Animal Person
SEPTEMBER 19, 2009
The Factual table I posted yesterday annoyed me a bit, and here's why: the categories "vegan," "vegetarian," and "vegan-friendly." Vegan: Got it. It was a fabulous vegan meal. My point is that being surrounded by the sights and smells of death and suffering isn't what I'd call "friendly" to me as a vegan.
Animal Person
MAY 16, 2009
Vegans are now on the mainstream's radar, and unlike some vegans, I do care about what goes on in the mainstream. And last night I volunteered at an event benefiting the Office Depot Foundation (which provides backpacks for kids loaded with school essentials, among other things) and someone asked me if there were any vegan desserts!
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Animal Person
APRIL 5, 2011
A couple of years ago I wrote about whether it's a good use of my time to be a purist about the term "animal rights" when most of the world doesn't have the same understanding of the term as I do. Or how a paragraph would refer to animal rights and animal welfare as if they're interchangeable.
Animal Person
JULY 19, 2009
More likely, a flip is a shift significant enough to make the old timers who were acquainted with the original definition carp about the youngins and their wanton destruction of the English language, which for some reason they think should never change. The animal rights movement, such as it is, is experiencing somewhat of a crisis of usage.
Animal Person
JUNE 12, 2009
Is using the word "bullshit" un-vegan? Here's the definition: wiffdoodle - Also spelled " whiffdoodle." The lesson: If you pick the right phonemes (memorable, fit with existing ways of making words, etc.), Any thoughts on the speciesism or un-veganness of "bullshit"? Does it perpetuate linguistic-based speciesism?
Animal Person
MAY 25, 2010
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. I guess this is more about definitive statements. Saying that only nonviolence of a certain definition will lead to your goal isn't accurate. Lesson #11.
Animal Person
NOVEMBER 18, 2009
Because I've been thinking about the evolution of my own thinking--and languaging--regarding animal rights. Both animal rights groups and animal welfare groups use "compassion" frequently. My definition of violence would begin with the physical harm of living beings. Or vegan pumpkin pie. Why all the quotation marks?
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