lol butts

February 22, 2017 11:35 AM

How smoking bans extinguish solidarity ---It is no coincidence that these same workers are widely perceived to deserve the exemptions of “health” as little as they deserve proper pay. “Public health” has always reinforced class divisions through such unequal attributions of “choice” versus “constraint.” As a university student, I could not get a proper note from the Office of Students with Disabilities prescribing some time off to quit smoking because, as the nurse said, “Starting smoking is something you chose to do.” My peer with back problems also chose to get into the car that crashed during her European holiday, yet it seems to be taken for granted that professionals simply “need” vast cosmopolitan mobility
posted by josher71 (4 comments total)

Saw this elsewhere last week...the author has published some other questionable harangues...
posted by kuanes at 11:42 AM on February 22, 2017

I don't smoke but I don't really get hung up on it when other people do - this piece, however, is BANANAS and I have a feeling the author is going to be embarrassed about it in a year or two.
posted by capnsue at 11:47 AM on February 22, 2017

My peer with back problems also chose to get into the car that crashed during her European holiday, yet it seems to be taken for granted that professionals simply “need” vast cosmopolitan mobility

This is one of the dumbest things I've ever read.
posted by Talez at 11:48 AM on February 22, 2017

I will say this: the author has an excellent name.
posted by selfnoise at 11:48 AM on February 22, 2017