{"id":63271,"date":"2018-09-10T17:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T17:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellvyl.com\/death-abs-smoothies\/?p=63271"},"modified":"2020-06-09T07:53:37","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T07:53:37","slug":"no-guilt-in-pleasure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellvyl.com\/media\/no-guilt-in-pleasure\/","title":{"rendered":"NO 'GUILT' IN PLEASURE"},"content":{"rendered":"

About a year ago, as I was scrolling through my Apple TV in search of something relatively easy to watch, I came across <\/span>The Bachelorette<\/span><\/i><\/a>. I\u2019d seen several episodes here and there but never watched an entire season from start to finish. Several hours after hitting \u201cPlay,\u201d I was hooked. As one episode automatically began after another, I became more and more invested in the bachelorette\u2019s story and genuinely curious as to who she would end up with. In other words, what started out as a way to spend time watching what I had already labeled as \u201cbad television,\u201d quickly turned into a favorite pastime of mine. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Being the documentary and independent film freak that I am (with memberships to <\/span>IFC<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Film Forum<\/span><\/a>, and several online platforms), I\u2019ll admit I’m somewhat of a snob when it comes to films. The same could be said of music and books. That\u2019s why, when I told my friends about my new-found interest, I referred to it as a \u201cguilty pleasure.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

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As widely as we use it, I don\u2019t think we think enough about what \u201cguilty pleasure\u201d really means. The term first appeared in <\/span>The New York Times<\/span><\/i><\/a> in 1860, in reference to visiting a brothel. In that context, it seems like a perfectly appropriate term since, as pleasurable as it might have been, visiting a brothel was not something one would scream from the rooftops. That said, the same phrase no longer serves the same purpose as it did when it was first introduced to our cultural lexicon. Nowadays, \u201cguilty pleasure\u201d is mainly used in reference to gastronomy and culture, and I believe there\u2019s value in analyzing the application of the term in both instances. <\/span><\/p>\n

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When it comes to gastronomy, \u201cguilty pleasure\u201d is mainly used to describe foods that taste good but are known to be bad for our health because of their high sugar, saturated fat, or other similar nutritional contents. Think french fries, donuts, cookies, chips, and most other packaged foods. What\u2019s important to note, however, is that any food referred to as a \u201cguilty pleasure\u201d is consumed not out of habit, but out of <\/span>choice<\/span><\/i>. What this means is that, if we decide to order a side of fries instead of a salad with our sandwich, we do so by acknowledging that we are partaking in a <\/span>conscious <\/span><\/i>indulgence, rather than repeating a daily habit. In doing so, we should remind ourselves that our decision to listen to our cravings has led us to eat from an <\/span>empowered<\/span><\/i> place, which hopefully leads to feelings of empowerment. When repeated over time, these reminders will eventually allow us to be kinder to ourselves and find <\/span>pleasure <\/span><\/i>in pleasure, rather than guilt. Just like any other practice, however, this requires patience, dedication, and tolerance for any slips along the way. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Within the context of culture, the definition of \u201cguilty pleasure\u201d becomes more blurred as there doesn\u2019t exist any scientific proof of books or movies that are bad for the health, like eating a bag of Flaming Hot Cheetos is. However, there\u2019s a shared understanding that it is used in reference to products of popular, or \u201clowbrow,\u201d cultures such as songs, movies, and books that our cultural zeitgeist has determined to have been badly done, but that draw us to themselves nevertheless. My example of <\/span>The Bachelorette<\/span><\/i> is one, as are any songs you listen to on Spotify after switching over to \u201cPrivate Session,\u201d and books that you\u2019ve read overnight, but pretend you haven\u2019t (the <\/span>Twilight<\/span><\/i> series is usually a well-understood and widely used example). While the component of guilt in eating something that is known to have certain downsides healthwise is understandable, the guilt in blasting \u201cOops I Did It Again\u201d in the car or watching <\/span>Pretty Woman<\/span><\/i> at home is far more difficult to rationalize. There are a time and a place for everything in our lives. Just as wearing a nice cardigan and proper shoes when visiting your grandparents is appropriate for that occasion, so is wearing ugly socks, sweatpants, and a scrunchie when going over to a friend\u2019s house to hang out. The same applies to our cultural consumptions. While it\u2019s wonderful to support independent artists and foreign cinema, there is also a time and place, and perhaps more importantly, a <\/span>need<\/span><\/i> for movies that we watch simply because they make us laugh, songs we love simply because they make us want to dance, and books we love simply because they give us a break from reality. And just as we are proud to have seen an <\/span>Almodovar<\/span><\/a> film, so too, should we be for respecting our need to relax and have fun as we walk out of a movie like <\/span>Pitch Perfect<\/span><\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Both are necessary for our well-being for equally important and equally valid reasons. There is, therefore, no room for \u201cguilt\u201d in such pleasures. \u00a0<\/span>
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