The alter egos of a suburban married couple, Elijah Lee and Bellapoison, conspire against disinformation. But why did we choose the name “Rabbit Starvation”?
Some people are afraid of fat; some people are repulsed by it. And yet as evidenced by the phenomenon of rabbit starvation—a form of malnutrition brought on by a diet of exclusively lean meats, more specifically, rabbit—fat is essential to human survival.
So with a little variety in the diet—and a little fat—humans are widely omnivorous. But what about our mental diet? Vilhjalmur Stefansson wrote, in observance of Native Americans in the early 20th century, “If there are enough rabbits, the people eat till their stomachs are distended; but no matter how much they eat they feel unsatisfied.” Are your intakes of politics, religion, pop culture, science, pseudo-science and Internet opinions at healthy levels? Or are you starving while shoveling down platesful of paperwork, housework, parenting and consuming?
Stick around. There’ll be plenty of meat, but we’ll be sure to throw in a bit of blubber too.
Bellapoison
