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The obsession: reflections on the tyranny of slenderness

Book by Kim Chernin · 6 quotes · Conflict, Doe, Able

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“Where hunger is imposed by external circumstances, the act of starvation remains literal, a tragic biological event that does not serve metaphoric or symbolic purposes. It is only in a country where one is able to choose hunger that elective starvation may come to express cultural conflict or even social protest.”