Scrolling on TikTok during a break one day, I watched a content creator named Kara make a vegan bean soup recipe to boost her iron levels during her menstrual period.
“All my anemic girlies this one is for you,” the young woman from central Florida, who goes by her first name online, wrote in the caption.
Many people liked and commented positively on her video, but others had questions: “What if I don’t like beans?” and “Can I substitute the beans with something else?”
Um … what? I wondered why they didn’t just look for a different recipe.
Welcome to the strange phenomenon of people expressing anger or helplessness to online content creators or writers who don’t acknowledge their specific lifestyles or limitations.
