Sara G. Kielly
States of Decomposition | Eating in New York State Prison
Sara G. Kielly
My childhood was replete with family meals and cookouts. Even after I moved out and was, at times, homeless, I always knew that I could turn to my mother for a warm meal. I reveled in the foods I loved and had no problem turning up my nose at food I disliked. (Consider the horror that is egg salad or cooked greens!) Until I was 22, I got to decide...
Dignity and Access | On Food and Power
Sara G. Kielly
Back during the end of history, Thomas Friedman presented his “Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention” in a 1996 New York Times op-ed. As he put it, “no two countries that both have a McDonald’s have ever fought a war against each other.” There was “no question,” he declared, that McDonald’s “is part of this worldwide phenomenon of countries integrating with the global economy and submitting to its rules.” Today,...
