Help Me Help Foster Kids
May is National Foster Care Month Allow me to change topics for one day and ask you to help me help foster kids and young people who have aged out of foster care (i.e., turned 18) by supporting two organizations…
Posts from the ‘Activism’ Category
May 25
May 24
On Egypt’s Pig Cull
I received an e-mail from the well-meaning Wendy at Compassion in World Farming (which I find an odd combination of words) regarding Egypt’s pig cull and asking me to send my protest to the Egyptian Government. The pigs are being…
May 23
On “Animal Activism”
I’ve used the term “animal activism” lately as an experiment. I’m trying to gauge people’s receptivity to what I’m about to say. I notice that if I use “animal rights activist” or anything with the word “rights” in it, because…
May 22
My Uneventful 3rd Blogiversary
I was hoping to say that I have blogged every day for three years as of today, but sadly, and very frustratingly, the past couple of days I have been otherwise occupied. So here I am, on the third anniversary…
May 17
Does Vick Deserve a Second Chance?
Do you agree with the New York Times’ William C. Rhoden in “The Case for a Second Chance for Michael Vick?” And I’m not just referring to Vick here. Let’s deconstruct the concept: Do you think that people who have…
May 16
On Mainstreaming Veganism
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight with you, then…
May 14
On Killing Cows to Save Elephants
While reading a blurb about the much-anticipated Babycakes cookbook at Forbes.com (gluten-free, vegan baked goods galore. Here’s the book.) my eye caught the “Christian Louboutin Limited-Edition Sandals $895” and I couldn’t resist clicking. And there, my friends, was perhaps the…
May 12
On Ducks and Geese
This is Girlie Girl . . . Not to be confused with Little Girl, of course . . . Reading Deb’s post about the goslings at Poplar and getting Jenny’s request to sign a petition to save the Canada geese…
May 11
On Small Victories
Yesterday’s “Do Small Victories Affect Big Picture in Animal Rights Debate?” makes some fantastic points that are worth repeating and deconstructing. Here’s the set-up: The European Parliament endorsed a ban on seal products. A famous Ottawa restaurant removed foie gras…
Animal Rights is Pernicious Nonsense?
In “‘Animal Rights:’ Pernicious Nonsense for Both Law & Public Policy,” Massachusetts attorney and “sportsman” Richard Latimer is on the mark with some concepts, and way off with others. However, both his perceptions and misconceptions are based on: 1) observing…
May 9
On Surreal Lobster Advocacy
My self-appointed job in this blog is to think critically about how our human lives intersect with those of sentient nonhumans, in action and thought. Yesterday I received an e-mail alert from the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida (ARFF) regarding…
May 7
What is Oprah Thinking?
No, he’s not a vegan. And his reasoning isn’t my reasoning, but he has some great points. I caught the last few minutes of Oprah a couple of days ago, when she gave grilled KFC to the audience and apparently…
May 6
The Book That Saved Derrick Jensen’s Life
The book, which I have not read, that saved Derrick Jensen’s life is called The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability by Lierre Keith, who was a vegan for 20 years, suffered serious medical problems, and started feeling better when…
On “Discarded” Greyhounds
From and article by: Ms T Baker Co-ordinator, www.greytexploitations.com (which has that fabulous Racism=Speciesism=Sexism graphic on its front page) Dougie is the third greyhound in as many months – which we know of – to have been subjected to this…
Apr 30
On Winning Free Vegan Products . . . and Twilight
Thanks to Adam at AbolitionistVegans.org for: Win Free Vegan Products at AbolitionistVegans.org During the next few weeks, we will be watching activity in the forum and in the comments on the front page to select users as recipients for several…
