On SPECIESISM, by Joan Dunayer
I finally read SPECIESISM, by Joan Dunayer, which was published a couple of years after ANIMAL EQUALITY, which I wrote about a couple of weeks ago. This book has so many great quotes that I’m going to have to write…
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Mar 29
Deadline Approaching for Animal Essays
“Creative Nonfiction is seeking essays about the bonds–emotional, ethical, biological, physical, or otherwise–between humans and animals. We’re looking for stories from a variety of viewpoints . . . For the past 16 years, Creative Nonfiction has devoted itself to publishing…
Mar 24
Operation Nix-the-Petting-Zoo, Part Deux
Coincidentally, last night was a board meeting for our homeowner’s association, and though I wasn’t on the agenda there’s always time for homeowner comments about, say, the petting zoo and pony rides that are scheduled for the spring “BBQ” (here’s…
Mar 20
Operation Nix-the-Petting-Zoo
After my long weekend up North I returned to a message from our neighborhood association announcing a picnic on April 11 on the Village Green. We paid a heap of extra money to live on the Village Green, so anything…
Mar 18
On “Pets” and “Its”
I went back to New York to the areas where I grew up and went to college and graduate school for a five-day weekend. I’d been longing for NYC and, as usual, thinking about moving back. The Nor’easter cured me…
Mar 11
On Honoring Living “Things”
William Horden’s, “The Sacred Space of the Shared Heart” is exactly the type of piece I am talking about when I express frustration over “spiritual” people who kill nonhuman animals or who have them killed for a meal. “My father…
Mar 10
SHAC7 Trailer
SHAC 7 Trailer from Sparrow Media on Vimeo. I credit Will Potter as the catalyst for shifting my focus away from critiques of other activists and activist groups (particularly his post, “While the Government Continues Attacks on Activists, Animal Rights…
Mar 9
On ANIMAL EQUALITY, by Joan Dunayer
A handful Animal Person readers since May of 2006, when I started this then-daily blog, have asked me if I’ve read Joan Dunayer. And now that I’ve read Animal Equality and begun Speciesism, I think I know why. My deconstructions…
