Roaring Stomach

Roaring Stomach

Like most vegetarian students at Wheaton College, I find myself frustrated and at times quite literally starving due to the lack of vegetarian food options available here on campus. I find myself getting extremely irritated and annoyed at the fact that my dietary concerns and needs are not prioritized (because according to an Emerson staff member who shall not be named, my given food lifestyle is “just now popular.” Now, instead of taking offense to her comment and telling them off like I’m pretty sure most would do in my situation, instead opted for a more peaceful option and simply walked away amazed at their ignorance. According to this obviously special staff member I was a vegetarian not because I had been most of my life but because it was a popular trend amongst peers within my generation. Their statement though ignorant struck a chord in me because I was able to conclude that her belief must have been a belief shared by most of the staff employed at our dining halls, which was why Wheaton offered such a crappy vegetarian menu. My encounter with this particular Emerson staff member has inspired me to protest the vegetarian menu at Wheaton College because it’s limited due to obvious restrictions in place because of ignorance. Because the majority favors meaty foods the minority is marginalized and discriminated against and that’s just simply unfair. How can I blog about food and give a proper critic of food when the food that I am meant to scrutinize is nonexistent?