More of My Writing Like Diners, Dudes, and Diets
If you’re looking for more, here’s a roundup of articles and short pieces I’ve written on similar topics to Diners, Dudes, and Diets.
Author: Emily Contois
14 Things the Jane Fonda Workout Taught Me for Online Pandemic Teaching
Go at your own pace. Show real sweat. Count it down. Here’s what I’ve learned from Jane Fonda’s workouts for online pandemic teaching.
Tracking Our Media Diets in Intro to Media Studies
This semester, students merged theory and practice in a deeply self-reflexive way through Media Diet Journals, which they then represented visually.
Top 10 Things We Learned in Food Media, Pandemic Edition
I taught Food Media online during a pandemic, but we still learned (and ate) a lot.
Behind the Scenes: How I Wrote My First Academic Book
This is the story of how I wrote my first book—Diners, Dudes & Diets: How Gender & Power Collide in Food Media & Culture—out November 2020 from UNC Press.
Diners, Dudes, and Diets: All the Illustrations
Diners, Dudes, and Diets features 21 black and white images. Find them all here in full color, along with some bonuses.
Order Diners, Dudes & Diets
Preorders really help authors, so I’d love your support to order my new book—and I’ll send you a custom designed postcard as thanks!
Teaching Online: How to Be More Creative & Engaging
Six tips for how to teach in creative and engaging ways online.
Our Food Media Top 10
On our last day of #foodxmedia, we created a top 10 listicle to summarize what resonated most with my students.
For My Students: My First 10 “Bad” Instagram Posts
My students’ Instagram lives made me reflect on mine, my first posts, and who I want to be on the app.
Food Media Syllabus
Through historic cookbooks, Instagram, and 30+ virtual guests, “Food Media” critically considers our global food system through media.
Thinking Through Food and Media
A panel synopsis on the intersection of food studies & media studies that explores key texts, concepts, challenges & a future research agenda.
ASFS 2019 at University of Alaska Anchorage + a Call to Action
A 2019 ASFS conference debrief, plus why the Alaska governor’s 41% cut to the university system matters for all of us.
Reflecting on the Southern Foodways Alliance & Bentonville, Arkansas
The SFA Summer Field Trip explored the food culture of Bentonville, Arkansas, a booming and blossoming city shaped by immigrants, corporate interests, and a deep sense of place.
Teaching the Unruly Unessay
My students and I tested out unessays this semester, an assignment I now highly recommend.
