Embarrassing and we are not making it up. Who on earth would possibly find family dinners oppressive?
I wonder if @AmandaMarcotte is ever happy about anything. She nitpicks about EVERYTHING.
— Mary #FlyTheW (@mchastain81) September 3, 2014
Of course.
https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/507203978422398976
Hunts down! Stop it.
https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/507204585241706496
Don’t you dare criticize the perpetual victim’s articles on Twitter. Even though, you know, she promotes her Twitter account in said articles.
@BenHowe Don’t forget her Twitter handle is LINKED at the bottom of the article. @AmandaMarcotte
— Mary #FlyTheW (@mchastain81) September 3, 2014
Hilarious.
Twitter is playing a tiny violin for @AmandaMarcotte, who is crying over all the "trolls" on Twitter, aka people who dare disagree with her.
— Casandra Chesser (@casachess) September 3, 2014
@mchastain81 That's there so you can follow her on twitter and admire her brilliance, Mary. No criticism allowed. @BenHowe @AmandaMarcotte
— RBe (@RBPundit) September 3, 2014
Of course.
https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/507205018861449216
Ding, ding, ding! Why else would she “write” this drivel?
Oh, FFS @amandamarcotte!!! Give it a rest —> Let's stop idealizing the home-cooked family dinner. http://t.co/V6FshBVvSV via @doublexmag
— Mary #FlyTheW (@mchastain81) September 3, 2014
Lib Amanda Marcotte declares war on… Family dinners http://t.co/AMdsiHoQx6
— Kyle Raccio (@kyleraccio) September 3, 2014
Cuckoo pants shark? Jumped.
All problems are solved! It’s pretty much all the fault of your mom’s meatloaf.
You can try to read the whole thing, but be warned: It’s basically unreadable. Here’s a humiliating snippit:
Beyond just the time and money constraints, women find that their very own families present a major obstacle to their desire to provide diverse, home-cooked meals. The women interviewed faced not just children but grown adults who are whiny, picky, and ungrateful for their efforts. “We rarely observed a meal in which at least one family member didn’t complain about the food they were served,” the researchers write. Mothers who could afford to do so often wanted to try new recipes and diverse ingredients, but they knew that it would cause their families to reject the meals. “Instead, they continued to make what was tried and true, even if they didn’t like the food themselves.” The saddest part is that picky husbands and boyfriends were just as much, if not more, of a problem than fussy children.
Got that? Reality is hard.
.@AmandaMarcotte believes it is notable, even remarkable, that children and spouses complain about meals served to them. This is surreal.
— TinyShortBunkerInspectionHat (@Popehat) September 4, 2014
https://twitter.com/GOPMommy/status/507281705271844865
Wow, you’ve come a long way, baby!
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/507226491537866752
I valued eating dinner with my family every night growing up. Amanda Marcotte is anti-family.
— Kyle Raccio (@kyleraccio) September 3, 2014
@mchastain81 @amandamarcotte @doublexmag it's like she picks the best parts about being a woman and hunts them down.
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) September 3, 2014
you know deep down @AmandaMarcotte is embarrassed all she has left to bitch about is dinner @redsteeze @RBPundit @hboulware
— TopSecretK9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@topsecretk9) September 3, 2014
She should be, but it is hard to shame the shameless.
Twitter users give it a good go, though!
https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/507210956842487808
https://twitter.com/hboulware/status/507210603169988608
Save me, @AmandaMarcotte, from this buttery, salty, yummy tyranny! SAVE ME!!!! pic.twitter.com/X9ycKdfou0
— Angela (one of many) (@angelaisms) September 4, 2014
https://twitter.com/TPCarney/status/507501585619230720
https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/507206147040743424
https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/507206806381531137
https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/507207251573354496
https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/507211388696023040
https://twitter.com/bmorrett/status/507347477855342593
@bmorrett yeah but now you're gonna be cooking FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE and Amanda Marcotte is just standing up for you, you ingrate.
— Jay (@OneFineJay) September 4, 2014
@AmandaMarcotte some people actually enjoy being married and loving their families. You need professional help, not a column
— Mark C, austere BBQ scholar ?? (@UntraceableMC) September 4, 2014
https://twitter.com/seanagnew/status/507343490565808128
Gasping.
A challenge:
I double dog dare Amanda Marcotte to cook meals for 4 for a month, breakfast lunch and dinner, and see how much it costs versus buying out.
— Jay (@OneFineJay) September 4, 2014
Bingo.
But wait, what’s this?
https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/507349977837096960
This is also from Ms. Marcotte:
It’s summer again, and you know what that means: the beginning of CSA season! (For those who don’t know what a CSA is, here’s a good start.) This is an annual project I do to show that busy people who aren’t professional cooks or even very good at food photography can nonetheless join a CSA and cook all the mountains of vegetables you get—or even just expand their produce repetoire, which can make healthy eating more fun. More fun even than eating not-healthy food.
OMG, she’s a self-loathing, self-oppressor!
https://twitter.com/hboulware/status/507351483273056257
Beautiful.
Family dinners? An oppressive tool of The Patriarchy ™. But what about this, Amanda?
@RBPundit I eagerly await her scathing indictment of the #Rotherham officials. @AmandaMarcotte
— Angela (one of many) (@angelaisms) September 3, 2014
When @AmandaMarcotte writes about the “tyranny of the home-cooked family dinner,” but not about #ISIS raping & selling women, ignore her
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) September 3, 2014
Whatever! Just don’t “force” a mom to make spaghetti and meatballs.
An an exit point that should be repeated daily:
https://twitter.com/GOPMommy/status/507259758504845312
Amen, sister.
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