Friday 12th of February: If all models were fat would you still care about dieting?

This week Luca will introduce the question "If all the models were fat, would you still care about dieting? A discussion on the regulation of the models’ size on the catwalks"

Some interesting background readings to get you in the mood:

-A campaign for curvier models: http://www.millionlooks.com/outfits/%E2%80%98curves-ahead%E2%80%99-campaign-pros-and-cons/
-The Oliviero Toscani Ad: http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,507842,00.html
-An LSE master thesis on the topic http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/mediaWorkingPapers/MScDissertationSeries/Abravanel_final.pdf
-A paper on alternative normative approaches in health economics:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=MImg&_imagekey=B6V8K-4R7NPWM-S-1&_cdi=5873&_user=1177143&_pii=S0167629607000902&_orig=search&_coverDate=03%2F31%2F2008&_sk=999729997&view=c&wchp=dGLzVtb-zSkzk&md5=4c1a28eabd1c137100834dea0df81115&ie=/sdarticle.pdf

As usual, we meet in STICERD common area at 6pm sharp; please be on time.

We look forward to seeing you all there,

Patrick, Nathan and Miriam