Feed the Resistance Quotes

“Activism is acting on your values—practical activism means being smart about it.”
― Julia Turshen, Feed the Resistance: Recipes + Ideas for Getting Involved

“Become an Accomplice, Not an Ally. Accomplices willingly accept the consequences and risk associated with collective liberation, whether emotional, financial, or physical. Allies center themselves and intentions in resistance work, comfortably and temporarily, behind battle lines. This work must be done side by side with unrelenting and fierce solidarity, weaponising privilege and understanding that true justice comes with civil disobedience.”
― Julia Turshen, Feed the Resistance: Recipes + Ideas for Getting Involved

“The world will seldom change until we change, and we cannot change ourselves if we’re unwilling to be deeply uncomfortable, do the emotional work necessary, and deny ourselves false empathy. If we are to do this difficult work, why not over delicious food and heartening drink?”
― Julia Turshen, Feed the Resistance: Recipes + Ideas for Getting Involved

“On top of those challenges, the food industry has long been male dominated, with as much as 75 percent of business ownership in the hands of men, and and an average of 73 cents for a woman’s wages to a man’s dollar across roles. Similarly, the food industry has exploited immigrant labour and that of communities of color, for nearly as long as it has been around, building business models that depend o n the whims of customers (tipping) to meet living wages for front-of-the-house employees and advocating against an increased minimum wage that could change the economic landscape for the back of the house. Wealth and capital still continue to define the ways in which entrepreneurs bring there products to market, a realtty that has particularly grave implications for black and immigrant communities who might aspire to business ownership in a market absent of investment.”
― Julia Turshen, Feed the Resistance: Recipes + Ideas for Getting Involved

“Being a practical leader means not reinventing the wheel — don’t start something that already exists. It means respecting those with more experience than you have. It means making sure everyone is heart at meetings, especially people of color, women, members of the LGBTQ community, and people with disabilities — and it means recognising that all those things intersect. It means that people with privilege, including yourself, should focus on listening. It means creating a space where people can be wrong, and people can fail, and the work can continue.”
― Julia Turshen, Feed the Resistance: Recipes + Ideas for Getting Involved

“Food is the thing we, the entire world!, all have in common. There it also has the power to inform us about where we come from, inform how we express and share ourselves, and ultimately has the power to bring us together with empathetic understanding. It is no wonder that bread, fruit, wine, and even water itself are symbols in just about every religion and culture.”
― Julia Turshen, Feed the Resistance: Recipes + Ideas for Getting Involved

“To think deeply about food is to also think deeply about the environment, the economy, immigration, education, community, culture, families, race, fender, and identity. Food is about people, all people.”
― Julia Turshen, Feed the Resistance: Recipes + Ideas for Getting Involved

“Beyond that, food touches on just about every single issue that matters. Being interested in food, really caring about it, has a domino effect. You start caring about where it comes from, what it means to the people you are feeding, and what it means to be fed.”
― Julia Turshen, Feed the Resistance: Recipes + Ideas for Getting Involved

“For some, activism is inherited and tightly woven into their fabric. For others, activism is a less ingrained part of life, a match just struck.”
― Julia Turshen, Feed the Resistance: Recipes + Ideas for Getting Involved