What It’s Like to Get Attacked by Rush Limbaugh for Food Reporting

The Atlantic • March 9, 2012

It’s every author’s wish that a major media figure will discuss her or his work on air. So when Rush Limbaugh spent 40 minutes lambasting both me and my first book, The American Way of Eating, during his radio broadcast to 15 million listeners on Tuesday, I was mostly elated. By the time I finished listening to the show, though, I had a question: What exactly does he think I did wrong?

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‘The American Way of Eating’: What It’s Like Picking Fruit as a Laborer

The Atlantic • March 8, 2012

If my floor had been clean, I might have made it to the toilet.

This is the initial thought that comes to me here, crouched on the bathroom floor, my face centered over a toilet seat and inches from a wastebasket filled with dirty toilet paper. Saliva and bile dribble from my chin, and I can see, off to the side, where the initial wave of vomit and dusty mucus splattered down the side of the tub.

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RT @praeburn: My review of The American

RT @praeburn: My review of The American Way of Eating by @TMMcMillan, the latest woman attacked by Rush Limbaugh. http://t.co/SP224wTH

Tracie on The Rachel Maddow Show

MSNBC • March 8, 2012 Rachel Maddow interviews Tracie McMillan about Rush Limbaugh’s attack on The American Way of Eating. Learn more about The Rachel Maddow Show clip here.  

Press Advisory: Rush Limbaugh Attacks “Overeducated” Woman: Tracie McMillan

March 7, 2012 Contact: The Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism • sc***************@******is.edu Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh yesterday attacked another woman,, this time an award-winning reporter and best-selling author, Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism Senior Fellow Tracie McMillan. His attack on McMillan came after he scoffed at the idea of a ‘war on women,’ and in … Read more

One-stop Rush&Me Shop: Complete Links

Wondering what all of Rush Limbaugh’s fuss about “single, white women, overeducated”  is about? Or who on earth calls published writers “authorette” and “babe”?

Yeah, me too.

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