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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The Story of Elsie
Earlier this week, I got an email from Judy at Pigs Peace Sanctuary. In case you’ve missed my other posts about it, Pigs Peace is a wonderful sanctuary for pigs (and other animals) about an hour north of Seattle. Judy emailed me with the story of Elsie, a piglet who came to Pigs Peace this week. […]
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 […]
Guest Post: Animals, Violence, and Social Justice
Today we have the treat of having a guest post from my very own sister, Lucy Gillespie. A while back, Lucy called me, upset about an experience she had had in her workplace. She works in a mediation (or ‘alternative dispute resolution’) center in Baltimore, MD. She has been trying to think through the experience she […]
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 […]
Sidecar for Pigs Peace Bake Sale
Sidecar for Pigs Peace, in case you’re in Seattle and have not visited it, is a tiny 100% vegan grocery store in the University District. It is owned by Pigs Peace Sanctuary, which my mom and Eric and I visited for my birthday this year, and a portion of the proceeds from the store go straight […]
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 […]
Jazz for Cows
Good morning! I woke up this morning and stumbled across this video. I had a student a year or so ago who found out that my dissertation research was focused on dairy and she brought me this vintage postcard she found of cows standing in a circle around an old radio set up on a […]