Is your Instagram overflowing with saucy beef cakes? Troves of people filling their stomachs with protein and minds with propaganda? Parker DeVore PZ ’27 asks you to step outside the videodrome and ask if our relationship with protein is dogma, health or just the most current manifestation of America’s collective food anxiety.
Tag: Diet Culture
Read it and weep: On breaking up with diets
Nina Potischman PO ’21 reflects on her relationship with food, the wellness industry and the effect Christy Harrison’s book “Anti-Diet” had on her life.
OPINION: Diet culture hurts students, silences those in recovery
CW: Mentions of eating disorders On Oct. 16, students from Scripps College, Harvey Mudd College, and Claremont McKenna College received an email from Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Recreation promoting their “Health and Wellness Fair,” which specifically (and almost exclusively) highlighted and promoted the fair’s body composition testing. This email became the center of