Emily Matchar

Emily Matchar is the author of the forthcoming book Homeward Bound: The New Cult of Domesticity.

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Chick Lit Is Dead, Long Live Farm Lit

Chick Lit Is Dead, Long Live Farm Lit

Thanks to the economy, picket fences and scruffy farm hands have replaced stilettos and cute i-bankers in literature aimed at women. More »

The Women Who Scooped Michael Pollan by 200 Years

The Women Who Scooped Michael Pollan by 200 Years

Long before the modern food movement, Catharine Beecher, Ellen Swallow Richards, and many others tried to increase the public's estimation of home cooking. More »

Adoptees Shouldn't Have to Use Facebook to Find Their Birth Parents

Adoptees Shouldn't Have to Use Facebook to Find Their Birth Parents

The recent "Adoptee Searching Picture Meme" highlights what's wrong with the American adoption system. More »

Healthy, Affordable Fast Food: Feminism's Holy Grail

Healthy, Affordable Fast Food: Feminism's Holy Grail

Life would be so much easier for working parents if they could easily buy inexpensive meals for their families. More »

The Complex, Often Idealistic Reasons Feminists Become Housewives

The Complex, Often Idealistic Reasons Feminists Become Housewives

Progressive women who devote themselves to domesticity aren't nearly as annoying as New York magazine makes them out to be. More »

How Parenting Became a DIY Project

How Parenting Became a DIY Project

From home birth to homemade baby food to homeschooling, raising kids is a way for parents to express their individuality. More »

Betty Friedan Did Not Kill Home Cooking

Betty Friedan Did Not Kill Home Cooking

Lots of factors contributed to families abandoning from-scratch meals , but feminism isn't one of them. More »

Think Twice Before Quitting Your Job to Sell Homemade Jam

Think Twice Before Quitting Your Job to Sell Homemade Jam

The false promise of the stay-at-home mom who makes money from her crafts More »

Farmers Markets and Home Births Are So Progressive, They're Conservative

Farmers Markets and Home Births Are So Progressive, They're Conservative

All-natural domesticity has adherents on both sides of the political spectrum. More »

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