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The intersection between food, politics, gender and race. Includes recipes, commentary, health and nutrition updates, diet information, and personal narratives.

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  • Hardees Boycott — Sexist Advertising

    Posted on Saturday September 8th, 2007 at 06:31 in activism, gender, Stereotypes

    If you eat fast food, you might want to avoid Hardees for their sexist advertising, and for their inability to understand that it’s a problem to sexualize the student/teacher relationship. Here’s the offensive ad: Tennessee Guerrilla...

  • Why I Am Not An Animal Rights Advocate

    Posted on Friday September 7th, 2007 at 06:01 in activism

    This post was inspired by a continuing discussion about feminism and animal rights on the Feministe blog by Jill. It’s human rights that concern me, and it concerns me that many “animal rights” advocates are more willing to spend th...

  • PETA and the “Pet Question”

    Posted on Thursday September 6th, 2007 at 08:45 in activism, race

    I just read a sharp-tongued article on zuzu’s blog that criticizes PETA’s proclivity for comparing animal “holocausts” to human genocides. The comments were pretty interesting, in large part because they reflected a division i...

  • We’re Looking for Writers!

    Posted on Sunday August 26th, 2007 at 09:50 in activism, opportunities, publication

    If you have stories to tell, recipes to share, or news to report, we’d like to hear from you. We’re looking for progressive, antiracist and profeminist writers who are interested in the intersections between food, health, and politics. H...