Category Archives: Diet Pop Culture

Diet Pop Culture – Choice Quotes from Diet Paperbacks

By Michelle | Published: June 25, 2010
I have a sort of unofficial hobby of collecting diet paperbacks — something about them fascinates me in the same way I am fascinated by infomercials. Not only are they often unintentionally hilarious, but they have a certain formula and flavour that promises to reveal something about how marketing, emotion, and motivation interact. So I’ve [...]
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DIET POP CULTURE – Amphetamines are your friend!

By Michelle | Published: December 18, 2009
(Okay, so not really.) This video shows Brigid Polk, one of the members of Andy Warhol’s Factory — a former society girl whose mother forced her to diet from a young age — describing how she uses speed instead of various reducing salons, yet insists on not being “uptight” about being the fat girl in [...]
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DIET POP CULTURE – Are those sausage pants or are you just happy to see me?

By Michelle | Published: December 11, 2009
“Easy to inflate.” Well, thank heavens for small mercies. Otherwise, you might never be able to realize your dream of sporting the WORLD’S LARGEST CAMELTOE. And if that doesn’t do it for you, there’s also a long version: ETA: The following is courtesy of Twistie, in comments: Monty Python’s Trim Jeans Theatre. Diet Pop Culture [...]
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Diet pop culture: Dolph Lundgren’s Maximum Potential.

By Michelle | Published: December 4, 2009
From my sweethearts at Everything Is Terrible! — isn’t it odd how the face of MAXIMUM FITNESS looks an awful lot like the face of serene sociopathy? Either way, this dude — with his short shorts, his Nair-smooth legs, and his zinc-oxide lip balm — is basically my ideal man. (Well…except for the shorts, the [...]
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Diet pop culture: Trim Twist.

By Michelle | Published: November 27, 2009
I don’t know what in the hell this thing does, exactly, but I do know this woman looks like she’s having an awesome time: I don’t know — if losing weight in the ’60s meant wearing a modified sporty beehive, some Keds, and a look that says “I’m about to win first place in a [...]
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Quick check-in. And tapeworms.

By Michelle | Published: October 31, 2009
Hey all. It’s been quiet here lately, mostly because I’ve been sick for a couple of weeks. And I’m leaving town next week, so it’ll be a bit longer. If you’ve emailed me and I haven’t responded, I’ll get back to you just as soon as I’m back home and on my feet again. Anyhow, [...]
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Diet pop culture: FAT FAT FAT FAT FAT.

By Michelle | Published: October 2, 2009
Another one from my homeslices at Everything is Terrible. Because I luff them. Includes an offensive Mr. Yunioshi-style cameo of a “Chinese” waiter, holy shit. Try adding some fat to your fat — you’ll be so fat, you might just fat yourself.
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