A common response to “The Sexual Politics of Meat” is the protest that the author has gone too far. I loved the opportunity to reflect on “the sexual politics of the hot dog” for Times Square Art in June 2024 when Hot Dog in the City, a 65 foot-long public art installation by the dynamic artist duo Jen Catron and Paul Outlaw, was placed in Times Square. As usual, the idea that masculinity might have anything to do with the sculpture prompted disbelief.

Carol by “Hot Dog in the City”

Artwork by Jen Catron and Paul Outlaw, for Time Square Art, March-June 2024

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New examples remind us that regressive attitudes have never gone away

The attitudes that animalize women and feminize and sexualize animals, supporting the view of them as consumable continue to be expressed through advertisements and DIY signs.

Trump's Selection for the Dept of Labor Teaches Sexism at Carls, Jr.

The Sexual Politics of Meat, Thanksgiving Style

What is the relationship between this image and some women who voted for Trump?

The Sexual Politics of Meat

Earlier this month, a three-minute video culled from reporters’ coverage of Donald Trump’s rallies appeared on the home page of the New York Times. The video begins with a warning: “This video includes vulgarities and racial and ethnic slurs.”

Misogyny and Misery on the Menu

IMAGINE YOU ARE in the Netherlands and find yourself driving behind a transport truck for pigs. For most pigs in transport, this is their first time outside.

Feminism and the Politics of Meat

In 1968, at the famous feminist protest against the Miss America Contest, two posters were held up next to each other. The first was a photo of a woman’s backside, shown cut up like a piece of meat, labeled “rump,” “round,” “loin,” “rib,” etc.

Caging Motherhood

The Animal Legal Defense Fund invited me to write a guest commentary on the caging and exhibiting of pregnant sows, a subject truly deserving of feminist inquiry and resistance!

The Sexual Politics of Meat: Barbecues

This constant recapitulation of the visually consumable woman layered upon the literally consumable dead pig is a feminist issue. And so is the fetishism of the consumption of (and competition over preparing) a dead body whose defeat is inscribed throughout the event.

The Sexual Politics of Meat in a Wine Ad

I examine a wine ad that illustrates the cycle of objectification, fragmentation, and consumption that is a central part of patriarchal culture's commitment to the sexual politics of meat.

Recuperating “masculinity” with meat eating.

Since The Sexual Politics of Meat was published, I have noticed that many popular culture appeals to men (especially white, heterosexual men), seem to be rebuilding what feminism and veganism have threatened. In terms of the sexual politics of meat, we see several recuperative responses that seek to reinstate manhood, meat eating, and both interactively.