A taste for flesh, in the flesh
An interesting study, conducted by Cancer Research UK, suggests that children “inherit” (at least in part) a taste for meat and fish from their parents. In contrast, a preference for fruit and veggies...
View ArticleBlogging Against Disablism Day: Sexism & Personality Disorder Diagnoses
By way of Elaine, I discovered that today is Blogging Against Disablism Day. (There are so many blog against/blog for/blog about days, it’s hard to keep track. Anyone know of a roundup or a calendar...
View ArticleAnthrozoology, A to Z (Book Review: Social Creatures by Clifton P. Flynn)
Anthrozoology, A to Z (Full disclosure: I received a free copy of this book for review at the publisher’s invitation.) In Social Creatures: A Human and Animal Studies Reader, editor Clifton P. Flynn...
View ArticleBook Review: Strategic Action for Animals by Melanie Joy (2008)
Here, finally!, is my review of Strategic Action for Animals: A Handbook on Strategic Movement Building, Organizing, and Activism for Animal Liberation (Melanie Joy, 2008). At 2,000+ words, it’s...
View ArticleBook Review: Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith,...
“Your religion is crazy!” Growing up the daughter of an infamous Mormon apologist can’t be easy; doubly so when you’re raised in a cloistered, uber-evangelical conservative Mormon community in Provo,...
View ArticleIntersectionality ‘Round the Interwebs, No. 11: Battered, Bruised & Consumed
Natalie Portman @ The Huffington Post: Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals Turned Me Vegan and Carol J. Adams: A vegan-feminist lament Natalie Portman – a newbie vegetarian-to-vegan convert, thanks...
View ArticleIntersectionality ‘Round the Interwebs, No. 15: BEEF!, Bitches &"Bruised...
vegansaurus!: BEEF!: nicht für Frauen–unless your Mann gives it to you In which “beef” has its own magazine (and it’s a gentleman’s magazine, natch!): BEEF! for Men with Taste. Luckily, vegansaurus is...
View ArticleColleen Patrick-Goudreau says, "Wake up, bacon breath!"
(I’m paraphrasing, of course!) It’s been a few months since last I wrote about Colleen Patrick-Goudreau’s series of short videos addressing the issues of veganism and intersectionality. (Dear Mozilla:...
View ArticleIntersectionality ‘Round the Interwebs, No. 17: F-O-O-D.*
“assortment of vegan chocolates”: A dozen+ gorgeous vegan chocolates sit atop a white porcelain cake stand. Nom! CC image via quintanaroo (the chocolate-maker herself) on Flickr. ——————————...
View ArticleOn Carnism: Why Do We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows ?
Carnism: The Psychology of “Meat”-Eating 101 Recently, I had the pleasure of reviewing Melanie Joy’s Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism (2010) though the website...
View Articlemore randomness: food, needs, food needs, dairy/rape, dennis kucinich & dogs
After a nearly six month hiatus, I have a new post up at Animal Rights & AntiOppression! In an interview with humane educator Zoe Weil, we look at the connections between our treatment of nonhuman...
View ArticleIntersectionality ‘Round the Interwebs, No. 24: Three months o’ links!
Considering I haven’t posted a link roundup in more than three months, this one actually isn’t all that long. What can I say; I’ve used what little free blogging time I’ve had to prepare for the...
View ArticleBook Review: The Believing Brain, Michael Shermer (2011)
We Want to Believe! (Full disclosure: I received a free advanced review copy of this book through Library Thing’s Early Reviewer program.) I requested a copy of Michael Shermer’s The Believing Brain...
View ArticleBook Review: Love + Sex with Robots, David Levy (2007)
Welcome to New Earth I have a confession to make: my BSG OTP isn’t Starbuck and Apollo. Or Starbuck and Anders. It isn’t Lee and Doulla, Saul and Ellen Tigh, or even Captain Adama and President Roslin...
View ArticleBook Review: Picture Me Gone, Meg Rosoff (2013)
Not all that’s lost is meant to be found… Just days before Mila and her father are to travel from London to visit him, Gil’s childhood friend Matthew goes missing from his home in upstate New York. He...
View ArticleBook Review: The Chance You Won’t Return, Annie Cardi (2014)
Interesting Concept, Unlikable Narrator (Full disclosure: This review is of an ARC. Any mistakes are my own.) It must have been like this for Mom – the longer you go without talking about something,...
View ArticleBook Review: The Half Life of Molly Pierce, Katrina Leno (2014)
An Unexpectedly Heartfelt Look at Mental Illness (Trigger warning for depression and suicide. Also, this review is of an ARC. Any mistakes are mine and not the author’s or publisher’s.)...
View ArticleBook Review: All Is Not Forgotten, Wendy Walker (2016)
Mesmerizing — and also a little maddening! (Full disclosure: I received a free electronic ARC though NetGalley. Trigger warning for violence, including rape.) I was a child with a box of matches. It...
View ArticleBook Review: Yesternight, Cat Winters (2016)
Supernatural horror + timeless misogyny = a compelling creepshow. (Full disclosure: I received a free electronic ARC for review through Edelweiss.) Dreamt I to-day the dream of yesternight, Sleep ever...
View ArticleBook Review: Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger by Soraya Chemaly...
Anger is a Gift (Full disclosure: I received a free e-ARC for review through NetGalley. Trigger warning for discussions of sexism and misogyny, including sexual assault.) Ask yourself, why would a...
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