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On AlterNet: bodies

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "bodies"

We Are in the Midst of a Cultural Explosion Tied to 'Improving' the Body

We Are in the Midst of a Cultural Explosion Tied to 'Improving' the Body

Susie Orbach, Picador Press. March 4, 2009.
A new rhetoric of detox, weight training, brushing, irrigation and cleansing has arisen, and along with it the idea that the body can be perfected.

Eat Me: In Defense of Sex and Bacon

Eat Me: In Defense of Sex and Bacon

Josey Vogels, My Messy Bedroom. July 28, 2008.
Sarah Katherine Lewis' new book connects the dots between food, sex, and our relationships with our bodies.