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Monday, December 12, 2005 12:00 AM

'Tis the season to obsess about food

Thanksgiving yams, Chanukah latkes, Christmas cookies ... for me, they all add up to a holiday-size serving of self-hatred.

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  • Monday, December 12, 2005 10:36 AM

    me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me...

    It’s the obsession with herself that I find so offensive.

    We come in many shapes and sizes, and heart health is more important than thinness, but I am sick of these women who think they and their weight, their looks, what the world thinks of them, them , them ,them, are the most important thing in the world. I exercise zero tolerance for arrogance and it has nothing to do with weight or beauty or gender.

    It has to do with what a selfish nation we are and what kind of world this change is giving us

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