The Feminist Kitchen

Musings on women and food.

Main Menu

Skip to content
  • about + contact
  • book club + film series
  • The Manifesto

Category Archives: media

Listen to This: Meditating with Russell Brand, Ruby Wax and that guy from Headspace

February 4, 2018by Addie Broyles Leave a comment

Who would have thought that Russell Brand would host one of my favorite podcasts? I could not have cared less about this British comedian until last summer, when he started […]

Read Article →
media, podcasts

Ten Years on Facebook, and Everything I Feared About It Is True

February 28, 2015by Addie Broyles 2 Comments

Facebook is Narcissism in its Purest and Greatest Form. That’s how I felt about Facebook when I first (reluctantly) joined, 10 years ago this month. That’s also the name of […]

Read Article →
media

Culinary historian Laura Shapiro headlines Women & Food Symposium on January 18

December 12, 2013by Addie Broyles Leave a comment

Oh, buddy. I can’t tell you how excited I am to share here that next month, UT’s Food Lab is hosting a Women & Food Symposium that will feature Laura […]

Read Article →
books, chatter, cookbooks, history, magazines, media, restaurants

Lily Allen and Special K get us thinking critically about body image

December 12, 2013by Addie Broyles 2 Comments

Two videos to get you thinking about body image this week. The first is Lily Allen’s latest video for her super catchy single “Hard Out Here,” which came out weeks […]

Read Article →
media

RIP, Penelope Casas, who introduced America to tapas, not topless, bars

August 19, 2013by Addie Broyles Leave a comment

From the NYT: Spanish food author Penelope Casas dies at 70. “People thought of Spanish cuisine as spicy, full of rice dishes,” her daughter said. “They had no real sense […]

Read Article →
cookbooks, media

When family life is too much, hit the mommy conference, minibar

April 29, 2013by Addie Broyles 2 Comments

From this week’s Wall Street Journal, a “story” about mommy bloggers who hate their home lives so much that they just can’t wait to get away and hang with their […]

Read Article →
media

Honey Nut Cheerios, chocolate milk and Harper High

March 30, 2013by Addie Broyles 3 Comments

What kind of a difference can a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios and chocolate milk make in the life of a troubled young kid? A lot, it turns out. I’m […]

Read Article →
media

Why Texas Monthly gets it wrong with new Dixie Chicks cover

March 20, 2013by Addie Broyles 11 Comments

This post is a hard one to write because I respect and adore both Pat Sharpe, the longtime food editor at Texas Monthly with whom I interned before I started […]

Read Article →
media

Scene report from a woman having it all at SXSW

March 17, 2013by Addie Broyles 3 Comments

Since we’re still talking about women having it all, let’s talk about this woman trying to have it all. First off, for a review of the SXSW Interactive panel called […]

Read Article →
media

Did we forget about Patty Andrews?

February 11, 2013by Addie Broyles 1 Comment

Patty Andrews lived a long and, by most accounts, full life. She was one of the biggest stars in America in the 1940s and beyond as the lead vocalist with […]

Read Article →
books, media

From ‘Downton Abbey’ to ‘Portlandia,’ what women do you enjoy watching on TV?

January 5, 2013by Addie Broyles 4 Comments

I’m not sure what you’re watching these days, but if you’re like our family, it’s whatever’s new on Netflix or Hulu. We haven’t had cable for years now, but we […]

Read Article →
media

Should we resist or give in to Titanic impulses?

December 31, 2012by Addie Broyles 1 Comment

Happy New Year’s Eve! We’ve made it to the end of 2012, despite predictions that the world might come to an end a week or so ago. This is a […]

Read Article →
history, media

Where do snark, Jell-O fit into the feminist conversation?

December 15, 2012by Addie Broyles 3 Comments

Firstly, in light of what happened in Connecticut yesterday, a lot of this post seems trivial, but outside a tragedy that unites us in our grief, it remains an interesting […]

Read Article →
chatter, magazines, media

Do working women go straight from the binder to the home kitchen?

October 22, 2012by Addie Broyles Leave a comment

Props to The Salt (and FK book clubber Deborah Harris who sent me the link on our Facebook group page) for adequately tackling Mitt Romney’s comment from last week’s debate […]

Read Article →
media

Guest post: Fashion, Food and Feminism on Pinterest

October 22, 2012by Addie Broyles 3 Comments

(Editor’s note: Speaking of ebbs and flows, Kimberly Wilmot Voss is on a roll. The University of Central Florida instructor, who is writing a book on the often overlooked editors […]

Read Article →
guest post, media

Guest post: Writing Women into Culinary History

September 25, 2012by Addie Broyles 1 Comment

(Editor’s note: I’m so happy to welcome Kimberly Wilmot Voss back to the Feminist Kitchen. You’ll remember that she’s the Florida journalism professor who wrote a guest post about Phyllis Diller […]

Read Article →
guest post, history, media

Guest post: Lust and Gluttony: Two Sides of the Same Coin?

September 16, 2012by Addie Broyles 1 Comment

(Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Lauren White, an American Studies senior at the University of Texas at Austin. She is one of the writers for the school’s […]

Read Article →
guest post, media

Twenty five minutes or less: Julia Child, Bob Ross and Mister Rogers remix tributes

September 15, 2012by Addie Broyles 1 Comment

http://youtu.be/80ZrUI7RNfI

“Cooking, cooking, keep on cooking. This is the way to live.”

Read Article →
marketing, media

From NYT mag on growing middle-class matriarchy: “That’s so cute, it’s gross.”

September 10, 2012by Addie Broyles Leave a comment

Haven’t had a whole lot of time to pen anything of length for The Feminist Kitchen (thanks for your patience while I work on this food blogger cookbook, readers!), but […]

Read Article →
media

The highs and lows of Olympic fever: “All they have to be tonight is fabulous”

July 30, 2012by Addie Broyles 6 Comments

I’m thoroughly enthralled in the Olympics right now. It’s a guilty pleasure, to be honest, because — despite the endless commercialization of the event and NBC’s increasingly melodramatic story arc […]

Read Article →
media, television

Post navigation

1 2 3 Next →

About Addie

Addie Broyles is a food writer for the Austin American-Statesman. She is also a freelance writer, Missourian and mom of two.

Twitter: @broylesa Instagram: @broylesa

Twitter Updates

  • @Robmacias @austin360 Thank you so much. It was such a meaningful column to write, inspired totally by @TheAmandaGorman's words that day. 44 minutes ago
  • RT @austin360: In a time where the world seems bitter, it's good to find something just a little sweet. austin360.com/story/lifestyl… 21 hours ago
  • RT @austin360: Craving noodles? Here's how you can get local noodle cups: austin360.com/story/lifestyl… 21 hours ago
  • RT @statesman: We see you Googling "Austin volcano," #911LoneStar fans ... and we've got you covered: statesman.com/article/201609… https://t.c… 1 day ago
  • @Garnet_McGee "Salt Fat Heat Acid" by @CiaoSamin! 1 day ago

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 348 other followers

Sign up for RSS

  • RSS - Posts

Dig around the Kitchen

Blogroll

  • Relish Austin
  • Ms. Magazine Blog
  • Orangette
  • Serious Eats
  • SAHMmelier
  • Food Fash
  • Girl Gone Grits
  • Love and Lemons
  • Feministing
  • Hipstercrite
  • Afroculinaria
  • James McWilliams
  • And Then Make Soup
  • The Jemima Code
  • Bitch Beer Blog
  • The Atlantic Food Channel
  • Hip Girls' Guide to Homemaking
  • Homesick Texan
  • The Clothes Make the Girl
  • New Domesticity
  • Notes From Maggie's Farm
  • Gastronomista
  • Austin Eavesdropper
  • Simplicated
  • Back on Pleasant Street

1000 words agriculture books chatter cookbooks cooking projects family guest post history love magazines marketing meat media movies music podcasts quilting restaurants sports television traditions travel Uncategorized

Archives

January 2021
S M T W T F S
 12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31  
« Sep    
Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com.
The Feminist Kitchen
Blog at WordPress.com.
Cancel
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy