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Lola Sosanya

Lola is a writer, based in the Pacific Northwest, notorious for intense sessions of introspection and investigations on style, identity, health & wellness, culture, and the arts. When not ranting to her friends and mother about this thing called "life", she might be listening to podcasts, digesting pop culture news, and/or partaking in activities involving food.
Posted on November 20, 2018 November 20, 2018

Food Can Bring Satisfaction, Or Colonization

Lola Sosanya
Written by
Lola Sosanya
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Society+Politics
Tagged
colonization, food, gentrification, portland
a glass of orange wine on a dark wood counter

As I watched my dad nibble at the calamars fris and happily finish his chicken cordon bleu, I felt conflicted. On the one hand, I loved this restaurant, and it seemed that my father appreciated the food too, yet it may never have existed in the old Alberta. Read more

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