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 […]
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Week in Review: Random things and the Generals Exam
The last week or so has been up and down. My anxiety level has been pretty high. I think it’s been a combination of the fact that Thanksgiving break really wiped me out, and I had ‘December 5’ looming in front of me. Well, today is December 5th, and that means that I have to […]
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 […]
Will Potter in Portland, OR
I had the pleasure of going with Eric and my dad earlier this year to hear Will Potter speak at the lovely Elliott Bay Bookstore on Capital Hill in Seattle. The event at Elliott Bay was intimate and Potter was intelligent, thought-provoking and politically on point. Potter is a journalist whose latest book, Green is […]
Seattle Public Library Fall Book Sale & Giveaway
Twice a year, the Seattle Public Library holds a massive book sale to raise money for the library. They sell books that have been taken out of circulation by the library as well as books donated by Seattle residents. Eric and I have been going to this sale twice a year together since I moved to […]
“Loving Animals?” – Responses to Kathy Rudy
There is an interesting division in the animal studies field of academics and activists. Most animal studies folks agree that studying animals is important and that we should engage in a renewed consideration of animals in our ethical and political formulations. However, the way animal studies scholars and activists approach the ‘question of the animal’ varies considerably. […]