Fatty: A Short Story

Annotated Bibliography Fed Up. Stephanie Soechtig. Perf. Michele Simon, Katie Couric, Bill Clinton, Michael Bloomberg. Atlas Films, 2014.

Introduction The graphic novel, Fatty Legs, written by Christy Jordan – Fenton and Margaret Pokiak – Fenton and the song Took the Children Away by Archie Roach help us understanding of racial identity and thereby nurture tolerance and empathy. They use words, images and voice to give us different perspective on a similar issue happened in Australia and Higher Arctic related to racial identity and give us idea on the importance in how people treat each other in different racial.

Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It published by Gary Taubes is a controversial 217 page look at the obesity epidemic plaguing the world. Taubes spends the entirety of the report analyzing the common myths of weight gain and weight loss. Taubes himself is a correspondent to Science magazine, has had works published in the New York Times, and is an investigator of health policy research at the University of California’s School of Public Health.

How do you choose between the love of your best friend, and their safety? In Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher, Eric Calhoune, a high school student, must decide how to help his best friend Sarah Byrnes, who was badly burned by her father when she was a toddler. When Sarah Byrnes stops talking to get away from her dad who was never caught for hurting her, Eric decides that he must find a way to keep Sarah’s dad permanently away from her. Eric makes hard decisions in order to help Sarah and himself such as telling his coach about her burns, telling Sarah’s father where Sarah went, and also keeping Sarah from running away to a special school in Colorado.

Who To Blame Having one severe disease can lead to have a tuff life or even more it can cost someone's life. In the earlier years before the 70’s obesity started to increase, and people were not aware of what was causing this epidemic. In these earlier years fast food restaurants started to increase so did their costumer's this caused more and more people to consume meals out of their homes. Now the big problem in this day is that many individuals don’t put a stop to this epidemic. Or many don't accept the truth behind these bad foods that can cause a big problem to the body. There are many solutions for the obesity, but it is for individuals to make a change. But many of the people depend on these types of products people love the taste

Obesity This is America. The country with the highest obesity count. Why? Because ‘Murica that’s why.Recently, it’s becoming more of an issue. More ways than the average person would think. Now it isn’t just about being unhealthy, it can be bad socially as well.

“The Fat Girl” In American culture, the obese body is represented very negatively. One factor that contributes to this negative representation is the abundance of negative reactions that people display towards overweight people. It is a stigma that often taints and belittles the person, leading others to judge the individual negatively, rejecting, hating, or ridiculing him or her. That can often lead the obese person to develop sever psychological problems.

Jerry Mosher first’s starts off using actor Robert De Niro and George Wendt and their achievement of losing weight to make a film. He uses them to inform his reader the who television situates the body and how there is a physical demand to film for a performance. Television has created an illusion for its audience to believe that the people appearing are “real people.” Which is true, but again, there is a high physical manipulation and demand. This reconstructing of one’s body has created an aura, or what Mosher likes to call it, the “norm.” With such manipulation, the character the audience sees on the television minimizes their sexuality and political dimensions. To be “fat” on television, is to resister or the rebel societies exception of what is a “normal” type of body to appear on the television. Mosher uses the fat men as a great example. He states that the fat men will usually appear on comedy sitcoms, as their body is already seen as a “joke,” and being in a comedy sitcoms some how accommodates their fat body. However, the American culture has made the fat male body to be seen as an established television symbol of losing one’s masculinity, and the one who is not “soft and impotent” (169). This has now become what is known as the “crisis of masculinity,” because a fat men will feel like they are not the breadwinner of the house, or that their penis is way too small. Patriarchal power is now in danger for these men

Honestly, he toyed with these career politicians, beating them all handedly at My final question is- Why? Why in the world would he do it? The guy is a self-made multiBILLIONAIRE. He doesn't need the money; he doesn't need the fame. In fact, his life is about to get much worse and more difficult.

The readings for this week’s response paper consist of the second half of the book Fat-Talk Nation: The Human Cost of America’s War on Fat by Susan Greenhalgh. Unlike the first half, the second half of the book gives a broader look at the American weight obsession. Skinny shamming, the

Obesity is a serious problem not only for many people but also for society in general. It is enough to say that an unhealthy population can have a direct impact on the daily affairs of communities. A large chunk of the problem of obesity can be attributed to the type of food that people consume. Without doubt, the regular consumption of food that is high in calories coupled with a sedentary lifestyle is the perfect formula for obesity, especially if the condition is already in the genes of the person. Interestingly, there is no consensus as to who exactly is responsible for the problem of obesity. Some people argue that obesity is no less than the fault of the obese individual. At the heart of this contention is the idea that people are free to choose what they want to eat. In other words, no one is forcing them to consume unhealthy

Summary Benjamin Caballero, in an article “The Global Epidemic of Obesity”, written on June 13, 2007, Explain how Obesity started. In this article Benjamin addressing the population on how the tension on body on increasing body weight became important. Benjamin mention that “the great powers understood that increasing the average body size of the population was an important social and political factor. The military and economic might of countries was critically dependent on the body size and strength of their young generations, from which soldiers and workers were drawn” that having people with more weight and height will benefit the country economic.

Fat Man by: Devin Brandt One of the most destructive bombs in history has the unusual name of “Fat Man.” This was the codename for the atomic bomb that was ultimately dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, in an attempt to end the war in the Pacific between the United States and Japan. This was the second atomic bomb that was dropped on Japan by the United States.

In the novel Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher, takes place in a small town near Reno, Nevada. It also takes place in their high school, and in the mental sanctuary that Sarah was in. Sara byrnes - She was one of the main characters in the book, she was always being judged and was treated differently because of all of the scars on her face.She never really fit in because of what happened to her face. Eric “Moby” Cahone He is Sarah’s best friend he always has struggled with his weight. He has also been judged because of it. He is always visiting Sarah while she is at the mental hospital, he tries to jog her memory.

At the hospital, everybody in town including Mayor Price was rushing in to see if Vicky was going to be alright. With everyone piled into the waiting room, fear and panic filled everybody's heart. The doctor came out of the emergency room and said, "She is going to ok." He allowed only three people to go in to see her Mayor Price, Gem, and Trini. When they walked into the room Vicky was lying in the bed with the two pieces of paper still clutched in her hand. "Open it, Vicky said." With the press standing on the outside they could see what caused all this.