Diet Culture Interrupts Our Relationship To Culturally Relevant Foods

101: Let's look at some American history to better understand that the point of diet culture is self-denial as a form of spiritual and national assimilation.

For me, a Mexican-American kid, it was tamales.

For my friend Francis, a Chinese-American kid, it was Taiwanese ribs.

For my friend Mia, a Jewish kid, it was bagels.

Each of us got the message early on …