Animal Person

JULY 6, 2009

Spencer R writes: Vegans sound exactly like religious fundamentalists. Trying to convince people to go vegan is like trying to convince people to only reproduce once. Trying to convince people to go vegan is like trying to convince people to only reproduce once. not to mention read more writing by actual vegans.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

I decided to look online for some information regarding the "Organic Free Range Eggs" that Trader Joe's, my favorite store, sells. Trader Joe's, a national specialty grocer, offers a large range of vegan and soy products. Tags: eggs consumption farm animal welfare groceries. Here is what their web site says.

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Oprah's a huge Heifer International fan, and how people who are concerned with justice can give to that organization shocks me. And 99% of the population (as in, 1%, I believe, are vegans) doesn't care. It's particularly ironic for a black woman to support Heifer International. And The Girl Effect is promoting that form of slavery.

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Animal Person

JULY 14, 2009

Consumer culture and the capitalist mindset have taught us to substitute acts of personal consumption (or enlightenment) for organized political resistance. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics Language. They are all Jensen's words exactly, except what's in brackets (not parenthesis-they're him too). What are your thoughts?

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Critter News

APRIL 13, 2009

Unlike domestic animals, there are minimal organizations or lobbyists to defend these animals, therefore leaving public opinion to be shaped only by the insincere comments of the cattle industry. While a nationwide vegan or vegetarian lifestyle change is highly unlikely, the abuse can be maintained through increased government regulation. “The

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Animal Person

OCTOBER 26, 2009

I say "if you know someone" because this isn't a book I'd recommend to vegans for their vegan education efforts. The vegans I know would probably find it a bit maddening, and here's why: We aren't sure whether Foer is a vegan. Tags: Activism Books Ethics Language. Not great, but good. He never says he is.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 18, 2009

I am the Interim Executive Director of two organizations that help former foster youth (the same orgs I chaired for a couple of years, but resigned from the boards to take this position), and it's only for a couple of months and as I always say, I can do just about anything for a couple of months. It's comical. It's absurd.

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Animal Person

MAY 22, 2009

So here I am, on the third anniversary of Animal Person, asking for advice that has nothing to do with veganism or animal rights (and I've tweeted about this so some of you already know what's coming). I'm in the position of having to build a website for a child welfare organization. Tags: Activism Current Affairs. From scratch.

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Animal Person

MAY 23, 2009

I want to talk about why we shouldn't be using animals and that it's infinitely easier to be a vegan than it was 20 years ago. With more than 2 million members across the globe, PETA is the largest animal advocacy group and comparable in size to the human rights organization, Amnesty International. But I don't want to talk about PeTA.

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Critter News

APRIL 26, 2009

Some fight for veganism, some against factory farms, some against experimentation, poaching, habitat encroachment, etc. It's not sorry, it just hasn't found its moral, UNITED, ORGANIZED voice. Tags: activism animal rights political movement. I also believe that we are a fragmented movement. There is a group for every cause.

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Animal Person

JULY 6, 2010

Because we planned to adopt I had been researching eco-friendly, vegan nursery items but had yet to purchase a thing. By the time we brought her home on Sunday all I needed was formula ( Earth's Best Organic-Soy ). Tags: Current Affairs. But we're going to intentionally create an environment of respect, justice and nonviolence.

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Animal Person

MAY 26, 2010

My original blogroll included people/organizations that informed my journey and it brought me much criticism and labeled me a "new welfarist" and brought me all kinds of grief. Lesson #20 We still don't know what will make a critical mass of people go vegan. I had "Places I Go/People I Know" for a while, which was accurate.

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Animal Person

JULY 20, 2009

During this week of action ARAN will be getting in touch with some local members and supporters to organize local events in their area, we are happy to provide free of charge leaflets, posters, stickers, organizing advice and much more-we are simply asking you to give just a couple of hours for this one week, is it really much to ask for?

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Animal Person

MAY 10, 2009

However, both his perceptions and misconceptions are based on: 1) observing the work of PeTA and HSUS; and 2) the assumption that those two organizations are in the same category--"animal rights." Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. And one of that handful is the environment. Happy Mother's Day!

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Animal Person

JULY 19, 2009

But when you step back from those discussions you see that: 1. The people involved are usually vegans, so there's no one to convert (though their charitable dollars might need converting if they go to an organization that doesn't have the same goal as the individual); and 2. The argument centers on the territory of language.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

They don't see veganism as related to their fight against dog racing, at first (or second. ). It is difficult to build a single-issue movement, to organize a local group, and even to have a relationship with another person, let alone to build the complex alliances necessary to avert social and ecological catastrophe.

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Animal Person

MARCH 24, 2009

As you know, Cheri and Jim are in the early stages of setting up their sanctuary, after a long journey of conscience that began with them closing their dairy goat operation, then transitioning to a vegan way of life, and eventually, creating a loving, lifelong home for farmed animals in need. Mary (Animal Person).

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2009

KBJ: Permit me a comment on the organization of Martin’s essay (for the benefit of my students). Two varieties of moral vegetarianism can be distinguished: lactovo moral vegetarianism and vegan moral vegetarianism. Tags: Moral Vegetarianism. Each argument has an audience.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

Vegan vegetarians who eat only vegetables, fruit, and nuts do not completely remove all microorganisms from their food, even with repeated cleaning. The ability to feel pain is not an obviously plausible way of morally distinguishing microorganisms from other organisms. Tags: Moral Vegetarianism. What Meat Should Not Be Eaten?

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Animal Ethics

JUNE 4, 2009

It is certainly likely that a similar phenomenon would occur if vegan vegetarianism became a widespread movement in the U.S. More important, it might be a much more efficient means of changing practice to stage protests at meat-packing companies, put pressure on congressmen, and work through existing humane organizations.

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