I’m teaching a class in Philosophy of Food and this week we talked about Michael Pollan and food and some feminist responses to his work.
Here’s Michael Pollan:
The students really liked Can’t Stomach It: How Michael Pollan et al. Made Me Want to Eat Cheetos by julie guthman. We spent a lot of time talking about obesity, fatphobia, and the imperative to be thin. More positively we talked about ways of thinking about Pollan’s “eat mostly plants” message in a less individualistic way.
I’ve also been rereading and writing about Kate Manne’s book, Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia. It has been shortlisted for the National Book Award. Yay Kate!
All of that made me think about my old post. It’s one of my oldest on the blog. It discusses the connection between fatness and fitness. It also critiques the stupidity of using BMI as a measure of anything significant.
Here it is:
Fit, Fat, and What’s Wrong with BMI
