On Betrayal and Abolition
First let me say that if you are a regular reader, thank you, and I apologize for not posting regularly for the past couple of weeks. I . . . . (gasp) . . . . have a job outside…
Posts from the ‘Activism’ Category
Aug 18
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On Google, HSUS and Fur
Many bloggers who are pro-animal rights have either not used Google’s AdSense or stopped because they discovered that, for instance, their anti-fur post was surrounded by ads for fur. We all know that the ads are generated by computer based…
Aug 12
On the Vegan “Diet”
My dogs eat vegan dog food. They don’t have collars made from animals. But they also haven’t made a moral choice to not use animals. To say they are vegans is odd to me, though I have done that as…
Aug 6
We Interrupt Regularly Scheduled . . .
We interrupt regularly scheduled deconstructing, editorializing, commenting and ranting to bring you a letter from John Perkins: Dear Friends Speaking of Democracy, Honduras, and President Obama. . . In writing my new book Hoodwinked (Random House, Nov 2009 publication date),…
Aug 3
On Letting Your Emotions Rule the Day
Bea directed me to the Animal Welfare Special Report at TheHill.com, in which Rep. David Scott (D-Ga), who is the chairman of the Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Subcommittee of the House Committee on Agriculture draws a line in the sand…
Aug 1
On Bob Herbert and Direct Action
Something interesting happened when I read New York Times columnist Bob Herbert’s article about the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., called “Anger Has Its Place.” Allow me to jump down to the paragraph that startled me into…
Jul 30
Jul 29
Greyhound Racing to End in Rhode Island
As you may have heard (here and here are two of Stephanie’s posts on the matter), Rhode Island legislators were going to hold a special session to prevent Twin River from shutting down live racing. But thanks to the many…
Jul 29
On Alienating the Neighbors
First of all, I think it’s time I start vlogging, like Elaine does. Here’s the practical issue, though: It involves looking good and it’s usually 5am when I blog and I wouldn’t want to scare anyone. I’ll think about it…
Jul 28
Veganism is the “End Stage?”
I don’t spend much time at Care2, and I’m never looking forward to going to a site when I know someone has insulted me, like yesterday, but I am curious about one thing that I’ve never heard before: “veganism is…
Jul 26
For Your Health, the Planet & the Animals: VBM
I recently watched Earthlings and cried the whole way through. There has to be something I can do to reduce all of the suffering of the animals we use as food, I thought. And then I read THE CHINA STUDY…
Jul 25
1001 Journals-Rescue Dogs
Check out the Facebook page for 1001 Journals–Rescue Dogs. This is from Kate Merriman: “I would LOVE your contribution to this traveling journal. Don’t worry if your first response is “but I’m not an artist” (I know some of you…
Urgent Appeal for Flex, the Greyhound
Doesn’t he look like my boy Charles? Owen County Friends of Animals (KY) is a non-profit organization that fosters and seeks adoptions for the dogs picked up by their local dog warden. Dogs they can not place in foster care…
Jul 24
On PF Changs and Vegan Authors
The PF Chang update, in case you haven’t seen the response from the restaurant, is thus, once you incorporate the actual experiences of vegans who have gone through something similar with the restaurant: If you don’t eat non-vegan sugar, there…
Jul 23
For the Budding Vegan Author
I have an unusual number of e-mails from individuals who have written, are writing, or would like to write a book about animals and asked about various steps in the publishing process. Because I’ve been writing other people’s books and…
