“Fortunately, the mind is restless; when it uncovers a layer of its own deception, gives up an illusion, exposes a lie, it does not stand idle for long before the collapse of its earlier assumptions.” GivingMindLongDoeLyingGiving UpIllusionDeceptionAssumptionCollapseLayersIdleRestless Book:The obsession: reflections on the tyranny of slenderness Source: The obsession: reflections on the tyranny of slenderness
“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.” MayDoeCountryAblePurposeSocialEventsCircumstancesConflictEatingRemainsHungerTragicProtestSymbolicLiteralStarvationMetaphoric Book:The obsession: reflections on the tyranny of slenderness Source: The obsession: reflections on the tyranny of slenderness
