Women are taught to suppress both hunger and anger. Society often only validates the expression of rage when linked to hunger, leading women to dismiss their anger by attributing it to hunger. The societal norm is for women to apologize for their anger by associating it with hunger. This normalization of suppressing anger and hunger can lead to complex relationships with food and the expression of emotions.
Author Geraldine DeRuiter a.k.a. The Everywhereist joins Kara to talk about her new book If You Can’t Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury. They talk about some of the author’s viral moments and the backlash she experienced after calling out two famed Italian chefs, the inherent sexism in the food industry (from dining rooms to professional kitchens), and how societal stigmas around beauty and our bodies have distorted our relationship to food.
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