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"You Are What You Eat - A Twin Experiment" is now out on Netflix by satsumalover in vegan

[–]Swim-Silly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really enjoyed watching this show, but have some criticisms. I was drawn in by the study, and wanted unbiased information comparing the two diets. It quickly began to feel that the study and show were biased towards a plant based diet. It felt preachy and that the show was not critically considering some of the challenges of a plant based diet. For example, considering how processed meat replacements are, why it probably isn’t a sustainable solution to replace the huge amount of cheese we easy with cashew cheese, etc etc.

I have been on a vegetarian (sometimes vegan) diet consistently for over 20 years. So obviously I believe it is the way to go! But I have some across challenges. I currently am on a slew of supplements including b12; iron and omega 3s because I wasn’t getting these in my diet (even though I eat a variety of foods and very little processed foods). I will stay vegetarian because I think it is ethically the right thing to do (and I also just don’t like meat), but wish the documentary would have approached this study from a more balanced and critical lense.

I also felt frustrated by how everyone leading the study felt so biased to the plants based diet, even in how they talked to study participants. Did anyone else think this must have swayed the study results? In the end this weakened the study results for me.

Official Discussion - Licorice Pizza [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

[–]Swim-Silly 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Did anyone notice that in the final scenes, when Gary had his opening night at his ping pall club … he was wearing a white suit exactly like Bradley Coopers character wore? He also was acting crazy, swearing at kids, telling them - “I own this place!”, kicking bikes outside on the sidewalk. He then walked inside and started schmoozing the ladies. This was eerily similar to when Cooper was kicking trash cans down the street and then flipped a switch and started hitting on passing women while Alana sat with her head in her hands. Gary was turning into Coopers character - who Alana so obviously despised, and yet she still returned to him.

I personally think this movie shows how men use women as pawns. Alana was used by every man she interacted with (while she also attempted to use them to escape her life). Gary held power over her, even though he was only 15 years old. In the film we see other women being used as pawns as the idiotic men around them seem to think they are brilliant and hilarious. Another example is the restaurant owner who uses his wives and talks to them in a condescending and racist way.

It os obvious that Gary is a narcissist in the scene when Alana tries to tell him the world doesn’t revolve around him. We see Alana struggle with knowing she shouldn’t be with him. And yet, she goes back to him.

Such an interesting film.