I don't watch much TV, but I did take in all of True Detective's (excellent) first season, and I'll admit to letting Scandal play in the background sometimes while I do some work. In both shows, the lead characters espouse a theory of light versus dark. Surely there is a drinking game designed to take advantage of Olivia's oft-uttered "step into the light" mantra, whereas in the True Detective finale Rust has a great line alluding to the classic philosophy.

Growing up in the '80s, diet books were a cultural norm. Women were often "on" some regimen or another, usually dictated by whichever had been published most recently. Diet books are romance novels of a different sort, promising that ideal version of yourself you've always imagined. The problem is that the concept of a diet – strict rules dictating "eat this, not that" – isn't compatible with our human nature.