Foodblogs make me cry.

Food is obviously a very important part of surviving, to the fact that we need it to live. What is so great about food is that each culture, and race has different kinds that you can say, essentially, will remind the eater of the origin of that food. For example, Mexican or any sort of Asian food in my opinion just make me want to go there just because the food is amazing,  Kuttainen (2015) understood and explained it well when she said "that food is indeed a repository of a culture." Tumblr being a blog that connects people and their interests together allows people to show and display food that they either like or what they dream of eating.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BUvGyJPCQAE9gFN.png

Food blogs on Tumblr can make people cry, smile, hungry, drool, or just annoyed at the fact that they don't have access to the food in the picture in that moment or at all.  With weight becoming more of a problem due to people's excessive intake of food, and sitting behind a computer screen major of the day, it isn't a shock that one-sixth of our population is overweight (pastel, 2007). Tumblr, Pinterest, and Instagram are the go to sites to look at food, with the ability that we have now with businesses becoming more up to date with technology culture one does not even have to leave the house to get food like Pizza, Chinese, McDonald's, etc. Food can relate to the sense of POWER; with food lightly linked to income and status and even health, as you won't see a billionaire trying to scrape for dollars to try get a decent, healthy meal, as take away is a lot cheaper than healthy products. They will be eating something made by a chef at a expensive restaurant, which can lead to them posting a picture on their blog to flaunt their money/food.

With this it is easily shown that food can be linked with power to Tumblr, and any other social media site, as food or any other object can be used to effect one either positively or negatively.

Reference List;;

Kuttainen, V. (2015). BA1002: Food Networks. [Powerpoint slides]. Retrieved from Blackboard Learn JCU: https://learnjcu.jcu.edu.au/webapps/blackboard/content/listContent.jsp?course_id=_69740_1&content_id=_1892329_1

Patel, R. (2007). Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System. Retrieved from: www.learnjcu.jcu.edu.au