11/15/2023 0 Comments Junk food infographicI know I probably already belabored my point about real food privilege, but I really don’t understand why people who are pro-health and real food feel that they need to fudge the truth of food accessibility. It’s a classist assumption that this will be the case for every person living in poverty or on food stamps and that if they can’t manage to eat well on next to nothing, that must be their fault. I have seen these being reposted as evidence that you can eat healthy on little money. These prices must be reflective of things they found on sale. This is not representative of what food costs in my area. I’m betting most of you are looking at these and saying to yourself, “Where the hell are they shopping!?” SparkPeople has these examples of how to spend your limited money on better food. I’ve seen it floating around tumblr again lately and it still pisses me off. Or maybe someone really just wants to have one goddamned thing of french fries just because. And hell, maybe there is more than one option but the not-so-healthy choice is the one that makes the most sense based on circumstances or geography or whatever. Choice might not even be a good word to use because that implies there’s more than one option. I’m defending the choices that people make when they have to buy this food. When I say I hate these, people assume I must love Big Macs and Pringles or something and that I’m angry because I’m feeling defensive. They make me curse a lot and I wish people would stop making them. These infographics where we’re shown a picture of a “good” meal and a “bad” meal with a dollar amount, showing how easy is it to eat well on a low budget seem to be everywhere right now.
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