Comments on: The Other F Word http://nanbarber.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/the-other-f-word/ Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:34:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: MissCharlie http://nanbarber.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/the-other-f-word/#comment-17 MissCharlie Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:39:11 +0000 http://nanbarber.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-17 Hiya, very late comment... came here from philofaxy and just wanted to say a big HELL YES to all your points above - I was born bang on 1970 in Britain, and I still have the "bad old days" fresh in my mind, from the movies & TV I saw growing up. Girls born after about '75 really don't get it - and that's pretty sad, because the problems haven't gone away, they've just mutated, and the ugly stuff is covered with a coating of media-inspired BS - the whole "size zero" thing being one case in point, since how the f~@< can women achieve and take positions of power, if they're half-starved?! Ancel Keys demonstrated once and for all back in the 40's that semi-starvation makes people incapable of rational thought, instead driving them into an obsession with food, bodies and minutiae - now that same thing, basic malnutrition, is marketed to young women as a desirable lifestyle, go figure on what that will do to their brains. Oooh, went off on one there didn't I? :) Apologies - I just really do agree with your point, and I like Wil's blog too, but that "psycho ex-girlfriend" thing was just lame. Hiya, very late comment… came here from philofaxy and just wanted to say a big HELL YES to all your points above – I was born bang on 1970 in Britain, and I still have the “bad old days” fresh in my mind, from the movies & TV I saw growing up.

Girls born after about ‘75 really don’t get it – and that’s pretty sad, because the problems haven’t gone away, they’ve just mutated, and the ugly stuff is covered with a coating of media-inspired BS – the whole “size zero” thing being one case in point, since how the f~@< can women achieve and take positions of power, if they’re half-starved?!

Ancel Keys demonstrated once and for all back in the 40’s that semi-starvation makes people incapable of rational thought, instead driving them into an obsession with food, bodies and minutiae – now that same thing, basic malnutrition, is marketed to young women as a desirable lifestyle, go figure on what that will do to their brains.

Oooh, went off on one there didn’t I? :) Apologies – I just really do agree with your point, and I like Wil’s blog too, but that “psycho ex-girlfriend” thing was just lame.

]]> By: Song of Solomon « nansense http://nanbarber.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/the-other-f-word/#comment-11 Song of Solomon « nansense Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:24:35 +0000 http://nanbarber.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-11 [...] of Solomon Jump to Comments I’d like to refer again to the post where I renounced my original pledge never to write about politics on my blog. The thing that put [...] [...] of Solomon Jump to Comments I’d like to refer again to the post where I renounced my original pledge never to write about politics on my blog. The thing that put [...]

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