anthrodish transcripts: paul o. mims/p.j. o'neal

are local food movements elitist?

This month’s AnthroDish Transcript is with Paul O. Mims (or P.J. O’Neal), a multi-hyphenate artist, playwright, food writer, and educator.

The episode first aired on February 9, 2021. The following is an abridged transcript of the show, lightly edited for clarity. If you want to listen instead, you can check out the audio link below, or on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

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Show Intro:

My guest this week is the phenomenal food writer, creator, and educator Paul O. Mims. He’s on the show to explore how the local food movement started, and Paul explores how the public started to romanticize agriculture, and how white women’s moralities began to shape and take hold of the ethics of food consumption in the 21st century. If you grew up in the era of Food, Inc., feeling stressed about Michael Pollan telling you what to eat and how to eat it, this is one of those conversations that really takes a step back and assesses the amount of damage that these movements and their elitism has had on the food world, and I have been so looking forward to sharing this with you.