Buffie isn't fat. Ironically by making Buffie the example of the obese, Debra Dickerson is subversively supporting the "mainstream" idea of body size/type and beauty. Also, mixing the sensational topics of big booties, race and obesity into a 1000 word article just doesn't make for much of anything except maybe bad navel gazing.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
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