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Venkatesh Rao
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Quantified self sometimes feels like 19th century invalidism with techbro characteristics. They may play at super-fit instead of super-ill but health concerns are still a big chunk of attention.
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The Cult of Invalidism
During the Victorian era there arose a fashion for invalidism. This ‘cult’ challenged the male desire for fertile, hourglass figures since the invalid woman was thin, frail and rendered so ‘ill’ as…
11:40 PM · Oct 21, 2018
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