everyone's a foodie

For me, food is one of the (if not the) best embodiments of the mantra that "the personal is political." Yeah, food is tasty and carries memories and is a bearer of traditions, etc, etc. But it also empowers each of us, everyday, to make decisions about how we're going to navigate that compromise between our ideals and pressures that oppose them.

Something that's popped up on my radar a lot lately has been the issue of food gentrification. There are so many issues at play there, it's a little overwhelming. But it's also really interesting (to me, at least), because I'm not sure where I stand in relation to these patterns. How do anti-consumption, anti-appropriation ideals interact with foodie (oops, embarrassing) tendencies? Anyway, you can read some more of the debate here and here.

Also, on the big, national news side of things, here's a pretty great look at the new farm bill that passed a couple of weeks ago.

As ever, the playlist for last night's show can be found on the WRMC website. Check it out/ /enjoy/ /don't enjoy/ /share your thoughts. Next week, we'll be traversing some very Midd-ish ground and looking at environmental stuff.

we are the media

So this week's theme is admittedly quite nebulous and possibly half-baked. I'm claiming that as a good thing though. In part because, well, it's happening anyway, and in part because I really do want this project to be plastic and conducive to spiraling, meandering sorts of discussions. This week's theme then, wanders around issues related to censorship, the political potential of media, and media consumption. It gained its germ from the debate surrounding the potential of the comcast//time warner cable merger to - apparently counterintuitively - have a positive effect on efforts to retain net neutrality.
NPR's coverage of that can be found here. Because of the place that I'm coming from, the debate around net neutrality often coalesces for me around the incredible platform that the internet has provided thus far to voices that are marginalized in other contexts. Here are a couple of articles relating to that, if you're so inclined.

For tonight's playlist (and more cool stuff, too), check out the WRMC website.

Next week, we (royal we? I?) will be looking at food. If there's anything you want to hear, just lemme know!

UPDATED: Because autostraddle talked about net neutrality. And autostraddle is the best.