Posts Tagged ‘The Praise of Fatness’
fatness ~ unemployment
December 11th, 2009 by lifeproof
You may have read my First and Second Encomium Aletudinis (The Praise of Fatness) posts where I analyzed the cultural aspects to normalize the phenomenon and the image of fatness that curtails the globe. In addition to that cultural dimension, The Gawker has made a connection between fatness and unemployment by observing the CDC map of [...]
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Encomium Aletudinis * – Part II
November 24th, 2009 by lifeproof
* The Praise of Fatness (Continued from Encomium Aletudinis * – Part I) There is an undeniable fact that we are getting bigger in all age groups and all regions around the world–except for some regions in Asia and most of Africa. One response to the obesity epidemic is to try to come over it [...]
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Encomium Aletudinis * – Part I
November 23rd, 2009 by lifeproof
Recently, the Japanese government has issued a law that determines normal body size and weight of a citizen. According to this new law, it is illegal to be overweight in Japan. The overweight person–and his/her employer–will face consequences. The person will get a compulsory physician visits and the employer will be fined and forced to [...]
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