As we furrow our brow over the idea of being hairline deep in an economic downturn recession barrel of monkeys, let us look to a bastion of insight, that happens to be named after the venerable ex-President during one of the most financially vivacious times in America, The Hoover Institution. (Cue clip of The West Wing, during Season 7 where Ainsley Hayes tries to get a job at the White House after working, and hating, said think-tank.)
Mary Eberstadt thinks so. This article is incredible! We hear a lot of foodies proclaiming their ethics, values, and all-around tastiness, and us foodies are often confronted with peers who don’t quite understand things the way we do. I don’t feel like going to Burger King or spending my money on factory-farmed, not-so-tasty [insert any kind of meat here] and, when some people learn this they just give you this dirty look. Well, friends, Ms. Eberstadt is giving all of us a dirty look, and now she’s giving us that look because we are whores (and some of us are even, gasp, gay!) and foodies. That’s right. She has now paired food ethics with bra burning, by claiming that the sexual revolution has caused the foodie movement. Not only that, she claims that since we can no longer place moral values on sexual relationships, we have focused our moral judgments on the things people eat. She also mentions that monogamous relationships (I’m sure she really means “straight, no-premarital-sex relationships”.) are the only way to be happy. Exactly.
So, before I delve into my point-by-point response to this very demeaning article, I want ya’ll to read it (it’s not really that long) and comment. This is pretty important.
[I’ve also realized that our generation deals with life changes by blogging about them. Now we have to cook for ourselves, we’ve realized it’s fun, and we want to share. Awesome.]
Tags: food, politics, sex, the west wing
