So we are supposed to diet – but not to get ‘diet face’? | Suzanne Moore

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Jenni Murray says she doesn’t want to shed more pounds for fear of looking gaunt. When it comes to society’s obsession with weight, women just can’t win

Call me a sadist, but sometimes I get a huge amount of pleasure from the misfortunes of others. I mean, why do any of us read problem pages? We don’t really want the problem “solved”; we like wallowing in the wretchedness of others. Particularly sexually. No one cares about people having a good time. What we really want are premature ejaculators with herpes.

It is in this spirit that I am delighted to come across a problem that I have never suffered from and am unlikely to encounter: “diet face”.

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