U.S. foreign policy and terminology manipulation Why do so many Americans fear terrorism? Many political experts argue it typically derives from fear of the unknown.…
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Emphasizing humanity as a common experience “You’re an inspiration to me” is a phrase that is supportive and encouraging on the surface. For people with…
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Improving the conversation about body image issues Three out of 20 women at Ithaca College have had or currently have a diagnosed eating disorder, according…
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Inequality limits access to healthy food In 2013, 45.3 million Americans lived in poverty and 49.1 million lived in food insecure households, according to Feeding…
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The ins and outs of some of America’s most popular food fads Really, what the hell even is gluten? It seems like wherever we turn…
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Blow dryers, mini fridges, iPods, safes, shoes. This seemingly random list actually describes items easily found in trash cans and dumpsters around the community — if only people were willing to dig through them.
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Living with an eating disorder “You are what you eat.” I wanted to be everything and then nothing, so I ate accordingly for three years…
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A journey to find individual beauty I started noticing my struggles with food my freshman year of high school. Up until that point, I was…
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Roughly one in every 100 adults in the U.S. is incarcerated. For the 99 percent on the outside, jails and prisons are hidden and enigmatic. Movies and TV dramas about prison life are popular, showing that people want to know what really goes on behind bars: the alliances, the punishments, and, of course, the food.
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Since the early 2000s, on the heels of a huge growth in consumer demand for organic food, an unprecedented change in how food is marketed and produced has occurred. The result is that a word that was once quite important has lost most of its meaning, and both consumers and farmers are the ones losing out.