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Category Archives: Spices and seasoning

“Eating the Other”: bell hooks on ethnicity as spice

March 11, 2015by Sara Davis 4 Comments

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 […]

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Consumer Culture, Cultural connotations, Race, Spices and seasoning

White-washing rice and other telling tales

May 24, 2014by Sara Davis 4 Comments

NPR’s Code Switch has an interesting little piece on why it’s odd that we use the term vanilla to mean something that is bland and, in racial metaphors, something that […]

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Race, Spices and seasoning

About Aphrodisiacs

February 9, 2012by Sara Davis Leave a comment

Once upon a time, I hosted a blog on which a modest cadre of columnists wrote about sex and sexuality.  The focal point of the blog was an advice column, […]

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Cultural connotations, Science, Sexuality, Spices and seasoning

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