Our editor Isabela sits down with Alice Yao, an associate professor with the Department of Anthropology at the University of Chicago, to examine the gendered and racialized dimensions of milk.This podcast features original music by the Electric Muffin Research Kitchen.SHOWNOTESRead the transcript of the show here.Further readingsFreeman, A. (2013). The Unbearable Whiteness of Milk: Food Oppression and the USDA. UC Irvine Law Review, Vol. 3, p. 1251, 2013. <https://ssrn.com/abstract=2338749>Stănescu, V. (2018). ‘White Power Milk’: Milk, Dietary Racism, and the ‘Alt-Right’, Animal Studies Journal, 7(2), 103-128. <https://ro.uow.edu.au/asj/vol7/iss2/7>The Economist. (2015, March 28). No use crying: The ability to digest milk may explain how Europe got rich. <https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2015/03/28/no-use-crying>
Through the lens of her mom’s non-kosher kitchen, Feminist Food Journal editor Isabela reflects on what it means for mothers to sacrifice for their children.Read the transcript of the show here.This podcast features original music compositions by the Electric Muffin Research Kitchen.Further readingsBatist, B. (1975). A Treasure for my Daughter: A Handbook for the Jewish Home. Hawthron Books, 14th ed.Gilletz, N. (1968). Second Helpings, Please! Gourmania Inc, 11th ed.
