Some time ago, Sociological Images posted this horrifyingly perfect example of how “postracial” discourse interprets racial diversity: As blog editor Lisa Wade wryly comments, “Just a teaspoon or less of diversity, please.” Misguided as it is, this ad […]
I recently picked up The Language of Food by Dan Jurafsky, which turned out to be an entirely enjoyable, accessible collection of essays about food nouns and adjectives. A little more than half […]
Yesterday, The Hairpin posted a lengthy but well-considered examination of “snackwave” by Rookie writers Hazel Cills and Gabrielle Noone. “Snackwave” is the authors’ own term for the pop culture and social media […]
With food, it’s not just that the personal is political. How we eat, what we buy, and where we get it are deeply influenced by the circulation of food, money, […]
I’m skipping out for the rest of the week to attend the nuptials of two beautiful friends in the tropics, so I thought I’d leave you with some erotic plant trivia. […]
Inequality by (interior) Design, a smart sociology blog you should be following if you aren’t already, included a shout-out to Janice Radway in a post describing the way books written […]
At Tangerine and Cinnamon, a thoughtful food blog I have only just discovered, Sarah Duff ruminates about the problems of “authentic” regional food. What does authenticity mean when different families prepare regional […]
Back when I managed book exhibits at scholarly conferences, I noted the frequency with which book-booth neighbors would pass the time by talking about good, sophisticated food options in a […]
At Table Matters last week, I wrote about complicated relationships to the simple pleasures of junk food, arguing that the way we so often frame these foods as “addictive” erases […]
The new Anna Karenina film is absolutely gorgeous–which anyone can plainly see from the trailer–but it is also quite sharp. I read the novel over the summer and was enthralled, […]
