Jan 4
Just a note to those of you who might now know that I’ve been posting over at Animal Rights & AntiOppression (http://www.challengeoppression.com) for a couple of weeks, so daily posting here doesn’t mean I haven’t posted. Today I wrote about…
Jan 2
It’s officially Day 2 for Foundation Beyond Belief (FBB), and I’m watching carefully. I think I’ll join today, as I’m not sure I can make a fair judgment on the process and the structure (and the success, whatever that means)…
Jan 1
Because I’m a highly-social, party-loving gal who loves to get gussied up and enjoy an all-nighter on New Year’s Eve, I . . . did my taxes yesterday. And by “did my taxes,” I mean I went through all of…
Dec 30
Thanks to Grey2kUSA and the voters of Massachusetts who put an end to live greyhound racing in the Bay State as of last Saturday night! Here’s more on how it all happened and why this particular situation was unique (i.e.,…
Dec 27
“That’s Why We Don’t Eat Animals: A Book About Vegans, Vegetarians, and All Living Things,” written and illustrated by Ruby Roth, has gorgeous and haunting illustrations. And it gently tells the story of why we shouldn’t eat factory farmed animals….
Dec 19
A gaggle of people have asked me this question recently. They all have some sort of holiday list, money is tight, and if they could buy just one cookbook to help them in their conversion to veganism from their current…
Dec 18
Stephanie Ernst, formerly of Change.org, has started a new space called “Animal Rights and AntiOppression” and she has invited yours truly to post there! The tag line is: “Challenging oppression and injustice, against nonhuman animals, humans, and earth — one…
Dec 15
Karol Orzechowskiof Animal Voices (who interviewed yours truly back in July!) created the following film for your viewing, um . . . for your viewing. I don’t want to comment right now except to say that there are no graphic…
Dec 9
Christopher Barden, an American vegan living in Beijing, and whom I mention frequently, has started his own blog/”Notes on Life”! Chris is a bit of a geek, and I say that with great warmth and admiration, and he’s always trying…
Dec 7
I have a column on my Tweetdeck (an application for ease of Twitter use on my desktop) called “vegan,” where all tweets from all tweeple who mention “vegan” are listed in somewhat real time. One of the reasons I do…
Dec 5
From the website of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture: Washington, DC – The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) this week released a proposal to address the critical economic situation of American dairy, pork, and…
Dec 4
Among friends I’m thought of as a bit of a conundrum because I haven’t completely given up on capitalism. More important, I haven’t given up on the idea that money can save the day sometimes. Or pulling money. For instance,…
Dec 3
On Birthdays Yesterday was Violet Rays’ 10th birthday! For some reason, she likes to dig around a bit and then lie down in some partially dug up ground, partly under the shrubs. Maybe because it’s still 85 degrees out and…
Dec 2
I saw this on Oprah yesterday. Yes, I watched Oprah. Yesterday was World AIDS Day and I anticipated her doing a thoughtful program, which I think she did. Here’s a video she showed, produced by the Nike Foundation: The message…
Dec 1
I’ve always thought of horse-drawn carriages the way I think about greyhound racing or fur: Most people are against them, so why are they still around? Greyhound racing is dying, for sure, but not because people are necessarily against it….
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