Another theme that snuck into Cooking with Ideas brings together several F words: feminism and food. As we know, there is a whole literature on women and food -- focused, e.g., on food history and women's relationship to it. And, there are many ways that the phenomena are connected (click here to get a sense of past explorations here on Cooking with Ideas connecting feminism and food either very directly or more indirectly). And yet, there is more.
A bit of a stroll around the web unearthed (is that a weird metaphor for googling around? it somehow makes it seem more intentional and more grounded -- and yet. . . ). In any case, I came across a few places (again a weird metaphor?) that you may wish to visit.
First: the feminist kitchen. Don't you just love the name? Subtitled "musings on women and food," the blog is written by Addie Broyles who has a connection to the Austin American-Statesman and founded the blog in 2010 and more recently compiled and edited a cookbook. This may be the only blog I ever recommend that has a manifesto (click here to read it). It doesn't seem highly active, and hte book club/film series seems deceased, but hey. Have a look. And really: with the name "the feminist kitchen," well, its worth a look.
Second: you may wish to venture out to this site. This is the site for Render - a print magazine and blog with a mission. The mission: to "smash oppressive systems in the food industry." And yes, while this sounds very Sublimation Nation part of Cooking with Ideas, the magazine is definitely and explicitly feminist. It is also, alas, gone - but you can review the archives here. And I think you will find it worthwhile. I did.
Third, there is a Ms. Magazine blog piece from 2013 which is entitled "The Feminisphere: Foodies and Food Politics." It is available here if you are interested. It starts off with a few (three) short interviews with bloggers related to the aforementioned theme and then ends with a list of relevant blogs. Sister Vegan is the first interview -- and a very intriguing read (including a book the author did based, I assume on the blog itself.) While some of what appears in this piece are items long gone from the blogosphere (in the sense of there no longer being contributions), others are still with us. Hurrah. More on food and feminism.
Overall: I have one huge (and I mean huge) complaint/query -- why are so many of these dead and why can I not find more on feminism and food. Is it that blogs are a dying species or is it my search techniques or do you have a better explanation? Help! Of course, I am grateful to those that continue teaching and entertaining us and pushing the edge; thank you Sister Vegan. And, oh readers, any suggestions welcome!
