thisisthinprivilege:

This is just a general observation that relates to thin privilege: It is so frustrating to me how in the U.S. we have warped ideas about food. Foods are either good or bad. The amount of food you eat is either good or bad. These rules apply whether you’re eating alone or with others. In films, you’ll almost never see actors actually eating their food. People will pay thousands of dollars for a starvation diets in the hopes of becoming thin. I feel like we are all so terrified of our food. I think many people with thin privilege are probably less-terrified, but our society’s attitudes towards food take a lot of the joy out of food for everyone.

We shouldn’t be worried about the calories or the fat in our food, so much as the non-food chemical additives in our food supply. That’s what’s killing us, not the goddamn fat or calories. Our food is tainted and the poisons are addictive, and the sooner people realize that’s the cause of cancer and childhood diseases and disorders the sooner we can start fixing it. We need to stop worrying about fat vs. thin and start thinking about known CARCINOGENS and a food industry that is riddled with lies and profiteers who care nothing for human health and safety.

That is what takes the joy out of most food for me, not what other people think about what I’m eating.