Nov 29
You’ll get the irony of this fuzzy bit of culinary activism (vegan vanilla cake with strawberry filling and vegan cream cheese frosting) taken in my suburban home with the reminder of ahimsa in the background if you choose to read…
Nov 24
Billie commented on a bull riding post from January of this year, writing: “And whos [sic] to judge someone for what they enjoy as long as it is legal!” (I had condemned bull riding and stand behind that.) Let’s deconstruct….
Nov 21
My husband has two friends (a male/female couple) who are transitioning from vegetarian to vegan and I also have two friends (both women) who are transitioning from omnivore and all are dreading Thanksgiving. The conversations with family and friends have…
Nov 18
Why all the quotation marks? Because I’ve been thinking about the evolution of my own thinking–and languaging–regarding animal rights. Both animal rights groups and animal welfare groups use “compassion” frequently. Then again, so do people who kill animals for a…
Nov 16
Frequently, when I read Steve Best, I feel guilty. “He’s talking about me,” I say to myself. Though I’m not a Francione-style abolitionist, and much of what Best writes isn’t directed at me, plenty of what he writes is. And…
Nov 15
Our guest this weekend, Jackie, is transitioning to veganism. Her hurdle, you might not be surprised to learn, is cheese made from the milk of cows. She eats cow cheese daily. Wrongheadedly, I was excited to make her nachos-her favorite…
Nov 14
My inbox this month has informed me that November is Vegan Awareness Month! And Diabetes Awareness Month. And Adoption Awareness Month. Who knew November was such a potentially-informative month? Here’s my attempt to bring it all together in an Animal…
Nov 13
Last week I ventured a couple of hours north to see Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home at the Orlando Film Festival. The turnout was fantastic and the Q&A had to be cut short so the audience for the next film…
Nov 1
First I have to say that my husband and I were in our courtyard last night, with wine, vegan pizza with shiitakes, portobellos and chanterelles (still working through that five-pound bag of Daiya cheese), and Diana Krall playing. It was…
Oct 26
I immensely enjoyed “EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED” (even on the big screen) and eagerly anticipated “EATING ANIMALS” (Little, Brown 2009) by Jonathan Safran Foer. His writing is beautiful, though I do have to admit that I haven’t seen “shit” and its…
Oct 25
From the makers of Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home is finally here! After a successful world premiere screening at the Moondance Film Festival in Boulder CO, where our film won the “Spirit of Moondance” Best…
Oct 18
I’ve been out of every loop I used to be in because my work outside of veganism and animal rights came a-calling in a most critical way. As a result, for the first time in my life I’ve been living…
Oct 5
Check this out . . . http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html?playerId=011008&streamingFormat=FLASH&referralObject=10363783&referralPlaylistId=playlist It saddens me, and I find it extremely disturbing, that a five-year old child is giddy, and his parents (and the journalists on this program) are so pleased that he killed a 35-40-year…
Sep 29
You may have seen “Dog,” posted by Stephanie. If not, here it is . . . When I saw “From Science, Plenty of Cows but Little Profit” this morning in the New York Times, I immediately thought of “Dog.” I…
Sep 22
Did you ever wonder why people become subjects in a documentary when they know that they’re going to look like fools? Or maybe they don’t know that, and that’s why they participate. Either way, there are many cringe-worthy moments in…
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