“It’s sort of the American way to be at war with our bodies, with an almost Protestant divide between wanting to be good and wanting to feel good, as if those are necessarily in opposition. Doing the things that feel the best- eating, drinking, sunning, sleeping, having sex- are often the very activities that lead to the punishing kind of self loathing, because if we aren’t in control of these, then we must be lazy, indulgent, profligate, and selfish, on top of being potentially overwieght and hungover. It’s an endless cycle that prompts the question: if this is your life, what are you getting ready for?”