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Case-building: Making Fatties the Deviants
In every good moral panic one needs a deviant group on which to blame the ills of the current moral (financial, political) crisis. Since moral panics seek to fix some broken part of society, it makes … more →
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Case-building: Making Fatties the Deviants
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bigliberty wrote 2 weeks ago: In every good moral panic one needs a deviant group on which to blame the ills of the current moral … more →
When Other People Pay For It, They Can Claim the Right to Control It
bigliberty wrote 3 weeks ago: I’ve said this several times before, but it bears repeating: when other people can make a reas … more →
Government Healthcare is Bad for Fat People
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bigliberty wrote 1 month ago: Why? Read the links on this page. While employers can currently establish plans that incentivize wei … more →
Quick Hit: Mika Brzezinski Thinks Americans too Fat, Answer - Higher Taxes
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bigliberty wrote 1 month ago: Here’s a quick hit (h/t NewsBusters.org): Food Fight: MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski Advocates … more →
No Fat People in Concentration Camps
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bigliberty wrote 6 months ago: Oh, how many times us fat activists have seen trotted out this tired platitude: “Don’t y … more →
Jay Severin Rails Against MA Anti-Obesity Laws
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bigliberty wrote 10 months ago: Jay Severin of 96.9 FM WTKK has been outspoken against the state of Massachusetts and its new anti-o … more →
The Tide of Hate Rises
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bigliberty wrote 11 months ago: This has been a particularly acerbic media week, hasn’t it? From the report that a couple in Y … more →
When Your Body is No Longer Yours
bigliberty wrote 11 months ago: Many civil rights activists agree: your body, you business. If you’re not hurting anyone else, … more →
Obesity Tax proposed in New York
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bigliberty wrote 12 months ago: Governor Paterson proposes ‘Obesity Tax,’ a tax on non-diet sodas Continuing in the them … more →
Why Universal Health-care Should Be Opposed by Fat Activists
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bigliberty wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been thinking about this for a while, ever since a my short post on why universal healthc … more →
Universal Healthcare is not automatically fat-friendly
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bigliberty wrote 1 year ago: As one individual in the UK put it, commenting on the recent article by Marianne Kirby from the Rotu … more →
I know this is cross-posting, but it's worth it.
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bigliberty wrote 1 year ago: Here’s richie79’s reply in this the thread “The Fat Police Are Coming” over … more →
A Nice Follow-Up - Obesity Epi-Panic
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bigliberty wrote 1 year ago: If you haven’t already, please read Sandy’s “The sky is not falling” post ov … more →
Moral Panics, Moral Crusades, and the Obesity Folk Devil
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bigliberty wrote 1 year ago: I’m currently doing research into moral panics and moral crusades, partly because they’r … more →
Usage per pound doesn't make good economic sense
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bigliberty wrote 1 year ago: So a lot of people in FA have been talking about this article: “Airlines Might Start Treating … more →
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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bigliberty wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been listening to the Good/Bad fattie debate with a bit of detachment. I haven’t th … more →
Throwing Off the Diet Cross
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bigliberty wrote 1 year ago: Sparked by both red3’s terrific post Changing the Conversation, by an actual conversation I ha … more →
"The Infantilisation of Society" - Part 1
bigliberty wrote 1 year ago: This is an outrage. Just goes to show you what happens when you adopt a moral value system that embr … more →
Kids being malnourished in Florida schools
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bigliberty wrote 1 year ago: A post concerning this article, posted on JunkFood Science: Brain food for kids: Having enough to ea … more →
