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Fitness and Its Discontents: The Pursuit of the High-Status Body as Therapy. Part 2.

March 14, 2020 by The IotL Magazine Leave a Comment

We live in a culture that tends to define the self in accordance to the status of its body and the maintenance of a healthy lifestyle. The corporal self-identity of contemporary times frequently goes under the name of ‘fitness’. It is a measure of aptitude for life in consumer culture and a service economy.

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Filed Under: Long Read, More Isles of the Left, Sexuality & Gender, Society & Politics Tagged With: capitalism, consumerism, fitness

Fitness and Its Discontents: The Pursuit of the High-Status Body as Therapy. Part 1.

February 29, 2020 by The IotL Magazine Leave a Comment

We live in a culture that tends to define the self in accordance to the status of its body and the maintenance of a healthy lifestyle. The corporal self-identity of contemporary times frequently goes under the name of ‘fitness’. It is a measure of aptitude for life in consumer culture and a service economy.

[Read more…] about Fitness and Its Discontents: The Pursuit of the High-Status Body as Therapy. Part 1.

Filed Under: Long Read, More Isles of the Left, Sexuality & Gender Tagged With: capitalism, consumerism, fitness

When Plastic Meant Progress

November 18, 2018 by Raisa Galea 1 Comment

How did it happen that everything previously labelled as misery and poverty became symbolic of good intent and care for environment in just a couple of decades? Progress: it seems that we have been there without knowing.

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Filed Under: Environment, More Isles of the Left, Society & Politics Tagged With: consumerism, eco-austerity, Environment

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