Paleo/Primal Feminist rant

[rowanf]

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I find myself struggling when I read Mark's Daily Apple and other Primal/Paleo food sites with the whole "caveman" thing. Grok is so very definitely male. And who thinks "Grokette" is a good name for a woman following primal? Aren't we bloody done with taking our identity from a man?

I am not Grok. I'm his disabled grandmother and the idea that I am going to add sprints and power lifting to my life are right out. And yet I think the "eat healthy things your ancestors would recognize and eschew processed foods" is a great message. And I've been eating very low carb for the past two years (and of and on in the decades prior with really good success). And I do like the blogs and recipes (even though most paleo/primal folks eat way more carbs than I do).

I just wish there was a woman's image too. Or more women writing about primal/paleo. And men who didn't start out as jocks.

Thanks for listening to my rant.