Well-being and Health Across the Life Course

In the Liminal Spaces: Understanding Knowledge Production and Narratives of Suboptimal Health in Contemporary China

Written by Cheer (Lijiaozi) Cheng Photo Credit: Anna Pelzer Source: Unsplash How often do we meet someone who declares themselves in perfect health? It’s a rare occurrence, to say the least. In the intricate landscape of health and illness, there lies a nuanced space occupied by those who find themselves neither distinctly well nor acutely… Continue reading In the Liminal Spaces: Understanding Knowledge Production and Narratives of Suboptimal Health in Contemporary China

Social Inequalities and Social Ordering

Sargol: The ‘Get Fat Quick’ Scam

By Lauren O'Hagan In contemporary society, the idealisation of thinness and the denigration of fatness have become dominant cultural ideals and are now the reference model to which men and women aspire when caring for their bodies. This “cult of thinness” is intensified by social media, which promotes a homogenised body standard that is unattainable… Continue reading Sargol: The ‘Get Fat Quick’ Scam