AMI'S GUIDE TO FOOD PRIVILEGE

[makemerun]

Ami’s Guide to Food Privilege: How classism, fatphobia, and various other “-isms” control what we eat.

PART I: Food Stamps

Note: All references to programs will be to that of Washington State’s programs, as those are the ones I am familiar with. Washington being a more progressive state than most, it can be expected that this is far from the

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[popehippo]

This. Is. Awesome.

[mollywobbles867]

This was excellent. I bookmarked it to link to knuckleheads.

[magicalsibylle]

[maynardsong]

And by healthy, you mean whatever the various corporate food lobbies have forced congress to accept as science*.
This sentence bears so much repeating. Kudos for pointing this out.

[greyfable]

Seconded!

[makemerun]

Sure! :)

[mythrai]

I sincerely hope she posts videos of her delighted daughter eating all the cake and collects their 'but my tax dollarsss' tears to season the next one :C

[popehippo]

'om nom nom, fuck you fuckers, om nom nom' is what I imagined. XD

[maynardsong]

Love this part too! "NOTE: On the flip side, some people ALSO get upset when they see poor people buying local or organic. Because obviously, if a poor person can squeeze some food that hasn’t been medicated or poisoned into their budget, they’re receiving too much government money, amirite. "