look, cookies are part of life.
people really need to relax about food. it's just food. eating is just eating. it's not a 'war' on weight gain, and obesity is not an epidemic, and the holiday season is not a 'minefield' of calories. you know what is war? war. fatness is not a widespread outbreak of infectious disease. and minefields don't typically just make your jeans tighter; they typically blow people's limbs off. this article in the toronto star is well-intentioned, but contains this quote from a nutritionist:“The fact that you can have things like ‘premium organic first cookie for toddlers’ marketed suggests that it’s perfectly acceptable to be feeding your toddler a cookie".
it!
is!
perfectly!
acceptable!
fuck!
in myriad ways, women are told all their lives growing up to keep themselves pure. then when they fail at that (because they're also required to fail), they're told alright, your body is a write-off, so just keep your child pure instead. none of this is possible. everybody knows how to eat and the only reason we talk about it so much is to perpetuate oppression.
it!
is!
perfectly!
acceptable!
fuck!
in myriad ways, women are told all their lives growing up to keep themselves pure. then when they fail at that (because they're also required to fail), they're told alright, your body is a write-off, so just keep your child pure instead. none of this is possible. everybody knows how to eat and the only reason we talk about it so much is to perpetuate oppression.