feminism
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Today’s DIY women: Post-'domestic’?
I grow, knit, preserve, and cook. But I am pretty far from being what I think of as “traditional.”
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Acknowledging women's role in the sustainable food movement
Women dominate the staffs of critical food- and farming-focused NGOs. They run farms, important blogs, and local-food restaurants. So why is Alice Waters the only one we ever hear about?
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Is it greener to be a homemaker than to have a job outside the home?
A letter writer argues that it's better for the planet if one partner in a household stays out of the workforce. But that's quite a stretch.
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The ‘femivore’: New breed of feminist, or frontier throwback?
Playing chicken: Mad Men über-hausfrau Betty Draper and Bay Area poultry farmer Alexis Koefoed. Koefoed photo: Bart NagelHave locavores and feminists — factions that a few years ago, some bloggers believed to be fundamentally at odds — become allies? That’s what Peggy Orenstein suggests in her essay, “The Femivore’s Dilemma,” for today’s New York Times […]