Caroline Knapp
Anorexia is a response to cultural images of the female body — waiflike, angular — that both capitulates to the ideal and also mocks it, strips away all the ancillary signs of sexuality, strips away breasts and hips and butt and leaves in their place a garish caricature, a cruel cartoon of flesh and bone.
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Leave the atom alone...A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou...My pitching philosophy is simple — keep the ball way...Set your goals high, and don't stop...Work harder on yourself than you do on your job...Let those men who still have these misguided ideas...