Body
Ask For Something Sweet
content warning: weight and eating issues Pie or cake? he asks. Cake, you say. He raises his eyebrows. The next afternoon, …
The Life of Lorimer
Lorimer was a zesty youth. His baker made him with lemon rind and bitter vanilla. The lemon was shriveled and white-yellow …
Material Girls
Gendered consumerism and the allure of ‘natural’ beauty
The ‘real girl’ lives on commercial breaks, subway cars, and the glossy broad sides of commuter buses. She is beautiful, but …
On Being Human
Vignettes in healthcare mismanagement
Case Study #1: Pills for Stomach Aches It is almost six o’clock when Ms. A finds her heels dragging themselves lifelessly …
Fight to Table
A Pittsburgh international eatery and its politics
Dawn Weleski is a Pittsburgher. She talks fast and with a purpose, was “raised on pierogis and pulaski noodles,” and has …
Baked
Because bread is fundamental
There is a dichotomy surrounding bread, and this is especially true in the United States. Cultures all across the globe consume …
Slips
Getting dressed with glamour
The first piece of clothing I ever really loved was a calf-length dress I would now call slip-inspired. It didn't look …
Grave Goods
The possessions of the passed
Last month I called my grandma hoping to plan a trip up to Gladstone, Michigan to visit her for Easter. At …
Lessons on Corporeal Grammar
There’s something unfailingly secure about reciting charts of conjugated verbs. Something about the rhythm, the way everything seems to fit neatly …
Bread, Slowly, Painstakingly
I’ve started talking about bread like some people talk about finding a particularly inspiring spinning instructor. Nobody talks about finding religion, …
Kebab a ČÍna
Veganism, multiculturalism, and culinary tradition in the Czech Republic
On a Saturday afternoon in the Czech city of Brno, my friend and I sat inside Forky’s, a vegan restaurant, shoveling …
Eat Up
Thoughts on the body horror of Raw
content warning: gore, eating disorder Before it hit the US, Julia Ducournau’s debut film Raw generated early buzz for its allegedly …