This article is amazing! The point about the genderization of the food, making meaty food masculine and lowcal, cakes and salads femenine has always bothered me. And also, what has been bothering me is the very question of what would the meat-alternatives industry would become in the near future? Will it be just another uncontrolled beast that will end with the fertile soils? Is that really the only ~alternative~? Mmm... anyways! I loveeed your article
Oh, thanks so much! We're really glad you enjoyed it. You might also be interested in a new report, 'The Politics of Protein' by IPES-Food, that just came out yesterday. Similar to this letter (although of course much more comprehensive), it touches on the gendering of proteins and very clearly lays out the risks of relying on techno-fixes, like meat alternatives, to transform our food system: http://ipes-food.org/pages/politicsofprotein
This article is amazing! The point about the genderization of the food, making meaty food masculine and lowcal, cakes and salads femenine has always bothered me. And also, what has been bothering me is the very question of what would the meat-alternatives industry would become in the near future? Will it be just another uncontrolled beast that will end with the fertile soils? Is that really the only ~alternative~? Mmm... anyways! I loveeed your article
Oh, thanks so much! We're really glad you enjoyed it. You might also be interested in a new report, 'The Politics of Protein' by IPES-Food, that just came out yesterday. Similar to this letter (although of course much more comprehensive), it touches on the gendering of proteins and very clearly lays out the risks of relying on techno-fixes, like meat alternatives, to transform our food system: http://ipes-food.org/pages/politicsofprotein