Food, Self, and Society

So I was watching T.V. a couple of days ago and this awful commercial came up.  Apparently now, if you buy a bucket of KFC chicken, each purchase that is made, 50 cents will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. What in the world is going on here? Why would this ever become a partnership? Does nobody realize the hypocrisy in this? KFC is donating money to help find a cure to breast cancer, when the actual food at KFC causes health problems. Well now this will give people an excuse to go and buy some friend chicken without feeling guilty that they are eating it. I was reading a Washington Post article about this called “Is buying KFC by the bucket a good way to fight breast cancer?”. I the article, Jennifer Huget says that “studies have shown that an increased rick of developing colorectal, pancreatic, and BREAST CANCER is associated with high intakes of well-done, friend, or barbecued meats…” Way to go America!!!!! You are now one big contradiction!