More thoughts on self-image

In Darkest Night’s recent post of anorexics and our stupid selves is very thought provoking. Our personal, psychological, social, and maybe even spiritual thoughts about or self-images and others images of themselves are at the heart of many of the “what-sorts” questions. The following You-Tube video is silly and may seem shallow, but it provides a good stimulus for thinking about some aspects of self image.

Can we ditch the fatty anorexics but save our own stupid selves?

Support For People With Eating Disorders - Anorexi Bulimi Kontakt CLICK TO SEE VIDEO

Bloggingheads.tv threw up an interesting piece last week that begins with a discussion surrounding obesity (The entire segment is titled “The Skinny on Obesity“, but note in advance that the conversation is less focused than the title implies; they switch topics and discuss carbon emission regulations for the last half). I was struck by a number of the claims that were made throughout this discussion and most particularly by the way that later comments contrasted with earlier ones. It is in this contrast, especially given the subject matter, that I believe there is a valuable lesson regarding how we should view answers to the question “What sorts of people should there be?”