Word: bigs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...turn to Al Gore '69, Mr. Beta-man-soon-to-be-alpha-man. Americans must be making the poor vice president so confused. On one hand, he's breaking all ties with the "Big Daddy" Bill Clinton administration. And if he takes away just one thing from Clinton's cigar antics, it's that leaders who can't seem to nail that family-values persona can and will be slammed...
...horseman of the Apocalypse, riding right alongside War, Famine, Pestilence and Death. And it's immensely lucrative. Do you think the shrewd folks at Jenny Craig, Slim-Fast and Weight Watchers could make billions scaring the bejesus out of you about pestilence? Make no mistake--fat phobia is a big moneymaker for those who have figured out how to promote and cash in on self-hatred...
...announcing the return of Wendy's Bacon Mushroom Melt. We are told to "Have it your way!" "Super size it!" and "Obey your thirst!" But mixed in with the chorus of "Consume, consume!" are the plaintive cries to "Stop the insanity!" Is it any surprise we wash down our Big Macs with Diet Cokes? The only people satisfying the insatiable needs of the capitalist machine and at the same time pleasing the thin-obsessed society are bulimics, the perfect citizens...
...reject you for being fat. It probably will. But I do dream of a time when we can all accept ourselves and one another. Maybe by 2025 we will have evolved into a supercool, supercaring superpower where all shapes and sizes can be regarded as sexy and beautiful. Where big women share space on billboards next to waifs and we embrace a progressive pansexuality. With advances in genetic engineering and antidepressants, maybe we'll all look and feel exactly the same. Wouldn't that be great? The Stepford Planet...
...wake human cells stuck in the "off" position? Dermatologists won't know for sure until they try; they also won't know about side effects (SHH in big doses can trigger skin cancer, though the mice have shown no sign of it so far). But the research suggests that the new hope genetics is bringing to victims of cancer and other devastating diseases may also cover the merely bald...