The Algorithm Is Trying to Starve Me
Instagram wants me to hate my body
I’ve written previously about the dangers of treating women’s body parts like fast fashion accessories that can go in and out of style, but somehow the horrors of body discourse continue to surprise me! I recently accidentally googled my way onto diet Instagram and what I saw just made me so, so, SO sad. Anyway, I made a comic about it, and here it is!
Thanks for reading! A couple quick things:
If you liked this comic and want to read more like it, you can pre-order my book, GRAPHIC RAGE: Comics on Gender, Justice, and Life as a Woman in America!
If you’re interested in learning to make comics of your own, I teach a class called Comics For People Who Can’t Draw! I’m running the one-day version in August and the 6-week version starting in September. The six-week always sells out, so if you’re interested, grab your spot early!
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And if you ever decide to eat a whole bag of cole slaw mix, please let everyone within a mile radius know, because you will be discharging enough gas to clear out a small town.
I shared this with my young adult daughter. She has a very healthy body image and I want to do all I can to help her keep it! As a very middle aged woman, I am more and more aware of how indoctrinated I am in body shame culture... Mostly about myself. Work in progress!