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WritersDishAboutFood,Eating,Weight,andBody Image
EDITED BY HARRIET BROWN
FEED
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 A Ballantine Books Trade Paperback OriginalCopyright © 2009 by Harriet Brown All rights reserved.Published in the United States by Ballantine Books,an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group,a division of Random House, Inc., New York.B
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and colophon are registeredtrademarks of Random House, Inc.Grateful acknowledgment is made to Villard Books, a division of Random House, Inc.,for permission to reprint “Attack of the XL Girl,” from
We Thought You Would Be Prettier 
by Laurie Notaro, copyright © 2005 by Laurie Notaro. Used by permission of VillardBooks, a division of Random House, Inc.ISBN 978-0-345-50088-5 Printed in the United States of America www.ballantinebooks.com987654321
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MrVariantleft a comment

Another popular prejudice that I'm surprised isn't mentioned is the rat race of getting a trophy wife. However, I think you kind of allude to it when even the people that are attracted to you treat you in unflattering ways, regardless of your size. Then of course the pettiness too. I do admit I did read it all, which means a lot since I'm one to lose interest quickly in things.
10 / 11 / 2011
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MrVariantleft a comment

2 things are needed to understand society, 1) You have to play to people's own prejudices, which I liked that it mentioned about it being ok to torment a fat person but not use a racial slur. 2) People in the marginalized group can be just as bad, like the fat girls looking down on the thin one. Our lives will improve if we simply enjoy mingling with those we're attracted to by finding sparks.
10 / 11 / 2011
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Solomon Faith Sundayleft a comment

It takes a hungry man to ask for food but something much more than that to ask someone to feed you
05 / 02 / 2011
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Al left a comment

Where does some of that stuff on the table come from? Read "FARM LIFE" by SpecialDad, on the future fiction farm.
03 / 28 / 2010
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