On SPECIESISM, by Joan Dunayer
I finally read SPECIESISM, by Joan Dunayer, which was published a couple of years after ANIMAL EQUALITY, which I wrote about a couple of weeks ago. This book has so many great quotes that I’m going to have to write…
Posts from the ‘Language’ Category
Mar 29
Deadline Approaching for Animal Essays
“Creative Nonfiction is seeking essays about the bonds–emotional, ethical, biological, physical, or otherwise–between humans and animals. We’re looking for stories from a variety of viewpoints . . . For the past 16 years, Creative Nonfiction has devoted itself to publishing…
Mar 24
Operation Nix-the-Petting-Zoo, Part Deux
Coincidentally, last night was a board meeting for our homeowner’s association, and though I wasn’t on the agenda there’s always time for homeowner comments about, say, the petting zoo and pony rides that are scheduled for the spring “BBQ” (here’s…
Mar 18
On “Pets” and “Its”
I went back to New York to the areas where I grew up and went to college and graduate school for a five-day weekend. I’d been longing for NYC and, as usual, thinking about moving back. The Nor’easter cured me…
Mar 11
On Honoring Living “Things”
William Horden’s, “The Sacred Space of the Shared Heart” is exactly the type of piece I am talking about when I express frustration over “spiritual” people who kill nonhuman animals or who have them killed for a meal. “My father…
Mar 9
On ANIMAL EQUALITY, by Joan Dunayer
A handful Animal Person readers since May of 2006, when I started this then-daily blog, have asked me if I’ve read Joan Dunayer. And now that I’ve read Animal Equality and begun Speciesism, I think I know why. My deconstructions…
Feb 26
On The Respectful Emperor
I’ve been having a difficult time blogging both here and at Animal Rights & AntiOppression lately because I feel like my thoughts are like “Groundhog Day.” Not the day, the film, where Bill Murray experiences the same day over and…
On Animal Abuse Registries and Anthropolatry
This morning I posted “On California’s Animal Abuse Registry Proposal” over at Animal Rights & AntiOppression and welcome any discussion about it. I should be able to watch the press conference about the bill this afternoon if a conference call…
Feb 19
On “Knockout Animals”
Today’s New York Times gives us Adam Shriver’s Op-Ed “Not Grass-Fed, But at Least Pain-Free,” which presents its dilemma at the end: If we cannot avoid factory farms altogether, the least we can do is eliminate the unpleasantness of pain…
Feb 13
On Deep Vegan Outreach and Dr. Ray Greek
This week I asked “Is this ‘War’?” over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression and I welcome comments (and will respond to the current ones shortly). I also saw two items of particular interest to the mission of Animal Rights and…
Feb 6
On Cannibalism
When we left off, the New York Times’ Roger Cohen had eaten dog while in China, and wasn’t thrilled about it emotionally. Logically, he admits it does make perfect sense to eat dogs if you eat pigs and cows. He…
Feb 2
On Wearable “Roadkill”
Angus sent me a link to “Animal Parts: High Style of Just Plain Beastly” wherein Zosia Bielski reports that “hipsters are going whole hog, donning road kill as accessories and cow hooves on their feet.” Several designers, one of whom…
Feb 1
On “Cheating” and Cookbook Authors
There was nothing surprising about Oprah’s most recent show about food. It was full of Michael Pollan, Food Inc., the way we treat animals, and the way we turn food into food facsimiles with unusually long shelf lives. Recommendations included:…
Jan 11
On Atheism and Veganism, Part Deux
“On Atheism and Veganism” created what was for the most part a respectful, interesting discussion that brought up a couple of items I’d like to clarify or explore. First off, I began the post with, “For me, atheism and veganism…
Jan 6
On Dolphins as a Gateway to Animal Rights
My life-as-a-tweeter is less and less significant these days. It’s just not all that interesting to me. Something about jockeying for position in 140 characters or less, rather than interacting and sharing, I guess. I did tweet about “Scientists Say…
