If We Are Non Vegans, Are We Then Carnists?

If We Are Non Vegans, Are We Then Carnists?

 

I think it is funny that I am sitting down to write a post about language and I find myself at a loss for words. I think about this website and veganism and my advocacy all the time. I can be sitting in a chair watching TV, doing the laundry, cooking a meal or basically any of the various things I do in any given day and a thought will pop into my mind. All  of a sudden, I am …

Veganism and Armchair Advocacy

Veganism and Armchair Advocacy

One of the main things I do in my advocacy for the liberation of nonhuman beings caught in our various industries is  to write on this website. Let’s face it folks, I know that this alone will not get the job done. I am simply not that powerful. I often say to the people in my life that I would love to have a magic wand-for urgent matters just like this one. I would never use it for the petty …

Bearing Witness and Not Turning Away

Bearing Witness and Not Turning Away

In the fall of 2013, my husband and I went to Cinema de Paris in Montreal to see a screening of The Ghosts in Our Machine .

I have always been a bit leery of watching movies about nonhuman animal rights, because the violence and cruelty sometimes shown in them is very hard for my heart. I don’t like to see anyone being hurt. I never wanted my own children to be sad, and still feel the same to …

My Vegan Advocacy Goal for 2015

My Vegan Advocacy Goal for 2015

My goodness, as I sit down to write the first post of 2015, I am keenly aware that it has been two weeks since my final post of 2014. That is the longest time I have been away from my readers and from writing for this website. Over the holiday period I gained four new subscribers.  I would like to welcome you. It is always so gratifying to know that I am on the right track and that people find …