Vanity Fair Blames Protein Kick On MAGA

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From the magazine that brings readers every detail on Kim Kardashian, Rhianna’s Met Gala looks, and George Clooney’s Lake Como getaways, comes the latest claim from Vanity Fair.

Protein is a bigot. A fascist. A racist. A nazi. Protein is part of the oligarchy. Protein is all MAGA-rooted in sexism and white supremacy.

I mean, they didn’t go that far, but here are a few excerpts from Vanity Fair:

It’s not only men who care about protein, but a mosey through recent history suggests a strong correlation between the rise of the likes of the men’s rights movement and our national lust for protein—which is how we got to the quagmire of contradiction wherein a ‘manosphere’ helmed by Donald Trump (he of the diet dubbed by his own health secretary, the admittedly often incorrect Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to be ‘really, like, bad’) has such a vocal contingent of intense protein-maxing ‘health’ obsessives.”-Keziah Weir, Vanity Fair

You know what’s also really, like bad? Taking a 6th, 7th or 8th booster of a vaccine because the government tells you it’s “good for you”. Or, shooting yourself up with Ozempic, even if you’re not diabetic, before being shot into space is a healthy alternative to weight loss. (Right, Katy Perry? Warning, you may lose your hair ir sh#t the bed.) This argument also comes from the same people who believe shooting children up with hormones to prevent puberty from occurring is kosher. But, eating farting cows is bad, very, very bad and is rooted in sexism and toxic MAGA masculinity, apparently.

The intertwinement of masculinity and red meat (and its attendant health properties, namely protein) is strong and deep-seated. A 2023 study found that men were ‘more likely to eat foods to the extent that those foods were perceived as higher in masculinity and lower in femininity,’ which correlated with foods that were seen as higher in protein. Another, from this year, found that men who have what they describe as a strong ‘meat-eating identity’ also ‘tend to perceive themselves as more masculine.’ An obsession with protein affords a masculine-coded cover on the feminine-coded world of body image and dieting—and a subject over which men can bond as bros.”-Keziah Weir, Vanity Fair

Why Keziah has taken to the gym bros for protein shaming is beyond me. I have never known a guy to look at a nice steak and say, “Ima gonna eat this cuz it makes me more manly”. They eat it because a perfectly seasoned and grilled steak tastes good.

What say these personal trainers of these Hollywood types who need to slim up or, beef-up for a big role? No protein? “BIG PROTEIN”, as Weir calls it, is not only targeting men, it’s coming for us girls, too:

Big Protein may have come for all of us. Mary Claire Haver and Gabrielle Lyon are prominent pro-protein online personalities who target their content toward women, and an informal poll floated to an active group chat found that the respondent protein-supplement enthusiasts had women slightly outnumbering the men (sample size: five). TikTok is rife with people of all genders ranking (and selling) Ryse protein and eating (and selling) David Protein bars. But on TikTok, at least, the videos tend to conform to aesthetic gender norms. The men often show up in tank tops that reveal bulging biceps, hefting tubs of the powder, while the women cook through ‘what I eat in a day’ videos in sports bras and tight pants showcasing abs and what one user describes as ‘a flat stomach and fat butt.’”-Keziah Weir, Vanity Fair

Sounds like a little bit of hate and sour grapes to me, Keziah.

While Ms. “flat stomach and fat butt” may also have had a little help aesthetically from a good BBL and a reputable plastic surgeon on top of spending all day in a gym, there are many other foods in the American diet that are horrible for consumption and our health. But, Ms. Weir chooses to focus on MEAT.

Living in the Pacific Northwest, I see all kinds of people. But, I do take note of who I see in the supermarket-mainly the masked subjects of The State of Washington, with purple hair who are (still) double-masked, pierced, tattooed and, would categorize by any medical professional as morbidly obese. What is in their cart? Frozen pizzas, potato chips, energy drinks and a wide range of other processed food. There is no green in their cart. There are no lean proteins like chicken or fish in their cart. As an individual who has seriously revamped her diet over the course of the last 8 months, I have lost 30 pounds of inflammatory, post-menopausal, weight gain. I did this through clean eating and, yes, that clean eating involved animal protein. My diet is low in sodium, added sugars and preservatives, which are, the real enemies in this equation. Not the cows. Not the gym bros. And not the bouncy blondes with the Brazilian Butt Lifts. But Keziah Weir begs to differ:

And now, amid a shrinking economy, following strides and setbacks for women’s rights via #MeToo and its backlash (including the overturning of Roe v. Wade), as well as marriage equality, visibility, and media representation for queer and trans people with a similar subsequent ‘anti-woke’ recoil—we have a second Trump term, MAHA, and what menswear commentator Derek Guy calls the ‘slim-fit revolution’ of the manfluencer sphere.”-Keziah Weir, Vanity Fair

Wait, what?!

Being a diabetic with meat on your plate now makes a person a “MAHA-slim-fit-revolutionary-of the-manfluencer-sphere“. Noted. This makes you less-inclusive, more racist. This makes you MAGA. Good luck getting Ozempic prescribed to you, though. The celebs need it.

This is what happens when you have all kale and no cattle. Have another helping of that word salad, Vanity Fair readers whilst sipping your soy latte. I’m gonna eat some carne asada with no chips tonight. I will also be curious as to how many celebs on the Met Gala red carpet ate nothing but carbohydrates to fit into their couture this evening-avoiding protein in the name of bringing down the patriarchy.

My guess? None of them.

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