Well, in a time when food wasn't nearly so readily available as it is today, being "fat" (by the standards of the day) drastically beat the alternative. The paradigm is just so completely different in this day and age.
Where to start... the pig-child, or the tasteless tonic? "The kind of tonic that arrives at your dinner party and starts loudly telling racist jokes to anyone who will listen..."
Oh I am totally using this for one of the collages I have to make for my alternative photo class. It'll be about the degradation of children. I think I'll yoink that Hiley Montawhozeewhatzit icon too. ;)
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