newwavefeminism:

TW - fatphobia

What I find most hilarious about this campaign is that they’re justifying the fact that they’re taking pictures of sad looking children and super-imposing rude anti-fat statements on them with the mantra “stop sugarcoating” the issue of childhood obesity in Geogria

FIRST of all, who is actually sugarcoating anything? Have you been inside of a school? or anywhere in society? All we see everywhere we go is anti-fat sentiment. Subliminally in TV and posters everwhere, and literally through teasing and fat-shaming. But now we’re actually taking a bigger step at codifying and sending mass messages of literal fat-shaming because we don’t think overweight people “get it” enough.

but SECOND why this upsets me, and why all these type of ad campaigns bother me, is that these funds would be better spent actually providing low income communities with ACTUAL HEALTHIER OPTIONS. Ironically right before I ran across this shitty picture I was reading this short article: 3 reasons why the poor can’t eat healthy. We close the poor off of actual cheap and healthy food options and then send out hateful billboards when we notice obesity becoming a “problem”.

like, didn’t congress just classify pizza as a vegetable so some company that supplies schools food wont lose money? gtfo

This is what happens when people buy into the idea that people are just poor and in need because of some pathological, cultural reason. No, if you want to actually make a difference start with acknowledging how we leave people without resources first before you talk down to people who are just trying to live life & survive…

seriously. in addition: what a lot of people dont realize is that junk food is a seriously addicting thing. the amount of chemicals and processes they put through cheap food changes the taste of it and changes how the brain interprets taste. and then when you have kids eating junk food at schools, many of which get that meal as one of their only cooked meals of the day, their bodies grow up craving those artificial ingredients. seriously, watch jamie oliver’s school dinners/food revolution, it’s shocking just how awful and processed the food that our schools are indoctrinating our kids into, so when they go home to parents- many whom have worked long hours and are exhausted by that point, if they’re home at all- they demand the sort of food they’re used to: crap.

if i ever have kids, i’m going to try my best to raise them on natural, healthy food, but i’m not blind and ignorant enough to think that that’s a possibility for everyone out there. 

related though, that’s why i love the company my mom works for, earthfare: they have family dinner nights every thursday, where when you buy an adult dinner priced over $5, your kids (i think up to 6 kids?) eat FREE. no preservatives, no artificial ingredients. their groceries might be a bit overpriced for a lot of people, but you can’t deny that that’s a great deal and they’re really looking out for the community.