http://www.fat-quarter.co.uk/archives/125 Features, Interviews & Reviews Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:07:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.fat-quarter.co.uk/archives/125/comment-page-1#comment-6 Intouchwithmyfeminineside Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:35:43 +0000 http://www.fat-quarter.co.uk/?p=125#comment-6 A sharp and perceptive review. HGB and this book does raise interesting issues about what exactly makes a feminist, particularly from that post-war era. Julia Child (a US Delia precursor who UK folk will soon see played by Meryl Streep in Julie and Julia) could arguably have been feminist icon, but she chose to celebrate cooking, equated by second wave feminists with drudgery. A sharp and perceptive review. HGB and this book does raise interesting issues about what exactly makes a feminist, particularly from that post-war era. Julia Child (a US Delia precursor who UK folk will soon see played by Meryl Streep in Julie and Julia) could arguably have been feminist icon, but she chose to celebrate cooking, equated by second wave feminists with drudgery.

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