By s.e. smith on 30 May, 2010
Oh, Miss Conduct. How could you? The Miss Conduct column at the Boston Globe published on 2 May featured the following letter: I eat a healthy diet and incorporate fruits and vegetables into all meals, especially dinner. I have instilled the same habits in my toddler daughter. We frequently eat dinner at my in-laws’, and [...]
Posted in Dear Imprudence | Tagged armchair diagnosis, food, food police, Miss Conduct, policing, Robin Abrahams
By Annaham on 25 May, 2010
Dorian at Dorianisms: “Men Who Get It” The danger lies in beginning to assume that you are some kind of Ultimate Authority, and in particular, that you can teach people about their own experiences. That you know better than marginalized people what is happening in their lives, with their marginalization. That you are the Ultimate [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged autism, chronic fatigue syndrome, comics, feminism, food, food police, gender, livejournal
By s.e. smith on 14 May, 2010
I always love when I can do a ‘doing it right’ edition of Dear Imprudence, and this week we’ve got a doozy from the live chat with Prudence: Everywhere, USA: My older siblings financially support and care for my sick elderly parent. My parent is admittedly happy as they do not want to live out [...]
Posted in Dear Imprudence | Tagged caregiving, Dear Prudence, Emily Yoffe, food police, institutionalisation
By s.e. smith on 3 March, 2010
I am a huge asparagus fan, which means that, yes, I am unspeakably excited about the fact that it is asparagus season and yes, the rumours are true, I did eat a pound of asparagus on Monday, another pound on Tuesday, and I am about to go eat another 3/4 of a pound. When I [...]
Posted in small stories | Tagged asparagus, food police
By s.e. smith on 3 March, 2010
Even the President of the United States, it appears, is not free of an obligation to be healthy. Society is even conveniently provided with the means of policing him, in the form of ample news stories about his latest physical. The Guardian had three stories up about it at the same time! A British paper, [...]
Posted in blaming, social attitudes | Tagged food police, health police, mediaspolsion, President Obama, privacy
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