“People clearly take this food stuff very personally, invest a huge amount of feeling in it, which only strengthens my conviction that it has become a kind of new religion. People believe in food, the way they used to believe in art. The question is why.”
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Jodi Melnick, Diva Of Downtown Dance, Is Plenty Good Enough For Ballet
“I do think there’s an idea that if you’re a modern dancer it must be because you weren’t good enough to be a ballerina. I did not set out to do modern dance because I didn’t have that body type or that technique. This was a conscious decision. It had more relevance to me.”
Keeping Track Of Oneself: Technology And The Examined Life
“Self-tracking–treating your body and brain waves as an info dispenser–exemplifies the irresistible converging of microchips, medical advances, social media, geek fashion, affinity branding, and the hardy American tradition of personal improvement.”