Flashback - San Francisco Weight Czar Virgie Tovar on Why Eating Less Cake Is Oppression

TOVAR CRFI If you ░░░░░░░░ like many women you ░░░░░░░░ been to a birthday ░░░░░░░░ or a small office ░░░░░░░░ an event that s ░░░░░░░░ to bring people together ░░░░░░░░ s swinging tunes some ░░░░░░░░ beverages and good convo ░░░░░░░░ then it comes time ░░░░░░░░ cut the cake and ░░░░░░░░ decides to ruin everything ░░░░░░░░ FEMALE 1 oh my ░░░░░░░░ that slice is huge ░░░░░░░░ slice is bigger than ░░░░░░░░ s paycheck Can you ░░░░░░░░ me half of half ░░░░░░░░ that TOVAR A Cake ░░░░░░░░ Fatphobic Incident or CRFI ░░░░░░░░ that moment when it ░░░░░░░░ time to eat delicious ░░░░░░░░ and it s interrupted ░░░░░░░░ a moralizing impulse Inevitably ░░░░░░░░ s always someone at ░░░░░░░░ party who has to ░░░░░░░░ publicly that their slice ░░░░░░░░ too large and that ░░░░░░░░ person who s cutting ░░░░░░░░ cake almost invariably a ░░░░░░░░ must do some disproportionate ░░░░░░░░ of labor in order ░░░░░░░░ accommodate their need to ░░░░░░░░ superior Let s take ░░░░░░░░ look UNKNOWN FEMALE 2 ░░░░░░░░ you do a little ░░░░░░░░ just like UNKNOWN FEMALE ░░░░░░░░ Can you like scrape ░░░░░░░░ the frosting off and ░░░░░░░░ it in half and ░░░░░░░░ me two forks because ░░░░░░░░ m sharing UNKNOWN FEMALE ░░░░░░░░ Smaller like a little ░░░░░░░░ more like tiny no ░░░░░░░░ less less than what ░░░░░░░░ re smaller please UNKNOWN ░░░░░░░░ 4 Could you just ░░░░░░░░ my piece into 12 ░░░░░░░░ symmetrical little pieces and ░░░░░░░░ each one into a ░░░░░░░░ little Tupperware so that ░░░░░░░░ can have a bite ░░░░░░░░ each month of 2018 ░░░░░░░░ UNKNOWN FEMALE 2 Smaller ░░░░░░░░ Let s take a ░░░░░░░░ back and view what ░░░░░░░░ happening through a critical ░░░░░░░░ lens CRFIs typically happen ░░░░░░░░ environments where there are ░░░░░░░░ or exclusively women Women ░░░░░░░░ disproportionately negatively affected by ░░░░░░░░ culture because diet culture ░░░░░░░░ onto sexism Like many ░░░░░░░░ of diet culture there ░░░░░░░░ a significant performance component ░░░░░░░░ have to others that ░░░░░░░░ are being good Controlling ░░░░░░░░ much you eat is ░░░░░░░░ of what it means ░░░░░░░░ be a quote good ░░░░░░░░ This kind of behavior ░░░░░░░░ a way for people ░░░░░░░░ keep other people in ░░░░░░░░ through food moralizing surveillance ░░░░░░░░ policing These are the ░░░░░░░░ that are at the ░░░░░░░░ of diet culture and ░░░░░░░░ control The idea that ░░░░░░░░ can position yourself as ░░░░░░░░ to others through self ░░░░░░░░ and self denial is ░░░░░░░░ sexist CRFIs have a ░░░░░░░░ of creating a hierarchy ░░░░░░░░ women and ultimately in ░░░░░░░░ misogynist expectations.”