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Food as a weapon of war.
There& #39;s been a lot of commentary lately about how the US reaches instinctively for the metaphor of war even where it is totally inappropriate (e.g. our current public health crisis). 1/x
#envhist #aghist #foodhist #garden
Food as a weapon of war.
There& #39;s been a lot of commentary lately about how the US reaches instinctively for the metaphor of war even where it is totally inappropriate (e.g. our current public health crisis). 1/x
#envhist #aghist #foodhist #garden
It& #39;s important to remember how UN-intuitive it is to think of food as a weapon even in WW2 -- food is generally conceived of as personal, nourishing, and defensive rather than political, destructive, and aggressive.
( @USNatArchives link: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/535632#.V_FWl_v4Tuk.link)">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/535632...
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But not everything is a weapon.
Not every public crisis is a war.
It& #39;s tempting to frame them that way, because of how successful #victorygarden and other campaigns were in uniting a diverse U.S.
[Thanks @UNT_Libraries for this & 1st pic. See more: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc156/m1/1/zoom/?resolution=2.602683710883867&lat=3067.989935703347&lon=702.7744661805195]">https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/6753...
Not every public crisis is a war.
It& #39;s tempting to frame them that way, because of how successful #victorygarden and other campaigns were in uniting a diverse U.S.
[Thanks @UNT_Libraries for this & 1st pic. See more: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc156/m1/1/zoom/?resolution=2.602683710883867&lat=3067.989935703347&lon=702.7744661805195]">https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/6753...
I understand we all want a sense of unity now, more than anything else while facing COVID19.
I want us to all be in solidarity tackling #climatechange together too.
But I think we can do so without metaphoric wars, fights, or battles.
( @UNT_Libraries again)
I want us to all be in solidarity tackling #climatechange together too.
But I think we can do so without metaphoric wars, fights, or battles.
( @UNT_Libraries again)
Food as a weapon, "wars" on poverty, drugs, and famine...
Let us leave this rhetoric in the past.
How about empathy, mutual aid and uplift, collaboration, -- "granting everyone a seat at the table"?
Food itself can provide nourishing metaphors for the future!
Let us leave this rhetoric in the past.
How about empathy, mutual aid and uplift, collaboration, -- "granting everyone a seat at the table"?
Food itself can provide nourishing metaphors for the future!
I included Rockwell pics w/ these last two tweet not b/c it illustrates diverse/equitable solidarity
(it doesn& #39;t - it shows a white middle class cishet and otherwise normative family) but because I wanted to show that even in WW2, other visions of food were possible.
(it doesn& #39;t - it shows a white middle class cishet and otherwise normative family) but because I wanted to show that even in WW2, other visions of food were possible.
I think the #victorygarden is another WW2 example where war metaphors didn& #39;t reign supreme.
It shows us there is another way to think than martially, even during literal total war.
(Watch this inspiring community harvest vid from @carevealed :
https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A16100)">https://californiarevealed.org/islandora...
It shows us there is another way to think than martially, even during literal total war.
(Watch this inspiring community harvest vid from @carevealed :
https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A16100)">https://californiarevealed.org/islandora...
