Comments on: Food and Class: Julie Powell’s Attack on the Organic Food Movement http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2005/07/23/food-and-class-julie-powells-attack-on-the-organic-food-movement/ Essays on politics, culture and ideas about Israeli-Arab peace and world music Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:45:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6-beta2 By: Jennifer http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2005/07/23/food-and-class-julie-powells-attack-on-the-organic-food-movement/#comment-948 Jennifer Tue, 26 Jul 2005 18:06:50 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/?p=831#comment-948 I followed Julie's "Mastering" blog for months, and was highly entertained by her daily triumphs & tribulations. I was thrilled (if a little envious) when she landed the enormous book deal, a spot in the Times roster, etc. This article made me feel like I'd been slapped. I'm not rich or snobbish or classist - my pocketbook FEELS the extra money it takes to buy organic, but my body feels the difference, too, and there's no going back. There are so many reasons to eat fresh, local and organic - none of which were conveyed in Julie's article. This article seemed to me a reflection of her own deep-seated insecurities, writ large. I followed Julie’s “Mastering” blog for months, and was highly entertained by her daily triumphs & tribulations. I was thrilled (if a little envious) when she landed the enormous book deal, a spot in the Times roster, etc.

This article made me feel like I’d been slapped. I’m not rich or snobbish or classist - my pocketbook FEELS the extra money it takes to buy organic, but my body feels the difference, too, and there’s no going back. There are so many reasons to eat fresh, local and organic - none of which were conveyed in Julie’s article.

This article seemed to me a reflection of her own deep-seated insecurities, writ large.

]]> By: Barbara Fisher http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2005/07/23/food-and-class-julie-powells-attack-on-the-organic-food-movement/#comment-946 Barbara Fisher Tue, 26 Jul 2005 13:25:11 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/?p=831#comment-946 I really think that Ms. Powell was stirring the pot with her column. She wanted to write something irreverent and un-PC, but she didn't do it well. Her blog of her adventures with Mastering the Art of French Cooking was irreverent as hell, but it was also charming, well-written and interesting, written about personal experiences. When it comes to making declarations about something which I suspect the author knows very little about, well, she falls short. Because it was patently obvious to me that she just took her cheap shots where she could and either never knew any facts behind her assertions or simply ignored them. This is a hallmark of poor reasoning and lack of thought, which means that in the future, if an author's opinion pieces are equally as factually unsupported, I will ignore what the author says, even if I agree with them. I really think that Ms. Powell was stirring the pot with her column. She wanted to write something irreverent and un-PC, but she didn’t do it well. Her blog of her adventures with Mastering the Art of French Cooking was irreverent as hell, but it was also charming, well-written and interesting, written about personal experiences.

When it comes to making declarations about something which I suspect the author knows very little about, well, she falls short. Because it was patently obvious to me that she just took her cheap shots where she could and either never knew any facts behind her assertions or simply ignored them. This is a hallmark of poor reasoning and lack of thought, which means that in the future, if an author’s opinion pieces are equally as factually unsupported, I will ignore what the author says, even if I agree with them.

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