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A [Running] List of Everything My Nutritionist Says Could Be Causing My Stomach Issues

Kidney beans / agave syrup / the maternal drippings of an exploited cow /
the maternal drippings of an exploited cow churned into edible mold /
fructose / gellan gum / glyphosate: the pesticide they spray on wheat /
wheat / canola oil / sunflower oil / safflower oil / cottonseed oil /
corporations / coal / 75.5% of all men stomping over this planet /
the entire Kardashian, Jenner genealogy / the ache of a woman
whose thumb was crushed sewing their Spanx in Indonesia for 75.5 cents
an hour, reverberating vibrations of agony across the hemisphere
and into my privilege-wrecked, overly sensitive GI tract /
fermentable oligosaccharides / disaccharides / a TikTok video
investigating possible celebrities with plastic surgery / microplastics /
every Western-minded doctor in a white coat with a 12-minute timer
on their phone who could not heal me / that Snapchat channel
where muscled men crack the backs of women in push-up sports bras /
existential doom spurred by late-capitalism / monosaccharides / polyols /
the white chalky film on grape skins / every variety of apple / cashews /
asparagus stalks / my womanhood / my childless child-bearing years /
my loneliness / my fear of mostly everything / red onions /
sun-dried tomatoes / barley / rye / silken tofu.

 

 

 


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