Comments | intellect_: analyzing eating and folklore.

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analyzing eating and folklore.

Apr 18, 2005 10:19

I dare you to come up with 2 or more popular myths, legends, disney, or any story that can not be analyzed as an abusive relationship between an individual and food. I thought this might be fun considering the recent media health explosion. atkins this, zone that. or, come up with others in our culture that do represent a poor relationship with ( Read more... )

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dante_sensei April 18 2005, 13:13:48 UTC

This is a really interesting concept. I'll try to come up with some ideas later.

_themockturtle_ April 18 2005, 13:20:09 UTC

It's hard, but that being said, it's hard to find fairy tales/myths/stories that don't fit the rule of being commentaries on abusive relationships between people, twisted sexual relationships, or societal mirrors.

Pocahontas? You could say it's a story of the european powers eating up and destroying the virign americas, or wanting what you can't have. But that's a stretch.

Rapunzel. Sleeping Beauty. Prometheus. The Oddyssey. The Iliad. Dumbo!

But then there's Snow White and her apple, Alice and Wonderland and her "eat me" * "drink me"'s... the list does go on.