White Flour

In this episode, Chris and I discuss the sexualization of veganism and what a bummer it is that veganism often mimics mainstream ideas of beauty and fitness instead of carving out new territory (or at least that was the point I was trying to make), I express bad body feels, and we (mostly Chris) bemoan the ways veganism would be great except people. After that, I look at feminist critiques and rejections of veganism as well as vegan feminist responses to those ideas, and lastly I chat with Callie and Nichole from Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack! about the short feminist horror film "The Herd". BTW, you can now rate/subscribe on iTunes! Sources:  Babe by Val Plumwood Loving Animals: Toward A New Animal Advocacy by Kathy Rudy "The Feminist Case for Veganism" by Aph Ko  "The Feminist Connection" by Carol Wiley "Locavores, Feminism, and the Question of Meat by Kathy Rudy  Feminism and the Mastery of Nature by Val Plumwood  "Being Prey" by Val Plumwood "Are Feminists Morally Requ

On this (first!) episode, my boyfriend Chris and I tear into the article "Veganism: Just An Udder First World Problem", talk about whether the word rape is appropriate when discussing the dairy industry, and get emotional about the amazing piece "Vegan Food Owes You Nothing" by Marla Rose.  Then I discuss the historical impact of meat and masculinity, how it has influenced advertising, and why both have played into the cultural understanding of what it means to be a man.  Finally, I interrogate Chris about becoming vegan, his relationship with masculinity, and where he gets his protein.**no I don't Sources: Meat: A Natural Symbol by Nick Fiddes An Unnatural Order by Jim Mason In Meat We Trust: An Unexpected History of Carnivore America by Maureen Ogle The Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol J. Adams “Having It His Way” by Carrie Freeman and Debra Merskin "Neanderthal Women Join Men In The Hunt" by Nicholas Wade