“A new study found that a mother's diet affects her baby's allergies. Which can only mean one thing: My mom ate cats.” MeanMotherFoundStudyOne ThingBabyMomCatMy MomDietsAllergies Author:Jimmy Fallon
“A diet counselor once told me that all overweight people are angry with their mothers and channel their frustrations into overeating. So I guess that means all thin people are happy, calm, and have resolved their Oedipal entanglements.” PeopleMeanMotherPsychologyWeightAngryCalmDietsFrustrationOverweightCounselorEntanglementOvereating Book:Bachelor Girls Source: Bachelor Girls
“I got a flash of ... what it means, now, 'you can't be too rich or too thin.' How well it works, will keep on working, because the vast majority of women will never be thin. Thin enough. How well the hope of class mobility keeps every mother dieting, and handing the diets down to her daughter, hoping the daughter may do even better. When you combine this with the fact that many non-white peoples tend to be heavier than white folks, dieting becomes a tool not only in enforcing class but in encouraging assimilation.” WellsMayMeanEnoughFactsMotherWomenWhiteClassRichDaughterToolsWeightMajorityFolksDietsFlashAssimilationDietingMobility Author:Elana Dykewomon
“Women who are with child should be careful of themselves; they should take exercise and have a nourishing diet. The first of these prescriptions the legislator will easily carry into effect by requiring that they should take a walk daily to some temple, where they can worship the gods who preside over birth. Their minds, however, unlike their bodies, they ought to keep quiet, for the offspring derive their natures from their mothers as plants do from earth.” ShouldMindFirstsChildrenBodyEarthMotherWalksEducationEffectsOughtBirthExerciseQuietWorshipPlantCarefulDietsTemplesBe CarefulPrescriptionsOffspringLegislators Book:Aristotle's Politics: Writings from the Complete Works: Politics, Economics, Constitution of Athens Source: Aristotle's Politics: Writings from the Complete Works: Politics, Economics, Constitution of Athens