gab’s Reviews > In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America > Status Update

“The fit body became at once a status symbol and an emblem of an individual’s purchasing power, moral health, self control, and discipline.” OOOH exactly…and how this is seen in the current rise of thinness/healthy eating/the deserving bodies happening at the same time as the rise of right-wing extremism and eugenics.