Being not-thin makes one visible; being thin means blending in with cultural expectations, means not standing out.
I am not sure where exactly she is writing from; but, the odd thing is that I think in most of the environments I've been in since college being thin would make you stand out. I think that anything outside of average (which varies from group to group) and maybe a little more so the last couple of years.
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Tue, Mar. 15th, 2005 05:17 pm (UTC)I am not sure where exactly she is writing from; but, the odd thing is that I think in most of the environments I've been in since college being thin would make you stand out. I think that anything outside of average (which varies from group to group) and maybe a little more so the last couple of years.