“Fat people are so rarely included in visual culture that fat is perceived as a blot on the landscape of sleek and slim.”
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Dr. Susie Orbach - the therapist who treated Diana, Princess of Wales, for her eating disorders; the founder of the Women's Therapy Center of London; a former columnist for The Guardian; a visiting professor at the London School of Economics; and the author of 1978 best-seller Fat is a Feminist Issue - is, aside from Sigmund Freud, probably the most famous psychotherapist to have ever set up couch in Britain.
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“Fat people are so rarely included in visual culture that fat is perceived as a blot on the landscape of sleek and slim.”
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“Mothers unconsciously allow more latitude to sons, and open encouragement, and with daughters they treat them as they would treat themselves.”
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“The insistence that the commercialisation of the body is a fit subject for political discussion and intervention is well overdue.”
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“Boys, young men, men of all ages are being captivated by the new visual grammar which pushes men to pout and posture.”
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“I'd like to see much more understanding of emotional issues around hurt, abandonment, disappointment, longing, failure and shame, where they stem from and how they drive people and policies...”
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“Fat is a way of saying no to powerlessness and self-denial.”
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