Bookstore Coffee Shop

It’s a weekend afternoon, quiet on campus but busy inside Starbucks. People come here to get away, relax, do homework, fulfill thirst, be with friends and/or be in silence. The coffee shop inside the bookstore is a place for many people to go to for a variety of different things. For the man in the collared buttoned white shirt, it’s a place for him to read the newspaper while drinking a warm cup of coffee. For the two girls in the corner, it’s a place for them to catch up from the weekend while slurping a cold frappucicno. The people who are working at the coffee shop seem more than happy to provide beverages and food to the customers, and give off that warm presence to the whole shop. A number of people have just come into the coffee area of the bookstore to get coffee and leave. Some people on the other hand, either bring a book or computer to focus on while the drink compliments their work. The coffee shop turned out to not just be all about the coffee. From what I could see, people would go there to take care of some sort of business (whether it be reading, talking, or doing some type of work). The coffee would be a compliment to that, and not necessarily the first priority. For some, people come in and look at the menu then walk away after realizing that nothing fulfills their taste buds’ desires. Others, it looks as if they routinely come into this star bucks, get their usual drink, grab a magazine, and take a seat in the corner. Seeing Starbucks is a casual comfort to majority of the students and people who walk into the bookstore.

Helen Gremillion, Feeding Anorexia.
Warren Belasco, Appetite for Change
Alice Julier and Laura Lindenfield, “Masculinities and Food”
Alice Julier and Laura Lindenfield, “Mapping Men onto the Menu”
Psyche A. Williams-Forson, Building Houses out of Chicken Legs: Black Women, Food, and Power.
Penny Van Esterik, “The Cultural Context of Breastfeeding and Breastfeeding Policy”

The sources I chose, all seem to have one sort of thing in common. They are either on gender differences and food or how food/appetites can effect a person. I am very interested in all of these topics, mainly the ones about women and food and Van Esterik’s breastfeeding piece. It does relate to my current major, and they are topics I am interested in and wanted to read more about.