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In reply to the discussion: Aspirational eating: or why people are micro-obsessing over food [View all]Odin2005
(53,521 posts)40. "Since 1980" = The Yuppies.
However, beliefs about what constitutes superior eating and broader societal eating trends are driven by factors other than empirical evidence, and in the last three decades, attempts to eat better have been driven more by anxieties about status and the pleasures of class distinction than objective, rational choice..
The story of aspirational eating is largely a story about how class anxiety and the pleasures and pressures of distinction can twist politically progressive impulses into behaviors that ultimately reinforce class hierarchy....
The story of aspirational eating is largely a story about how class anxiety and the pleasures and pressures of distinction can twist politically progressive impulses into behaviors that ultimately reinforce class hierarchy....
Bingo! This is more evidence for what I call the hypocrisy of the Upper-Middle Class "Latte Liberals".
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In that 'pork rinds' are a signal to the bloc of voters he's trying to appeal to,
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#6
The writer breaks the 'food revolution' down to 4 pillars. Weight-loss dieting
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#5
For me, weight loss dieting = "can't fit clothes" and "too cheap to buy a whole new wardrobe".
dkf
Nov 2012
#8
i read it. but i don't get the point. it's someone making fun of 'golden age'
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#11
I can only buy that to a certain extent. Some foods have been scientifically determined to healther
Zorra
Nov 2012
#23
if you read the diss, the 'food revolution' she's talking about actually has
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#34
the 'hippie' thing is included in the diss. it's interesting to hear about your
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#36
Yes, we are generally surveilled by others from infancy, and this surveillance regulates our
Zorra
Nov 2012
#37
It's not a conscious process, as I said before. We may be talking past each other.
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#44