“Listen, kid, it’s all part of building character. The struggle will make you a better person. Stronger, more appreciative.”
Sound familiar? It’s lovely, isn’t it, that we can call something as pernicious as starvation “character building”? The “back in my day” proposition is feeding the stereotype of the struggling college student who must ingest ungodly amounts of sodium in order to get by, and only marginally at best. Continue Reading →
