![]() ![]() "Indeed, that argument will probably get nowhere unless it challenges the traditional arrangement of domesticity - and assumes a prominent role for men in the kitchen as well as children. "But by now it should be possible to make a case for the importance of cooking without defending the traditional division of domestic labor," he writes. ![]() "Whenever anyone - but especially a man -express dismay at the decline of home cooking, a couple of unspoken assumptions begin to condense over the conversation like offending clouds," he writes, "The first assumption is that you must be 'blaming women for the decline in cooking, since (and here is assumption number two) the meals no longer being cooked are women's responsibility." So not only has Pollan anticipated Matchar's admonition, but he's revealed a flaw in the criticism - expressing disdain over his desire to reinstate home cooking insinuates women have always been and should always be the ones doing it. But when it comes to food, we do have power, says Pollan. ![]() Besides re-routing the anger we all should feel toward the food industry, not the man illuminating its wrongdoing, Matchar completely disregards the fact that Pollan knows he's stepping on treacherous territory with this subject matter - and he doesn't do so without confronting the inevitable criticism over his authority. Michael Pollan Quotes There are many aspects of our lives where we feel like we have very little power. ![]()
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