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On Food for the Soul

Animal Person

The animals were still bred and raised for slaughter, but evidently in some kind of soulful way we don't really hear about. Kristof writes of the "decent and varied lives" that small farms provide animals with. Tags: Activism Economics Ethics Language. What that means is that it wasn't a factory-farm operation.

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November is. Awareness Month

Animal Person

As a vegan, part of what I believe is that bringing animals onto this planet to use them as food or as pets isn't ethical. Many vegans also believe that bringing people onto this planet isn't ethical, but I'm more of the school that says that if you have the urge to parent, having a biological child isn't in opposition to veganism.

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On Children's Books, Introverts & Films

Animal Person

Working or volunteering at an animal sanctuary or shelter or participating (or starting) a Trap-Neuter-Release effort, maybe? I wrote about " The End of the Line " over at Animal Rights & AntiOppression, so I won't rehash. which is a documentary co-produced by two young girls from NYC, one of whom was raised as a vegetarian.