Adrienne Bitar

Wrote this article for the Conversation giving context to the claim: "they're eating the dogs; they're eating the cats." 🐱🐹 theconversation.com/no-immigrants-…

Competitive eating competitions, like Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, are a huge part of American culture. But what does that say about our relationship to food and gluttony? Professors @jsmoliga and @adriennebitar debate on @1a. share.harkaudio.com/X7rGotcpYCT9kB…

Tune in tomorrow to NPR 1a 11:20-12PM EST to hear me LIVE talk competitive eating! the1a.org @NPR @1a

@CornellCAS @CornellAMST @qz “It’s this sort of euphemism that to be fit and muscular and strong is to be empowered." The first part is impt ッ

The way diets & weight-loss programs advertise are often “reflective of the bigger concerns of that time,” and the Ozempic era is no exception, @CornellAMST scholar @adriennebitar says in @qz. Today, “to be fit and muscular and strong is to be empowered." qz.com/weight-loss-dr…

Join me at Time Square Arts to discuss all things hot dog and American culture this afternoon! arts.timessquarenyc.org/times-square-a…

@kwazana @NYUpress Congratulations!! Can’t wait to preorder

Wonderful to contribute to CNN on this important topic!

What Oprah gets right about diet culture. Read more from Adrienne Bitar here: cnn.com/2024/01/11/opi…

Please join us tomorrow at Buffalo St. Books in downtown Ithaca at 2PM for a conversation on Unshrinking, an important, timely, and brilliant new book by @kate_manne! buffalostreetbooks.com/event/unshrink…

Happy to contribute to this fascinating and timely article on Ozempic, weight, and Thanksgiving: nytimes.com/2023/11/19/wel…

Coming to ASFS/AFHVS #KnowingFood2023 next week!? Tell everyone with a nifty visual aid! Save one of these sweet graphics and repost with your presentation/panel info. Don't forget to tag us (and @afhvs_org @GastronomyatBU @METBU)! #foodstudies23

ECE Prof. Eilyan Bitar writes in @BulletinAtomic about how millions of electric vehicles can help—not hurt—the grid. thebulletin.org/2023/04/how-mi… @CornellEng

TODAY - Hodinǫhsǫ:i? Women and the Founding of Cornell’s College of Home Economics, 1916-1945 MAR 29 - 4pm - 160 Mann Library Lynda May Xepoleas, PhD ’23 events.cornell.edu/event/reassess…

@AlanLevinovitz Just going to guess that Hoover would have been weird ッ

Niche question for US President history dorks: Which President had the weirdest eating habits/quirks?

@Michael_Easter @penguinrandom Wow! Can’t wait to read it.

My new book, Scarcity Brain, has a cover! I love what the @penguinrandom design team did. The book comes out September 26th. amzn.to/42jpDjN

@the_jennitaur Congratulations Jenny! Can’t wait to read it

@kchysmith I love her work.

Any time I get in over my head or frustrated with my work and other people's edits, I go back to Ruth Schwartz Cowan. Mostly because she's brilliant, but also because she writes zingers like this:

Next up in our joint series with @Remedianetwork is @adriennebitar on 'DNA Diets and the Dangers of Dietary Essentialism.' networks.h-net.org/node/134048/di… #histnutrition #histfood #foodstudies