About the Punk Blogosphere

For the final project, Group 2 chose to analyze punk blogs, as we already know a bit about the punk food subgenre. Some of the blogs are listed below:

http://www.theppk.com/blog/
http://www.punkdomestics.com/blog
http://www.allysonkramer.com/
http://vegan-yums.com/

While looking blogs, we concluded a few things.  The ones the are specifically punk seem to be authored by an older generation and they're the "original" ethical eaters--the gluten free and vegan blogs of the young and trendy are a spin off.  The punk subculture is definitely still there, but in a more dispersed and older demographic.

In comparison to some the blogs that were brought to the recitation table, these are much more succinct in nature.  As Abbie mentioned, "They're more like cookbooks."  Instead of writing a life story with each recipe, these punk blogs are fully functional.  Perhaps they give tips on how to best prepare the dish or what it pairs well with, but the main goal is to provide food.

In addition, there was no unifying location or demographic factor, almost like Indian cookbooks. Men, women, single, married, family, no family, old, young: there was quite a variety in author characteristics. But these authors are not trying to market themselves in a unique way.  They're authentic, original, and honest in their recipes.  They only agenda is advocating for eating well, eating vegan, and making vegan lifestyles easy.

All of these punk blogs post recipes originating from a variety of ethnicities and the authors stem from a multitude of backgrounds.  The Indian cookbooks analyzed in our article were similar in their variance, but may not have been as authentic in what they represented. In total, the main theme we took away from each blog was this: Eat healthy, both for yourself and the environment.