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The bit I'm not getting is why you think this stuff is feminist. Is it because women like it? Or because it helps them deal with the pressures of the patriarchy? I think I disagree but just trying to make sure I understand you.

So I’m not saying that I *personally* feel that way, but the people I spoke to do. They felt that the patriarchy + our capitalist society restrains them and many of them didn’t want to take time to cook/think about nutrition. They feel this helps them subvert that social pressure

Do you see your job as to report what people tell you without any critical analysis or framing?

No obviously not - which is why I spend a couple paragraphs going “yeah, uh, meal replacements can lead to a lot of physical and mental health problems”.

But no paragraphs on whether it's *really* feminist to do something potentially damaging because of patriarchal pressures, despite the headline being "this dangerous thing as a feminist act"

It’s really not dangerous and that headline would be misleading. And a lot of women and non-binary people see it as a way to subvert tasks sexistly coded as “female”, and I reported on that with appropriate caveats, linking to and speaking about where it can be unhealthy.

I don’t feel like you’re trying to argue with me in good faith so I’m just going to leave it there and let us both get on with our evenings! I understand you disagree with these people, and am happy to discuss *that*, but the implication I’ve done something wrong just ain’t it.

Cool, I look forward to your next totally unproblematic article "#girlboss: modern slavery as a feminist act"