“junk food” does not exist. food is food. the use of this language is generally to police fat people, but fat people have existed before that language and will exist after it’s long gone.
food is food. you need fats and carbohydrates, too.
I don’t think we will ever have a true and full accounting of the horrible human cost paid by food, retail and warehouse workers and deliverers so that everyone else could be “safe at home.”
Democrats wouldn't even support a 10% cut in military budget, yet once elected we are told that democrats will be responsive to demands from public. But 62% of public supported cutting the military & 87% of democrats support Medicare for all - but Biden said he would veto it.
I just got back from seeing a friend in food service, and she says servers at her restaurant are averaging 10 percent in tips right now. TEN PERCENT. I thought we all had said it enough already, but apparently not: 20 PERCENT IS THE MINIMUM YOU TIP, ESP. DURING A PANDEMIC.
A great use of the “welfare queen” trope: the idea that folks who receive $ from the gov are living lavishly rather than tending to their basic needs. A seterotype that causes actual harm to working families. Ppl w/ power (landlords) use these ideas to justify violence.