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Rituparna Basu

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The Helpless French Mind

By Rituparna Basu ⋅ April 21, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

A recent news article describes a new law in France which, if passed, will make it illegal to promote “extreme thinness.”  This ban outlaws images of excessively skinny models in the media and on websites that incite people to severely restrict the amount they eat.  The purpose of this law is to protect individuals, particularly [...]

 

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The Undercurrent's cultural commentary is based on Ayn Rand's philosophy, Objectivism. Objectivism, which animates Ayn Rand's fiction, is a systematic philosophy of life. It holds that the universe is orderly and comprehensible, that man survives by reason, that his life and happiness comprise his highest moral purpose, and that he flourishes only in a society that protects his individual rights.

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