The following is an excerpt from Gay Rights and Animals Rights: Intersections by Jasmin Singer published in The Scavenger. …It perplexes me that anyone who has fought for the rights of people to express themselves sexually in the way that is right for them, can be part of a system that undermines so completely the [...]
The following is an excerpt from Thanking The Monkey: Rethinking The Way We Treat Animals by Karen Dawn One of the most important things we can do is to be willing to raise our voices and say what is happening to the animals matters. The power of just one voice can have enormous impact. In [...]
“I believe that veganism, in contrast to diets and most raw or specialist food regimens, requires no will power. It’s simply based in understanding. It may take will power in the very beginning when things are all new, but with understanding, there is no need for will power at all. Animals are not food – [...]
The following is an excerpt from an interview with Peter Singer published in Antennae, issue 19. Questions by Giovanni Aloi Giovanni Aloi: In 2007, you gave a talk at the Getty Centre on the subject of animal representation in art. What brought you to consider the subject of animals in art? In this talk you [...]
“Cowardice asks the question – Is it safe? Expediency asks the question – Is it politic? Vanity asks the question – Is it popular? But Conscience asks the question – Is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must [...]
The following is an excerpt from – From The Animal That Therefore I Am by Jacques Derrida “No one can deny seriously any more, or for very long, that men do all they can in order to dissimulate this cruelty [towards animals], or to hide it from themselves; in order to organize on a global [...]
The following is an excerpt from Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism by Melanie Joy, Ph.D. Sir Paul McCartney once claimed that if slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian. He believed that if we knew the truth about meat production, we’d be unable to continue eating [...]
“One Man’s Way” is a 1996 documentary on the life and work of Henry Spira. Spira is widely recognized for his pragmatic and successful campaigns against vivisection, particularly in the cosmetic industry. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
I wondered about you when you told me you love animals as you sat chewing a forkful of pork chop. But your tone was absolutely sincere as you picked up a glass of cow’s milk to wash down the remainder of the cooked pig’s remains. Who would not be confused by this incongruence between word [...]