Illustration Friday: Fat

Painting of the Venus of Willendorf and another ancient fertility figure from i-forget-where in Eastern Europe.


It might seem odd that we can revile fat as a nation even as we continue to grow heavier...but, if anything, holding ouselves up to impossible ideals of thinness makes it more likely to give up our efforts to be healthier in frustration.

And those impossible ideals, well apparently they're affecting men more than we think - incidence of anorexia and bulimia among men has been on the rise.

"No diet will remove all the fat from your body because the brain is entirely fat. Without a brain, you might look good, but all you could do is run for public office." - George Bernard Shaw