look, the obesity level in the US is remaining steady! Oh wait, the article didn’t say that? The carefully timed flood of press releases on a [...]
Posted by bigliberty on August 4, 2010
http://biglibertyblog.com/2010/08/04/on-the-1-increase-of-obese-and-overweight-in-the-us/
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