Category: Gender

Storify: MuffinGate 2013

On June 25, 2013, Texas State Senator Wendy Davis led  an epic filibuster trying to stop a bill that would severely restrict women’s access to abortion clinics in the state of Texas.Why is this on my food blog? Because CNN reported on muffins instead. See my favorites from MuffinGate below the cut.

Kitchen Library 2013.06.13: Reading

In this Kitchen Library (Reader), articles on gendering food, fear of “fatty foods,” History of the Food World Part 1, and a cake rant. By the way, some of these have shown up on my Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr pages–follow me there for your daily dose of fandom sweets, craft beer news, and gender rants.

Searchina Strikes Again: “Observations about Japanese Bento” Translation Butchers Actual Conclusion

日本語での反省はこちらです。 UPDATE (3/26)（日本語でも書いた更新） Oh, Searchina. About a year ago, one of my articles got picked up by their “American blog” series and translated into Japanese. I was particularly annoyed, as I wrote, because the translators assumed I was a male tourist and wrote about how “moved” I was by Japanese food. (I’m not the only…

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サーチナ: “日本の弁当に注目「肥満に効果も、作るのが大変」”：最後の文書が誤解ばかり

UPDATE (3/26)（日本語でも書いた更新） (English here). ようこそ、サーチナとMSNの読者の皆様。（日本語で書いてみて、過ちが多いかもしれませんから、始める前にお詫びさせていただきます。。。）ツィターで皆様の反省を読むのは本当に面白かったです。だが、サチーナで掲載された記事はサマリーだけで、それ以上最後のベッティ・フリーダンとフェミニズムの部分を翻訳されまんせんでした。又、お弁当の文化の批判として書きましんでしたが、、むしるアメリカのマスコミでの弁当ブームに対して下記の日本でのお弁当についてのことを説明してみようと思います：

A Bento is Not As Big As the World

（サチーナの翻訳が更新された？！）UPDATE on the Searchina Translation (3/26) This is a companion piece to “‘Deeply Ingrained Advantages’: American Media Discovers Kyûshoku.” At the same time as Japan’s school lunch programs got picked up by the media, there was a burst of articles about Japan’s other distinctive lunch: the bento. Bento and the Cult of Cute In the…

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I Did Not Order My Beer with a Side of Sexism

  While I’ve regrettably come to expect national-brand beers to perpetuate the stereotype of beer as a man’s drink and insult women in the process, what about craft beers? Caroline Wallace of  Bitch Beer recently discussed this in her article “How to alienate female beer drinkers in one easy step.” Bitch Beer is a Austin, Texas-based beer blog written by a…

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Happy Valentine’s Day, Herbivores

Happy Valentine’s Day, readers! My gift to you is an analysis of the Hotel New Hankyu’s Valentine’s Day roll cakes for, I kid you not, herbivore- and carnivore types. I first saw this image on a friend’s facebook page, and tracked it down this article on the Japanese MSN Lifestyle page. In the course of…

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Halloween Taste-Testing: Pumpkin Pudding Kit Kats

Last year, Kit Kat introduced special pumpkin cheesecake flavor for Halloween. Although I liked it quite a bit, I was a little confused as to why the package described pumpkin cheesecake as a “traditional Halloween food.” This year, Kit Kat opted for a new limited-time Halloween flavor, Pumpkin Pudding (パンプキンプリン). Let’s compare: 2011:   2012:

I Eat the Patriarchy for Brunch

There are few phrases I hate more than “guy food.” As it’s now mid-June, Father’s Day has come and gone, and, like any proper holiday, we celebrate it with food. However, as a food blogger and perpetual recipe-hunter, I’ve been bombarded with so many blog posts, articles, and recipe suggestions for “guy food,” “guy-friendly food,”…

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This is Your Girl Brain on Beer

While on my coast-to-coast beer-adventure, my friends and I stopped in a brew pub around Buffalo because when is it not time for delicious beers when you have good company? I love brewpubs, but I confess that I’m not skilled at pairing beer with food. The great thing about brew pubs is that they know…

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