Must-See Video on Population Growth
“The only way to stop population growth is to have small families.” -Hans Rosling Thanks, Porphyry!
Posts from the ‘Activism’ Category
Apr 28
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Apr 27
“Is an Animal a Legal Person?
I have to take Charles for his pre-op (tomorrow’s his big day), but Bea sent a link to “Is an Animal a Legal Person?” at Opposing Views. Perhaps you’d like to be the first to comment. I’ll try to post…
Apr 26
Where Does Entertainment Begin and End?
Vamsee Juluri, Professor of Media Studies at the University of San Francisco, takes me back to graduate school when he writes of the importance of the stories we tell ourselves in “Use Free Speech to Celebrate Animal Life, Not to…
Apr 24
On Dominance and Animal Birth Control
Yesterday, regarding being a minority within a minority, mikey commented (among other things): While I am fairly new subscriber to this blog, therefore not knowing your particular stance, I’ve often felt like a minority within a minority for my stance…
Apr 23
On Being a Minority Within a Minority
I’ve been tweeting (http://www.twitter.com/mary_martin) for a short time and I have more than anything else the overwhelming feeling that I am part of a minuscule minority within an already small segment of the population. I’m a vegan who thinks we…
Apr 22
What Friends are For
So this was in my e-mail box this morning. Now what? How ridiculous is it that “On the Psychological Continuum,” to say nothing of an article against rabbit fur, is on the same page as Gabriella’s Fur Den? The ads…
Animal Rights Zone Launches Today
Today is the launch of . . . I’m excited to be a blogger for Animal Rights Zone because its target market is people who don’t usually subscribe to blogs. Also, it has the added bonus of organizing my content…
When Horses are Persons
Animal rights activists have considered sentient nonhumans as persons for quite some time. But on rare occasions, the animal-using world deigns to use the term when referring to an animal. In “Hungary’s Spirits Are Back Up, on a Horse,” the…
Apr 18
On Coping Mechanisms
Yesterday, Abby wrote: Off topic, but I was wondering if you have any advice for those of us who are highly emotionally sensitive and also interested in animal welfare issues? I get so sad when I hear about the mistreatment…
Apr 17
On the Erosion of Personal Responsibility
In “Big Food is Copying Big Tobacco’s Disinformation Tactics, How Many Will Die This Time?” Fen Montaigne writes about the similarities between how big food is denying its negative impacts on health to how big tobacco did the same. What…
Apr 16
Great Question About Obama Pup
Here’s a great question I received via direct message on Twitter (www.twitter.com/mary_martin): “Do you think that even if Obama had adopted a shelter dog-it still may have caused a run on breeders? Would it matter?” This is why I didn’t…
Apr 15
Must-See Cartoon
Go here now. And thanks, Cyndi! http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/opinions/cartoonsandvideos/telnaes/telnaes04142009.html
Apr 14
On Different Results of Direct Action
There is a profound difference between what Sea Shepherd does and what the Animal Liberation Front does, but there are also similarities, and those similarities increase in number if a direct action by the ALF (or anyone else) is an…
Apr 12
On Bad Presidential Puppy Decisions
They can say that the puppy was needing to be re-homed, therefore it’s like adopting from a rescue group. But I didn’t campaign for a presidential greyhound for exactly the same reason Obama’s decision was disappointing: it glorifies pure breed…
