Posted on 03/17/2023 8:35:37 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
A Loyola University professor is claiming that organized pantries are rooted in “racist and sexist social structures,” and that the new so-called “pantry porn” trend, in which people show off their “neatly aligned glass spice jars tagged with printed white labels” and “wicker baskets filled with packages of pasta, crackers and snacks,” has become a status symbol for white women.
Associate professor Jenna Drenten wrote an op-ed for the website, the Conversation, in which she reacted to what she calls “pantry porn,” a phenomenon where “obsessively organized kitchens” have become “a new status symbol” on social media.
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I’d like to see a picture of this guy’s office, especially his desk.
Dr. Jenna Drenten is associate professor of marketing in the Quinlan School of Business, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in marketing, integrated marketing communications, and digital consumer media marketing. Jenna’s research explores digital consumer culture: how digital technologies and social media platforms (e.g., TikTok, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube, Twitter) present new opportunities for consumers to express their identities and navigate life transitions. This includes multiple facets of digital consumer culture, monetization, gender, and identity, from individual consumer behavior to systemic macro-level structures. She is a leading scholar in the field of marketing on qualitative social media research methods.
Jenna’s expertise has been featured in media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Financial Times, Buzzfeed News, Mashable, Vox, VICE, and more. For more information, go to www.jennadrenten.com.
Before pursuing her Ph.D., Jenna worked in corporate communications at BMW Manufacturing Co. in Greer, SC and worked in special events and marketing at Minyanville Media, Inc., an Emmy-Award winning online financial publishing company in New York City. Prior to joining the Quinlan faculty, Jenna was an assistant professor of marketing in the Boler School of Business at John Carroll University.
You need a yard sale, let it go dude! But I understand, decluttering is sometimes an emotional endeavor. There are therapy dumpsters or Restores for this level of collection.
I started bartering. I also work up consignments, give it 6 months and then donate if sales do not pan out. Musical oganizations take instruments etc... autistic centers, etc... they’re very appreciative of any support.
Keep the weights though...
Its a woman
"What lies beneath the surface of this anti-messiness, pro-niceness stance is a history of classist, racist and sexist social structures. In my research, influencers who produce pantry porn are predominantly white women who demonstrate what it looks like to maintain a “nice” home by creating a new status symbol: the perfectly organized, fully stocked pantry.I conclude that 1) lots of "Influencers" are trying to make a buck, 2) associate professors don't have enough legitimate things to research and are desperate to find a new angle, 3) there are always neurotic people who take things to an extreme, 4) women still head the household, and 5) "Good Housekeeping" magazine has given way to the web.Perhaps it’s not surprising that pantry porn found its foothold during the COVID-19 pandemic, when shortages in the supply chain surged. Keeping stuff on hand became a symbol of resilience for those with the money and space to do so. This allure of strategic stockpiling is evident in other collector subcultures like doomsday preppers and extreme couponers.
See: "‘Pantry porn’ on TikTok and Instagram makes obsessively organized kitchens a new status symbol," by Jenna Drenten, Associate Professor of Marketing, Loyola University Chicago, March 14, 2022.
She’s only an associate perfesser...
Looks to me like she’s bucking for tenure.
“but to continue to manufacture chaos where none existed”
That is a psychological condition often seen with children of alcoholics and drug addicts.
If everything is too neat and clean it freaks them out...
This FOOL is what you get when you exclude excellence as a goal in order to be racist in accommodating a specific racial gaggle. NOW we have a problem race and excellence is mocked even in organizing a pantry.
Why don’t these people just shut up.
Oh, wow.
You can just about hear the wind whistling through one ear and out the other.
We don’t have to be neat and organized like whitey!
You sir are clearly a negro.
Don't forget broke...anyone who is fat, stupid, worthless and can't manage her money is RASSISSS!
Count me in...my pantry is beautiful! Because I can afford cool stuff from The Container Store!
In all honesty, that looks like the garage of a bunch of very busy kids.
You posted that too close to the 'panties' posts.
I misread (shudder).
Oh, “pantries”.
I scanned that too quickly.
Nothing like an organized pantry and organized panties to make a home feel tranquil in this crazy world!
Panties are racist?
Ignoranuses ‘teaching’ subjects (mind control).
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