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January 25, 2020

Alas, Poor Peanut; I Knew Him Well

By Jason T Sparks My relationship to advertising is complicated, and I know exactly why. I grew up around advertising; my father was an account executive at an agency called Carden & Cherry for...

food / foodandsociety

November 20, 2017

Get those decorative gourds started…

It’s Thanksgiving week, meaning that (many) kids are out of school, we’re thinking about fall, and it’s getting close to time to get our turkey on. It’s also decorative gourd season. View this post...

Austin / food / foodandsociety

May 15, 2017

The Return of Veggie Heaven

Beloved Austin veggie institution Veggie Heaven is back, this time on West 5th Street. The space is fancier, the plates are fancier, there are “Star Wars” soy sauce dispensers, but it’s great to have...

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April 11, 2017

Easter Is Coming…and Easter Candy!

This Easter holiday has something for everyone! There’s vegan Easter candy… View this post on Instagram The #vegan #Easterbunny came! A post shared by anna hanks (@annainaustin) on Apr 10, 2017 at 5:28pm PDT...

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March 23, 2016

Rachael Ray Feedback Party 2016

The Rachael Ray Feedback Party is one of the landmark parties of SXSW. Every year it seems like a kazillion people line up wanting to get in…and why wouldn’t they? This year the food...

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March 8, 2016

Oh, Canada! On Canadian Nationalism

In light of last week’s spike in Google searches for “How to move to Canada” following the wins of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton at the recent Super Tuesday primary, here is a guest...

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February 26, 2016

“What happened at the New Wil’ins?”: Cultural and Historical (Re)Construction in Beyoncé’s “Formation” videos

I am proud to present an unusual take on Beyonce’s “Formation” video: an academic close-reading of the video by independent scholar and guest blogger Byron King: “What happened at the New Wil’ins?”: Cultural and...