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This NYC Artist's Radical Bread Is Baked to Be Destroyed
"If you look at bread, you have to look at subsidies and revolts and taxation. Bread has never really been simple.”
A Journey Into the Radical Art of Brain Injury Survivors
A small and thriving community of artists in London are re-kindling age old questions about why we create.
Stop Calling Food 'Plantation'
In the most generous light, the word can be a clumsy stand-in for “Southern.” But the term can't be separated from enslavement.
A Real Hot Mess: How Grits Got Weaponised Against Cheating Men
Understanding the Black women who seized a common pantry item—and, with it, power.
The Unapologetically Arab Restaurant That Reminded Me America is My Country, Too
At Dyafa, seeing people enjoying my heritage through food felt like a lifelong cloud of hatred was being lifted.
This Fresh Batch of New York Bakers Is Making Bread Interesting Again
"It’s funny, when people meet me, they’re like, ‘Wait, you’re not what I expected.’"
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Kanye West Vs. Fame
Yikes.
Kurt Vile Is All Greased Up
The Philadelphia musician speaks on his new album ‘Bottle It In,’ meeting Neil Young, computers, Donald Trump’s bullshit, staring age 40 down, a mental breakdown, and whatever the hell his future holds.
'Bad Appetite' Puts the Food World's Cultural Appropriation on the Chopping Block
Comedian Jenny Yang uses her nascent YouTube series to showcase underrepresented voices in food.
To Iceage, With Love
The Danish group's new album 'Beyondless' is wonderful. Fuck the facts, Iceage are the greatest rock and roll band in the world.
The Dollars and Desperation Silencing #MeToo in Music
Sexual misconduct is built into the foundation of the music industry. Our data and the stories of over two dozen women show how culture and labour conditions create a perfect storm for abuse.
We Need to Break the 'Class Ceiling' in UK Politics
The Commons has more women, LGBT and ethnic minority MPs than ever before, but we're still struggling for working class voices.