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From "Fat Is In" to "Slim-Thick" - A History of Dieting

Food, We Need To Talk

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Diting Advice Is Inherently Racist

Being white means control over your body and power and wealth. The not being white must mean the opposite. It's complete grotesque finery that the late nineteenth century presents to us, where everybody of color or of a working class background is con t to be overweight. One example of this is the mammy trope. Just hold on and suck in mon hes te scarlet, devl don't do that. All that kitcen iv only to buy. Oh yes, and mew ers, you's gwine to eat every mouthful of this. But again, both groups create a foil. Diting advice is inherently racist.

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