Comments on: Being fat is a feminist issue

By: su

su — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:43:38 +0000

the very strict Swiss sect

La Belle Raclette sans merci?

By: The Devil Drink

The Devil Drink — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:25:12 +0000

Darlene, if chips-and-mayonnaise in the Belgian style aren’t your thing, you could attend the Iglesia de las Patatas Bravas, L’eglise Sacrée du Poutine, or maybe or Röschti-kirche, the very strict Swiss sect.
Anyway, weight gain isn’t a problem. It’s an added feature.

By: FDB

FDB — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:54:43 +0000

Nah, just my initials.

So mundane.

By: FDB

FDB — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:49:04 +0000

I agree DD, with all the preceding.

There word excess is wasted on cases of incremental self-harm. Blaze of glory or nothing.

By: Darlene

Darlene — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:48:21 +0000

I would worship at the altar of chips (not beer) if I could, but as I’ve already suggested, my weight has been a bit of a problem over the years.

Does FDB stand for Full-on Deadset Boozer?

By: The Devil Drink

The Devil Drink — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:22:31 +0000

Did someone call? I see my name’s been typed three times. Hrrrhmmm. Well then. Here I am. Or is that Beetlejuice? I can never remember.
There’s no way that just having a sedentary modern Western lifestyle, or eating in the manner of a well-fed prosperous human adult, should qualify as “excess”. Excess is a matter of trial, struggle, and effort, it’s not something you can just do in front of Kerry-Anne.
What’s “excess” anyway? Second helpings at dinner or a Mars bar on the train, I don’t think so. Excess is Richard Pryor being interviewed by journalists in his underwear, sitting between two naked Scandinavian prostitutes, behind a coffee table bearing dinner plates piled with cocaine pyramids. Excess is Dylan Thomas. Boris Yeltsin. George Best. Pete Doherty. Excess is Dorothy Parker insulting you so nastily you don’t even get the joke until you’ve shaken off your hangover. Excess is Russian oligarchs having Tupperware parties, but with English Premier League players. Excess doesn’t have to be pointed out to you, least of all by magazines in the checkout queue; excess announces itself, shakes your hand, throws up down your shirt, and offers you one of your own drinks.
And I don’t know what you’ve got against the Belgians, Darlene. Some cultures have a deep spiritual connection to chips and beer.

By: FDB

FDB — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:04:43 +0000

Tee hee, fortunately I only can drink one glass of wine and I am as dotty as all get out.

You’ll be happy to know I’m taking up your slack.

By: Jobby

Jobby — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:43:05 +0000

Why’s it the responsibility of the person who buys and cooks the dinner? Aren’t regulators and the food industry also a wee bit responsible?

Probably … Maybe … But obviously you’ve got to be pragmatic about these things. Things might be slowly changing regarding food stocking (fast food has taken some turns for the healthier, grocery chains are slowly increasing ranges of healthy alternatives to processed food, etc.) but the person who buys and prepares food is the one doing the bulk of the feeding, and – even more importantly – doing de facto nutritional eductation.

Most people have a normative idea of food from childhood experiences. It’s a lot easier to have good nutritional habits if that’s your foundational concept of ‘what food is’. It sets a benchmark.

I do the great bulk of cooking and preparation in our household. It’s a right pain in the rear sometimes, but the alternative is a lot worse (unless provided a decent prepared meal most people have an almost innate tendency to buy cheap crap).

By: Darlene

Darlene — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:34:51 +0000

“Wotchit, or you’ll get the Devil Drink breathing sulphur down your neck.”

Tee hee, fortunately I only can drink one glass of wine and I am as dotty as all get out.

Death to the demon drink.

By: FDB

FDB — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:29:36 +0000

…should be celebrated, although excess consumption of any kind shouldn’t be.

Wotchit, or you’ll get the Devil Drink breathing sulphur down your neck.