Thread by @_CarolJAdams

Remember the belief that meat is the best or only protein source is a #racist belief, discounting the way the majority of the cultures ate. #thesexualpoliticsofmeat #feminism #vegan /3

A #masculinity made anxious & unsettled seeks to re-establish itself by invoking #redmeat; you can find this happening at key points in US history: the rise of immigration at the end of the 19th century, after the Vietnam War, after 9/11, & during the #Trump 2016 campaign /4

The scholar #VasileStanescu discusses the work of #EMDuPuis who suggested that it was not a coincidence that colonialism, nativist union sentiment, and the decrease in the cost of meat occurred simultaneously at the end of the 19th century. #xenophobia #manhoood #meateating /5

A 1902 American Federation of Labor pamphlet that called for Chinese exclusion was entitled Meat vs. Rice: American Manhood Against Asiatic Coolieism, Which Shall Survive
#xenophobia #manhoood #meateating #pornofmeat /6

It’s about #whitemaleness and the need to “Wave the blood-red banner high.”
nytimes.com/2008/03/09/sty… /7

DuPuis shows how a mutually beneficial relationship was forged in which eating a large amount of meat & the right type of meat became a symbolic proxy 4 the issues of class, gender, & race privilege as they impacted the displaced white, male worker. #whitemasculinity in 1900 /8

With the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center another crisis of #masculinity occurred. A popular culture fascination with male heroes—firemen &policemen—ignored women’s roles in the days after the attack. There was a renewed insistence on meat eating & masculinity. #misogyny /9

We could do a thread of the many advertisements about #manningup & #eatingmeat & how they revealed #white #male anxiety. One ex: “Hurricane Doug” from #TacoBell a sandiwch that is “3 times the size” because “that’s what a man eats.” #whitemanhood
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The “ladies” reference in the ad is a misogynistic moment w/in the larger #racist & #misogynistic project, whose purpose is to show how masculinized “Doug,” the white man, has become by eating a triple stack of steak. “3 times the steak makes you feel like 3 times the man” /11

Remasculinization goes through continual stages, as masculinity—a construct of the gender binary facing constant destablization—feels always under threat. @VP Pence’s job could be done by a woman of color? What a threat to white male identity! So invoke #redmeat #KamalaVP /12

Asserting the importance of #Redmeat is also a dog whistle to #fascist white men who have already trod this path, equating liberals with eating soy. Remember the motorcyclists who came to see @readdonaldTrump at Bedminister? washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
#xenophobia /13

Look closely at the patch in the shape of the United States the man gesturing with his arm wears.
It says, “THIS IS AMERICA. WE EAT MEAT. WE DRINK BEER AND WE SPEAK FUCKIN’ ENGLISH.” #xenophobia
#whitemasculinity #redmeat #pornofmeat /14

These ideas can be found in a chapter on “Man Up” in The Pornography of Meat: New & Updated to be published on October 29. It includes lots of images that demonstrate the intertwining of the associations of #redmeat #whitemasculinity & #whitesupremacy bloomsbury.com/us/the-pornogr…