Picked by Aeon
Humanity’s complex relationship with curves
An animated essay tracing how body fat went from a prized survival asset across millennia to a modern enemy.
A brisk, beautifully animated rethink of our cultural obsession with weight.
Abundance has made fat an enemy, but it’s been a friend to humans for millennia.
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