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Been thinking about the fat/thin thing again. Like, of course I never have before.

Obesity is correlated with poverty and associated with downward mobility. 'Being thin is a kind of inconspicuous consumption
that distinguishes the rich at a time when most poor people can more easily afford to be fat than thin,' observes Millman."
—Connie Cutter, "I'm O.K. -- You're Fat," Sojourner: The Women's Forum, April 30, 1980

That link, btw, is nothing to do with inconspicuous consumption, it's more about off-the-wall consumerisms... I was expecting to find more downshifting, going-plural voluntary simplicity stuff. oh well.