tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235466434053435852.post5115801544553360756..comments2023-09-19T12:03:00.562+01:00Comments on Jane Purcell: Freelance Mum: Greed in ItalyJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16329937118727831213noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235466434053435852.post-58248971751531594682011-08-16T12:50:48.264+01:002011-08-16T12:50:48.264+01:00I liked this post. I agree food is a joy. Gwyneth ...I liked this post. I agree food is a joy. Gwyneth Paltrow said she got osteoporosis from her diet... not so hot eh?<br /><br />Tomatoes on toast anyone? Anyone?Gillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011791254441115435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235466434053435852.post-47093175710786435232011-08-04T11:00:06.176+01:002011-08-04T11:00:06.176+01:00@Honourable Husband - there is a book out called H...@Honourable Husband - there is a book out called Holy Anorexia by Rudolph Bell which explores the fetishisation of suffering and starvation so beloved by catholic saints. I always thought it amusing that one of the few real go-getter female saints, St Joan of Arc took 500 years to get canonized. Possibly because she didn't spend her life on her knees apologising for being female . . .Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329937118727831213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235466434053435852.post-37672821337026459192011-08-04T10:24:57.232+01:002011-08-04T10:24:57.232+01:00The self-loathing of the Catholic child berated fo...The self-loathing of the Catholic child berated for unsaintliness and the self-loathing of the anorexic berated through comparison with the impossibly thin. Jane, you are the first I've heard compare the two. But you make absolute sense.The Honourable Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05234119524600114890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235466434053435852.post-88257179520932959192011-08-03T22:43:58.834+01:002011-08-03T22:43:58.834+01:00iSmile!iSmile!doublemeasurenoreply@blogger.com