“Don’t forget, ladies. Your usual meal is 1500 calories. Beware of overeating.”
Listen closely, and you’ll hear that announcement play in the background of various episodes on the Netflix original series “Orange Is the New Black.” The words are familiar to the average viewer in this health-crazed day and age, but they come off, in the context of inmates fighting for their everyday survival, as completely absurd.
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Date: 2014-06-16 03:25 pm (UTC)“Don’t forget, ladies. Your usual meal is 1500 calories. Beware of overeating.”
Listen closely, and you’ll hear that announcement play in the background of various episodes on the Netflix original series “Orange Is the New Black.” The words are familiar to the average viewer in this health-crazed day and age, but they come off, in the context of inmates fighting for their everyday survival, as completely absurd.
Keywords: Body image, media, television.
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Date: 2014-06-18 03:08 pm (UTC)http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/2014/06/reproductive-justice-concerns-long-acting-contraception/?utm_content=buffer2372d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Reproductive Justice Concerns Surround Long-Acting Contraception Methods
[birth control, LARCs, reproductive justice, race, socioeconomic status]
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Date: 2014-06-19 12:21 am (UTC)LC on Rape and Self Defense
[rape, self defense, victim blaming, ableist language]
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Date: 2014-06-19 06:16 pm (UTC)Fuck “Sexy”
[language, slut shaming, body policing, domestic abuse, consent]
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Date: 2014-06-20 02:47 am (UTC)Gabby Giffords Says Gun Violence Is a Women's Issue
[gun violence, domestic abuse, misogyny]