Thread by @MyHarmReduction

All the good tweets condemning the fatphobic and moralistic tone have been written. (She's clearly been ratio'd)

I'd like to zoom out to look at what this post says about our puritanical culture how we think about *pleasure* and *treats* and DRUGS.

https://twitter.com/DrLeanaWen/status/1374519962136551424

1) There is clearly this belief that because they are available for free, that somehow every vaccinated person will show up every day for their daily free donut.

They won't. Some might. But that's not how most people work. Most people moderate pleasure.

2) It's also clearly *RICH* to individualize something as policy-driven as sugar consumption, weight, and obesity. An innocent campaign for a free donut isn't going to undo systemic policy choices. (Not my wheelhouse, so I defer to the other tweets on this)

3) Others have also done well in their pushback of any judgment of how people find pleasure during a global pandemic and other syndemics that are claiming lives every day. (Another important argument)

4) We should also think about how the benefit that a campaign like this has to NORMALIZE and REWARD a positive public health behavior like vaccination. KK has inroads in small towns and communities across this country with 'vaccine hesitancy.' I'm sure it's motivated someone.

5) If you're pissed a sugary carb-based company has done SOMETHING to support vaccination, why not push your "healthier" brands to do something too? Why put the onus on them for doing something with the product they peddle?

6) I digressed - but I am PISSED she said that KK should donate boxes to organizations or workplaces doing good work instead.

This reiterates the idea that working and 'good' people can moderate, but 'the masses' cannot. THIS IS RACIST, CLASSIST, and ABLEIST. Like drug laws.

7) Many 'experts' feel the public cannot behave themselves when given access to pleasurable and enjoyable things (like fast food and drugs), and selectively use data to confirm these beliefs.

8) This actually doesn't acknowledge that yummy (and sometimes unhealthy) foods and drugs are incredibly EFFICIENT. They give lots of benefits and deliver lots of pleasure in ways that many things in life do not. Most of us are willing to accept the tradeoffs.

9) But people who develop high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, or problems with drugs not because they were always 'having fun' and indulging in things 'other' people have moderated.

These statements affirm that harmful mythology, though. Justify prohibition. Moralize outliers

10) Stopping although there's more to say. You get the gist.

Let's always stop and ask ourselves - "What might I be saying or doing that conveys that someone doesn't deserve joy today?"

+ "And what does my willingness to deny others joy say about MY OWN feelings about joy and pleasure and worthiness?"