Sublime

Era a emergência da lipofobia. Não se associava mais o redondo das formas – as “cheinhas” – à saúde, ao prazer, à pacífica prosperidade burguesa que lhes permitia comer muito, do bom e do melhor. A obesidade começa a tornar-se um critério determinante de feiura, representando o universo do vulgar, em oposição ao elegante, fino e raro.

When it came to art, I only cared about content: what a work meant. The whole point of Art Must Be Beautiful, Artist Must Be Beautiful was to destroy that image of beauty. Because I had come to believe that art must be disturbing, art must ask questions, art must predict the future. If art is just political, it becomes like newspaper. It can be use

En la mitad de las culturas examinadas son las mujeres gordas, al contrario, las que pasan por atractivas. Una tercera parte prefería mujeres rellenitas. Y sólo el 20 por ciento sustentaba mayoritariamente el ideal occidental contemporáneo de la delgadez.

Accusing an anatomist (or several generations of them) of designing anatomy instead of revealing it rocked a very big boat.