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Douchebag Decree: Betty Crocker
As if being a completely fictional model of unobtainable feminine domesticity weren't enough, Betty Crocker has sealed her fate as a Douchebag Decree recipient with the new PMS SOS iPhone app. Ladies,...
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Bitch in a Box: Books all around!
No matter what you celebrate this time of year, chances are you're going to need to buy a gift for someone, and that's where our "Bitch in a Box" series comes in! Between now and the end of the month,...
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Bitch in a Box: Holiday Gift Guide, Edible Edition!
No matter what you celebrate this time of year, chances are you're going to need to buy a gift for someone, and that's where our "Bitch in a Box" series comes in! Between now and the end of December,...
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The Long Goodbye: (Sung in the tune of Peter Tosh) Veganize it!
Earlier this month, Oprah created a challenge for Harpo staffers: go vegan for one week. 378 staffers signed up for the challenge, the Harpo cafeteria introduced choices that were animal-free, and...
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Isn't He Lovely: The Sexist, Racist, Male Invention of Dieting
As Isn't He Lovely comes to a close this week, it seems appropriate to offer some historical insight into where and when the Western masculine body ideal emerged. But since I don't have the word count...
View ArticleBitchTapes: Who's Hungry? (Parts I and II)
Happy Thanksgiving Leftovers Day! If you, like me, spent the morning deciding between pie and mashed potatoes for breakfast, you might need some songs about food to provide a soundtrack to your meals....
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Douchebag Decree: Mario Batali Thinks "Skinny Actresses" Should Shut Up About...
It's no secret that the food world is a dudely one. Chefs—especially those who achieve celebrity status—are usually men, and a "bros before hos" mentality permeates the industry, where women hold just...
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Bon Appetit! 100 Years of Julia Child
Today would have been Julia Child's 100th birthday. Though the legendary cook, author, and pop culture personality died in 2004, her delicious legacy lives on.Happy Birthday! Photo by Arnold...
View ArticleBitchTapes: Who's Hungry? (Part III)
BitchTapes: Who's Hungry Part III from BitchTapes on 8tracks Radio. Alright, I know you're all probably nursing a major food baby (thanks, Juno) just like me, but I thought it necessary to carry on the...
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Bitch in a Box: Holiday Gift Guide, Foodies Edition
I admit that self-proclaimed “foodies” such as myself can be kind of ridiculous and somewhat intolerable. God help you when one of us gets going on a tangent about how our breakfast danish was...
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Food, Family, and Identity: Q&A with Author of New Memoir Licking the Spoon
There’s a difficult scene in toward the beginning of Candace Walsh’s memoir, Licking The Spoon, where five-year-old Walsh is essentially force-fed her dinner amidst tears, gagging, and vomit. This...
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#FoodGentrification and Culinary Rebranding of Traditional Foods
Since the beginning of January, Whole Foods has been screaming it from their Facebook pages, corporate blog, news affiliates, and tastefully designed signage: “Collards are the new kale!” While at...
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Just Eat It: A Comic About Food and Cultural Appropriation
I made this comic about the cultural appropriation of food—the tendency of people to easily co-opt “ethnic” cuisine as their own, while simultaneously obsessing over the “authenticity” of food.I’m...
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The Cost of Kale: How Foodie Trends Can Hurt Low-Income Families
Last month, I sounded off about the new Whole Foods campaign rebranding collard greens as the next big superfood. Their efforts have resulted in public backlash over cultural appropriation and the...
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Incendiary New Food Industry Documentary "Fed Up" Misses the Mark
A portion of the poster for new documentary Fed Up and an factoid from the film.The line between legitimate health advocacy and body shaming is a precarious one. So what does it look like when yet...
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