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Newspaper
Sun Coast Gondolier
Location
Venice, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1979
Page
3
A humorous first person piece explores the social stigma of extreme thinness and the paradoxes of dieting. The narrator recalls ridicule for being slender, the shock of weight gain, and a tongue in cheek plan of starving to prove a point. The tone mocks dieting fads while revealing personal insecurity.
City Manager recalls a naked man visiting the gate of his Addis Ababa home. The anecdote doubles as a meditation on public life, privacy, and the exposure of official duties in a fishbowl existence. The narrator contrasts local spectacle with his own role and awkward daily realities.
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