Edmund Spenser’s Faerie Queene (1590, 1596), an allegorical romance epic, begins with Redcross, the fledgling hero of holiness who struggles to live up to his name. Time and again, he veers from the steady camaraderie of Una—an embodiment of the one, true, Protestant church—for the femme fatale Duessa, who’s stunning to look at but rotten…
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Mental Load: On Mental Health and Anti-Fatness
In a segment from the 2010 documentary Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead, Dr. Joel Fuhrman states that “It wouldn’t be so terrible if people were well-educated and well-informed, they didn’t have to die and they could make that choice if they want to commit suicide with food” (Cross). This dichotomy is maintained throughout the film,…