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Have been wondering whether to say anything on the & #39;racism& #39; aspect of Alison Roman& #39;s interview, because who really needs another take? But I just don& #39;t think what she said was racist, and two tweets I& #39;ve just stumbled on have encapsulated that perfectly
1: https://twitter.com/pangmeli/status/1259141307022409729">https://twitter.com/pangmeli/...
1: https://twitter.com/pangmeli/status/1259141307022409729">https://twitter.com/pangmeli/...
And 2. Those tweets by @pangmeli point to something I& #39;ve been struggling to express in a way that doesn& #39;t suggest I& #39;m & #39;ranking& #39; Chrissy/Marie& #39;s oppression, about how flattening the term WOC is, and how proximity to whiteness is a real thing for some WOC. https://twitter.com/pangmeli/status/1259149858184855556">https://twitter.com/pangmeli/...
Re Alison& #39;s "please to" comment, it& #39;s worth reading this (lengthy) correction by the journo who interviewed her. Could he be lying to protect her? Sure - but I do have a degree of faith in journalistic integrity, and his explanation also makes sense to me. https://newconsumer.com/2020/05/alison-roman-interview/">https://newconsumer.com/2020/05/a...
As for the & #39;coincidence& #39; of Alison choosing 2 non-white women to make her point? Even after all this I struggle to think of two other women/brands who are better comps of the direction Alison could go in, if she wanted.
& #39;What about Martha Stewart? Or Ina Garten? Or Gordon Ramsay?& #39; Guys. Those are not valid templates for someone with Alison& #39;s mostly millenial metropolitan audience, or a food writer coming up in 2020. (I also didn& #39;t read & #39;does anyone need another Goop?& #39; as glowing praise of GP).
I& #39;m perhaps biased in that I& #39;ve interviewed Alison before, and really respect her work and attitude to it, so it& #39;s worth disclosing that. I also really like Chrissy Teigen, and feel sad for her that these comments clearly cut so deep. So make of that what you will.
