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Fat Studies
Fat studies is an area of academic scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. The fat studies list contains academic works on this topic and books that seek to create social change around weight oppression. Books that promote of the goal of weight loss are on a different topic.
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As members of the same species, human beings broadly share notions and precepts of morality, of what is socially regarded as a proper conduct. But again, there is no reason to think that these notions and precepts should fully converge and cohere between different people and different communities, or even in the minds of the individuals themselves.
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― Ideological Fixation: From the Stone Age to Today's Culture Wars
― Ideological Fixation: From the Stone Age to Today's Culture Wars
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Our sense of beauty was shaped by evolution to embody awareness of what is difficult as opposed to easy, rare as opposed to common, costly as opposed to cheap, skillful as opposed to talentless, and fit as opposed to unfit.
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― The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature
― The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature
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