Carnie Wilson’s memoir Gut Feelings (with Jo Feldman)
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The Emotional Implications of Token-based Breakfast
This chapter explores the emotional implications on a child who has tokens dictating whether or not they can have breakfast, highlighting the humiliation and sadness experienced due to feeling unworthy of food unless they work extra hard. The speaker also reflects on the protagonist's struggle to have a healthy relationship with food and the impact of societal pressure on body image. They discuss the protagonist's coping mechanism of making sure no one makes them feel worse by making them feel good and their awareness of being watched and judged about how they eat and their body.
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