Today, 'fat' Has Become Not

I Wish We Could Treat Our Bodies As The Place We Live From, Rather Than Regard It As A Place To Be Worked On, As Though It Were A Disagreeable Old Kitchen In Need Of Renovation And Update.

There Are So Many Young Women Who Tip Over Into Being A Facsimile: They Don't Really Inhabit Their Lives Or Their Bodies.

Fat Is A Way Of Saying No To Powerlessness And Self-denial.

Being Able To Provoke A Different Point Of View To The Standard Current Ideological Or Political Perspective As Played Out In Conventional Newspaper Or Radio Reportage Is What A Public Intellectual Does. But It's Not Merely About Being Oppositional, Because That's Too Negative.

Not That It Was Twiggy's Fault, But The Ubiquity Of Her Image Created A Sense In Young Women That To Be Stylish Meant To Be Skinny, Flat-chested With An Ingenue Face And Straight Hair.