ok repeat after me: gluten free is not "diet culture". gluten free is not meant to "take the joy away from carbs". gluten free is a diet that allows people with an autoimmune disease to eat without inflicting further damage upon their bodies. we don't have to be condemned to eat the most disgusting and basic shit ever because we have celiacs. we deserve options too.
This 100%. I used to work at a gluten free bakery a couple years before gluten free stuff became widely available and we had people crossing state borders to get the first bread they had been able to eat in 10 years. We made a 5-year-old kid with celiac and multiple allergies their first ever birthday cake--it had no gluten, eggs, dairy, corn, or red food dye. And we had dozens of people who came in daily specifically for treats--turnovers, cinnamon bread, cupcakes, cookies--none of which was "health food". It just happened to exclude an ingredient that their bodies couldn't handle. I have never been more proud of a job than I was there, because we got to make so many people happy with something they loved and never thought they would be able to have again.
