Food Snobbery: An Intersectional Analysis of Fat, Feminism, Poverty, Disability & Health

By Philippa Willitts

The line between food enthusiasts and food snobs can be a thin one, and when, "It's easier!", "It's cheaper!", etc. drown out your insistence that the intersecting oppressions of
disability, poverty, racism and fat-phobia play a part, then that line has been crossed.

Food Snobbery, an extended essay by Philippa Willitts, takes an intersectional approach to critically addressing these issues.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Outspoken Books
• Release date: Dec 6, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311206152

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Food Snobbery

An Intersectional Analysis of Fat, Feminism, Poverty, Disability & Health

Philippa Willitts

© Copyright Philippa Willitts 2015

www.philippawrites.co.uk

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People are very passionate about food. This is understandable, because when it’s good it can provide valuable nutrients to our body as well as cherished pleasure to our palates. But passion can become zeal and, before you know it, people are telling others how to eat. They are often well-meaning, when they evangelise about how easy it is to cut out gluten or become vegan, or how evil supermarkets or plastic packaging are, but they do not take into account the reality of many people’s lives.

The line between food enthusiasts and food snobs can be a thin one, and when, It's easier!, It's cheaper!, etc. drown out your insistence that the intersecting oppressions of disability, poverty, racism and fat-phobia play a part, then that line has been crossed.

I was vegetarian for many years and I have to admit that I was obnoxious about it when I was a young teen. I would gleefully point out