AltWeeklies Wire
Finding Thinspiration in a New French Lawnew
Only a country that has sex objects as old as Catherine Deneuve and Isabelle Huppert could pass a bill against glamorizing excessive thinness, as France's National Assembly did last week.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Liz Spikol |
04-28-2008 |
Commentary
Loud and Proud: R.L. Burnside, 1926–2005new
Rural Burnside began recording in 1967 when musicologist George Mitchell visited his North Mississippi home to make field recordings. He stopped last December, when a heart attack robbed him of his vitality. On Sept. 1, he died.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
09-16-2005 |
Music
Artery-Clogging Trans Fats Can Hide in Plain Sight
New label laws kicking in through 2005 will make trans fats somewhat easier to spot in pre-packaged foods. But eaters still need to pay attention in restaurants and look closely at labels and ingredients.
Carbolicious Foods Can Fit Into Healthy Dietnew
The Atkins low-carbohydrate diet diminishes appetite, but the rate of recidivism is extraordinarily high. By contrast, a high-carb, low-fat diet does not suppress appetite but still reduces weight in a more sustainable manner.
Syracuse New Times |
Sam Graceffo, M.D. |
01-04-2005 |
Science
Too Fat!new
Arkansas's got perhaps the skinniest governor and the fattest children in America. One wants to help the other -- and their loss could be his gain.
Arkansas Times |
Leslie Newell Peacock |
10-15-2004 |
Science
Naked Women Change How We See the World
Seattle photographer Amanda Koster wants to prove women are beautiful -- without plastic surgery.
Monday Magazine |
Alisa Gordaneer |
08-12-2004 |
The War on Women
Tags: organization, Canada, California, plastic surgery, Washington, fat, Seattle, body image, Victoria, nudity, women's issues, About-Face, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Brooke Finnigan, Community Eating Disorders and Related Issues Counselling (CEDRIC) Centre, San Francisco-based non-profit
McDonald's Documentary Puts Director in Perilnew
A man eats fast food for a month -- guess what happens.
Cleveland Scene |
Robert Wilonsky |
05-21-2004 |
Reviews
Atkins Diet Associated with Health Dangersnew
"Atkins sold his diet as a gift wrapped in a bacon cheeseburger -- no bun, but with a cheesecake on the side," says Jody Gorran, whose time on the low-carb regime left him slim but with an artery blockage. "I wanted to lose weight, so I made a Faustian deal with the devil, and the devil was Robert Atkins."
