“just for a change 
if it’s not too much trouble
stop fucking talking 
about what other people are eating.
 
i don’t care that he’s fat and buying
six sandwiches. it’s none of your business.
even if you’re a nutritionist, he’s not 
your patient. he shouldn’t blush 
and mumble his order because 
of the way that you treat him. for all you know,
those sandwiches are going to orphans.
and even if he’s going to eat them himself:
it’s his body, my dude, you don’t get to
police it.
 
my friend is thin and has celiac disease 
and the number of elitist dickbags who snort at her
every time she asks for gluten-free is so astronomically high
if we built a ladder out of them, we’d break the glass ceiling. i 
have heard: “that diet doesn’t really work, you know,” “you're 
thin already, why bother?” “just eat bread it’s not that bad 
for you!” flung in her face about every time 
she sits down to eat. she has to be polite about it
and tell them the truth 
or else for some reason, they’re angry.
 
but why do i have to inform you, a stranger, 
about my personal health situation
before you pardon me? why is it that i have to admit 
that i’m lactose intolerant before someone allows me to
drink soy milk? it’s not the blood of virgins 
and it’s not hurting you to shut the fuck up without
snickering about how girls are always trying new diet things.
why does anyone with any hint of curve have to 
talk about their genetics, their thyroid, why do they
have to explain to your fuck of a peabrain
before you “forgive” them for the sin
of just eating?
 
i hate that i feel like i have to apologize when i’m ordering,
that if i’m buying only ice cream i feel like i have to explain
i’m not buying it for myself only. i hate feeling like
brownies and cake and good things are
all “indulgences” but 
carrots and broccoli and good things are
all “dieting.” why the hell do i have to feel bad about a plate
overflowing with food? why the hell do i have to feel bad 
about anything i do?
 
how about instead of snickering that sally’s eating salad
because she’s trying too hard to fit in
you shut your fucking
mouth
about it.”