Unveiling the Hidden Forces Shaping Our Relationship with Food: A Provocative Review of Amber Husain’s "Tell Me How You Eat"
Reviewed by Nan J. Bauer
The math is basic: Food is life. Withholding it is power. It’s an equation we see daily to horrible effect in the current Palestinian and Sudanese genocides; what bombs and bullets don’t kill, starvation finishes, less efficiently and with greater cruelty. We don’t need to look hard to find even more examples — including, right here in the U.S., the Trump administration’s capricious restriction and denial of SNAP benefits for families who, without them, simply don’t eat.
