I wrote about how, despite their tech bro connotations, more and more women and non-binary people are taking solace in meal replacements. Please enjoy the headline:https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/technology/2019/04/ladies-huel-lunch-rise-meal-replacements-feminist-act …
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Before I share some of the interesting/nice anecdotes from this, I feel I must say that meal replacements have lots of issues - both in terms of effects on mental health and some of the physical results https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/technology/2019/04/ladies-huel-lunch-rise-meal-replacements-feminist-act …pic.twitter.com/2CXbctn3rl
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I know this is hard to conceptualise, but I do recommend actually reading the piece before giving me your opinion on the piece
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Meal replacements help some women save time on things that are often sexist-ly coded as female that they don't give a shit about. Even someone who told me me that she can enjoy cooking said that it's not a priority, and that "something's got to give": https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/technology/2019/04/ladies-huel-lunch-rise-meal-replacements-feminist-act …pic.twitter.com/q7OKcqbM2S
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Huel is born out the "bio-hacking" trend popular amongst tech bros, which in many cases is just very scary disordered eating. ICYMI, I wrote about that too:https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2019/04/jack-dorsey-twitter-ceo-diet-eating-disorder-and-silicon-valley-normalises-it-tech-fasting …
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Huel is rebranded slimfasthttps://youtu.be/Rh_5FJoivsg
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Yeah, uh, if you’d read the piece you’d know that I mentioned this in the piece
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