On Compassionate Bullets
A comment left yesterday on a two-year old post, by None Please presented a phrase I’ve never heard before and I’d like to address it. “In the Washington metro area, we have a BIG deer problem. I have a question…
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Jul 15
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Jul 6
On Nonhuman Animals and Human Babies
Surprise! On Friday, June 25, I received a call from an attorney who said a little girl was born the evening prior, her adoption fell through and she needed a family. And on Sunday, June 27, we brought her home!…
Jun 23
On Wipeout and Lion Burgers
Have you seen the ridiculous television show, Wipeout? There’s something hilarious about people intentionally putting themselves in a position to be beaten up like Wile E. Coyote. It’s all in fun, with much of the humor coming from the commentators…
Jun 16
“Creature Quotes” Is Here!
“Creature Quotes: Advancing Toward Freedom For All Species,” compiled and edited by SBH Clay, is now available. From the Introduction: “Humans are fascinated by animals. . . . For all our devotion, though, we sometimes seem not to recognize the…
Jun 12
On “The Road” and Humanity
Last night I watched 2009’s “The Road” (based on the Cormac McCarthy novel, which I haven’t read), a post-apocalyptic tale of a man and his son trying to survive. They’re trying to get to the coast and then go south,…
May 26
Lessons Learned, The Finale
After all this time it seems that . . . the Island’s sideways world was a purgatory of sorts where the Oceanic 815 survivors were supposed to learn more lessons or go one way or the other (good or bad),…
May 25
Just Two Lessons Learned for Today
I’ve decided that 20 lessons is a good number to stop at, and today I’ll discuss what are probably the two most controversial ones, about the animal rights movement. Lesson #11 The Appeal of Cliques The first six Lessons Learned…
May 24
Lessons Learned From 4 Years of Animal Person, Part 2
Yesterday’s lessons learned were primarily about blogging. Today they’re about language. Lesson #7 Obsessing over language can become counterproductive. And this, coming from a person with a doctorate in Applied Linguistics. I can talk about language all day, every day….
May 23
Lessons Learned From 4 Years of Animal Person
I’ve officially been blogging for four years (1,329 posts and 5,441 comments) today, and as I (re)ponder whether I will continue, I’d like to present some lessons I’ve learned about blogging, veganism, people, “the movement,” language and . . ….
May 9
Happy Mother’s Day!
Check out “On Motherhood and Pizza” at Animal Rights & AntiOppression, by yours truly, and have a Happy Mother’s Day!
Apr 26
On Children’s Books, Introverts & Films
First, Chris directed me to ePub Bud, which appears to be a timely and fantastic idea given my recent plea for more books for children about veganism. In addition, it looks like a great way to get your book into…
Apr 7
Creature Update
As many of you know, 2009 was chock full of creature-related drama for me. From the feral cats of Project Treadstone to Charles’ back surgery to problems with Violet’s Vetsulin (insulin for dogs), we had more than our share of…
Apr 6
Animals Have Personalities? No WAY!
When I started blogging in May of 2006 I was very snarky. Snark defined blogging back then. And of course, as a (pop) culture whose sensibility has been formed by The Onion and The Daily Show, it’s no wonder. My…
Apr 1
SPECIESISM, by Joan Dunayer, Part Deux
I realize that in writing about “old speciesism” I failed to define this term that Dunayer uses. I think of “old speciesism” as analogous to racism and sexism in that it is exploitation based on species. The advocacy component of…
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…
