The New York Times column “The Ethicist” posted an announcement yesterday asking meat-eating readers to write in and explain why it’s ethical to eat meat. Today, the lovely ladies over at Our Hen House (Jasmin and Mariann) challenged all of you awesome herbivores out there to a slightly different contest–Why It’s Unethical to Eat Meat. In 600 words […]
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Joining the Resistance: Farmed Animals Making History
I thought I’d try something a bit new today, and provide an audio recording for you all. I recorded the talk I gave at the Institute for Critical Animal Studies Conference in Buffalo, NY on March 4, 2012. I was in a session called “Resistance” and my talk was entitled “Joining the Resistance: Farmed Animals […]
Lawsuit Filed Over Orcas’ Enslavement
In the news this week is a ground-breaking story about a lawsuit filed by PETA against SeaWorld on behalf of five plaintiff orcas/killer whales. Charges are being filed against both the Orlando park and the San Diego park for the enslavement of the orcas. The lawyer handling the case, Jeff Kerr, makes the case that these orcas […]
Pigs in Sanctuary/ Pigs at Slaughter
As I’ve mentioned before, Eric and I try to get up to Pigs Peace Sanctuary once a week to volunteer. It’s a wonderful experience–not only getting away from town to do some good manual labor, but because we’re getting to build relationships with the pigs, dogs and humans at the sanctuary. Yesterday, we took a […]
Animals, Ethics and Food Syllabus
Yesterday was my first day teaching my new course, Animals, Ethics and Food: Deconstructing Dominant Discourses. The first day of class is always spent taking care of the nitty gritty details–introductions, learning names, reviewing the syllabus and answering any questions that may come up. We had time yesterday for all of this, plus we watched […]
Thoughts on ‘Animals Make Us Human’
No time for a post yesterday–I was reading the last of Animals Make Us Human, by Temple Grandin before heading off to a workshop with her at the University of Washington. This was a very unique opportunity to sit down in a room with no more than a dozen people and engage in a […]
General Exam: Day 4
Well, it’s over. Thank goodness. Yesterday was a rough day. I literally sat down at 6am and did not do anything else (not even a walk around the block for poor Maizy) until 7pm last night. My only breaks were to grab some snacks from the fridge and let Maizy out in the backyard to […]
General Exam: Day 3
Today was the third day/ third question for my general exam. I woke up at 5am this morning, which was a nice improvement on waking up at 3:30 am the past two days. I felt pretty well-rested and ready to start writing. I’ve been enjoying all of the snacks I prepared for the week, but […]
General Exam: Day 2
Another day of examining is done. I completed the second question and am ready to pass out. I had a slow start this morning and have spent the day struggling to stay awake and keep my mind sharp! I promise–some recipes and non-school related posts soon–for now, I will just leave you with today’s very […]
General Exam: Day 1
Today was the first of four days of my general exams. The generals are the exams which allow you to advance to ‘candidacy’ for the PhD in our department. When/if I pass them, I will get to put a PhC after my name! In other departments, I believe this is sometimes called ABD (All But Dissertation). In […]
