Dear Women,
I have been considering the Bundt pan as a symbol of the tyranny and shaming of 'decluttering' for nearly two years now, and it turns out I am not the only one to recognize the Bundt pan as a weapon in the raging war of 'stuff' vs. 'organization.'
Why the Bundt pan? I found it being sold at a friend's house in a garage sale and my friends' explained their Marie Kondo induced epiphany vis-à-vis the Bundt pan. They used it barely once a year, and really, even though the cake was delicious, they only made it once a year. The cake may have sparked joy, but the pan did not. It couldn't be kept for such a minute fraction of duty. I mentioned that it might be a problem when one wanted to make it and there was no pan, but this wasn't even audible in the landslide of stuff they were shoveling out their garage door. They were headed for a new life, in a new town, and they needed less and different stuff for their new life.
So be it. I guess I can't rescue every Bundt pan in every home in every town. A one-woman crusade to save occasional cake-making?
I give you this article, on the politics of kitchen spaces; see what you think about it, and enjoy, above all else, the freedom you have to hold onto your Bundt pan or to give everything away.
