2010-09-23

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2010-09-23 09:50 am
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Does anyone have access to the European Journal of Public Health?

I'd really like to read the full text of this article, but not enough to pay for a journal subscription.

Can anyone help me out here?
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2010-09-23 03:34 pm

Ponderings for the Ponderers

I'm sharing links, because my computer screen is bogged with them.

First, this Snow Patrol song is eating my brain. I love it, and I love the lyrics.



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Now, onto some links about feminism and obesity. No, I'm not kidding. *headdesk*

Has feminism killed the art of home cooking? - wherein Rose Prince blames feminists for obesity.

I... am utterly baffled by this link. Give me a break, please, and quit making other people's choices my fault. *rolls eyes*

Feminism to blame for obesity? Fat chance. - wherein Jessica Reed responds to Ms. Prince in a much more coherent fashion than I could manage.

And thanks to the wonders of the internet, I obtained a copy of the obesity booga-booga article also referenced in Ms. Reed's response. It's an interesting look at the effects of obesity on the individual and on a population as a whole, and the politics of calling obesity a disease.

It draws this conclusion: Cut for talk on obesity )


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And this is an interesting bit of meta that I'm linking on why people don't write what they claim to want to read. Why am I not writing the stories I say I want to read?

While this article is aimed at fanfic, I think it's an interesting question to consider about original fiction as well.