Journalist Alicia Kennedy argues that while “lifestyle” writers (e.g., food and fashion) typically steer clear of politics, it is their duty to “engage with the realities of the world.” Lifestyle choices such as what to eat or what to wear have ripple effects that often do concern politics. “One person in the United States’ easy pleasures are another person’s and ecosystem’s burden,” Kennedy writes. Case in point: While you are enjoying a bacon and eggs breakfast in Boston, people in Duplin County, N.Carolina are being sprayed with hog manure.