What comes to mind when you hear the phrase, “clean eating”? Is it raw fruits and vegetables, whole grains and nuts and seeds, milk in a glass bottle and home fermented yogurt? What about…a squishy loaf of Wonderbread? In our second episode on Diet Culture, we’ll explore the history of clean eating, how this framework has shifted, and how we can find more helpful ways of relating to the foods we eat.

Listen the first episode in the Diet Culture series

Learn more about the history of white bread in White Bread by Aaron Bobrow-Strain

Read more of Mary Douglas’ work on this topic in her book Purity and Danger

Check out Kendall’s piece on bread and purity in the Bitter Southerner

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