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 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 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 21
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 14
In this morning’s New York Times editorial “There Is No ‘Humane’ Execution,” we have an imperfect yet nevertheless baby step toward acknowledgment of the HumaneMyth. Let’s summarize and deconstruct: After a botched execution, Ohio adopted a single-drug formula to replace…
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 8
Next year’s Mind and Life Conference is called “Altruism and Compassion in Economic Systems: A Dialogue Between Economics, Neuroscience and Contemplative Sciences.” Here’s a quote from the homepage of the conference’s site, CompassionEconomics.org: “The ongoing global financial crisis shows clearly…
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 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….
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 22
CharlesCamp1 from Mary Martin on Vimeo (which it looks like I’m going to have to upgrade to improve the picture). Dr. Newest Vet sent this to me from yesterday’s day at “camp” for Charles. His gait has improved dramatically from…
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…
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