On Art
Violin and Candlestick, 1910 “The function of art is to disturb.” –George Braque
Posts from the ‘Language’ Category
Jul 27
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Jul 26
For Your Health, the Planet & the Animals: VBM
I recently watched Earthlings and cried the whole way through. There has to be something I can do to reduce all of the suffering of the animals we use as food, I thought. And then I read THE CHINA STUDY…
Jul 25
1001 Journals-Rescue Dogs
Check out the Facebook page for 1001 Journals–Rescue Dogs. This is from Kate Merriman: “I would LOVE your contribution to this traveling journal. Don’t worry if your first response is “but I’m not an artist” (I know some of you…
Jul 23
For the Budding Vegan Author
I have an unusual number of e-mails from individuals who have written, are writing, or would like to write a book about animals and asked about various steps in the publishing process. Because I’ve been writing other people’s books and…
Jul 22
On Keeping “Vegan” Pure
Kelly wondered whether the term “vegan” is “worth fighting for” given the latest trend of seemingly oxymoronish (waiting for that one to hit Webster’s) terminology from the mouths of people who want to find a way to use animals, yet…
Jul 21
On Vegan Devastation at PF Chang’s
From VegCooking, courtesy of PeTA: The vegan-friendly attitude of P.F. Chang’s is largely due to the number of requests that management receives for meatless cuisine. Vegan dishes are among the bestsellers. One manager told PETA Eats that most people prefer…
Jul 19
Majority Rules in the Language of Animal Rights
I recently read “ORIGINS OF THE SPECIOUS: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language,” By Patricia T. O’Conner and Stewart Kellerman. I was already partial to O’Conner from WOE IS I, which I highly recommend, though it also has a…
Jul 17
Jul 15
On Timelines
The idea that each person has their own timeline for converting to veganism met with the following comment from All Means Justifiable: “I have to say that writing “everyone has their own timeline” is a sentence I personally don’t like…
Jul 14
Personal Changes Doesn’t Equal Political Change
Derrick Jensen comes right out of the gate mentioning Hitler (as opposed to later as per Godwin’s Law) in “Taking Shorter Showers Doesn’t Cut it: Personal Change Does Not Equal Political Change,” which might annoy some people. But what’s more…
Jul 12
On Conditional Love
Yesterday I promised to write about “Conditional” over at Alec’s Story, and again, if you haven’t read the blog I highly recommend it. The other idea that came out of it (perhaps for tomorrow) as well as my e-mails and…
Jul 11
Alec’s Story
I don’t usually do this, but you have got to go to the blog of Nicole, who has a PhD in Sociology with an emphasis on animal studies, and who works in the Animal Law Program at the Animal Legal…
Jul 9
On Vegan Grenades
You know those jokes that you get a minute later that are referred to as joke grenades? Well, I think the grenade metaphor also applies to conversion to veganism. There is often lag time between the critical mass event and…
Jul 6
Deconstructing Spencer’s Comment
As much as I don’t like responding to comments that are hostile, they also demonstrate a lack of understanding/education/knowledge on the part of the commenter that perhaps, if remedied, might result in a different opinion. Such is the case with…
Jul 3
On “Wild Justice”
“Wild Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals,” By Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce, is the most recent (for me) book that debunks myths about the differences between human and nonhuman animals. And those mythical differences, of course, have historically been…
