food
The Biotic Woman: Talking to Ruby Roth
You don't have to be a full time animal rights activist to spread the good word about healthy food, climate change, and women's and children's rights. Ruby Roth, author and illustrator of the recently released That's Why We Don't Eat Animals: A Book About... Read more »
Open Thread: Thanksgiving
Way back when I was but a young feminist in a WGS 101 class, my professor asked the class to describe our Thanksgiving traditions as a way of further explaining the notion of gender norms. As more and more students told tales of men sitting on the couch watching television while women basted... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Marthe Distel, the First Top Chef
With Top Chef boiling down to its final two episodes (go Jennifer, go!) now seems as good a time as any to delve into the history of the fancy world of professional chefs. From Top Chef (yes, a television series, but fancy nonetheless) to the James Beard Award, there are tons of impressive... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: Mike Isabella
Fans of Bravo’s Top Chef this season know there’s been one “cheftestant” that everyone with a remote control and an appetite for snarkiness loooves to hate: Douche de la Semaine... Read more »
Jonathan Safran Foer is "Against Meat." What about you?
Today The New York Times published their food issue. (Mmm…) And while all of the articles are interesting (... Read more »
Women, Film, and Food
Having spent the weekend filling my freezer with late summer goodness from my local farmer’s market and finding out about Lisa Jervis’s new book... Read more »
'Skinny Bastard' Disgruntles this Bitch
I'm a couple weeks late on this, but did you all hear about Skinny Bitch's new uber-masculine brother, Skinny Bastard? Finally, gender equity has arrived! Now men and women can be separately but equally body shamed!
Get the whole skinny after the jump.
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Friday Health Question: Going Vegan or Going Crazy?
A call for opinion and sharing from those who live vegan lifestyles.
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Fun, Food, Feminism
It's not often you see the truth told about food and race, but here is terrific article with many interesting links that take a look at the erroneous assumptions of Chinese food and how it relates - and what it says - about US American culture.
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