Paula Deen Critics Aren’t Elitist (Or Fat-Shaming)

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The backlash to the backlash against Paula Deen has begun, with Deen supporters accusing Anthony Bourdain—and anyone else who questions Deen's ethics or antics—of being elitist, fat-shaming*and preachy. But elitism has nothing to do with it, and fat-shaming doesn't have to. Deen is a symbol of a food mindset that plagues almost all of us in America—fat and thin, north and south. And there's nothing elitist, classist, or even inherently mean about using her*very public*diabetes reveal as a catalyst for trying to change the conversation about food in this country. More »Post from: Blisstree
 
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