Category Archives: food

Rethinking Work: cooking as labor

Cooking, when it is glamorous and well-compensated, is something for men.
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Food, fat & progressive politics: a saga

The bodily autonomy we fight for when it comes to reproductive choice is questioned when it comes to sex and to weight loss or gain.
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Gordon Ramsay on Tracy Grimshaw: a case of foot-in-mouth disease

Though Ramsay considers himself to be a champion because of his promotion of female chefs, his often misogynist commentary erases the benefit of his actions.
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Who’s afraid of the big, bad Scarf? The censure of the keffiyeh

Certainly, it is a scarf. A black and white scarf – in paisley, no less.
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The Unholy Union of Starbucks and “Juno”

Finally, we must remember that most dyed-in-the-tight-jeans hipsters tend to despise Starbucks for being mainstream, capitalist, and lame. And since the hipster view of just about everything is factually wrong, I can’t dislike Starbucks.
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