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The Path of the gods, it has many steps. 8 Aug 2013 | 10:14 pm
No, I haven’t converted to polytheism. The title is a reference to the Sentiero degli dei, a hiking trail that hugs the Amalfi coast, overlooking the Mediterranean. I walked/climbed the stretch betwee...
Tonight on Nat Geo: Undercover factory farm investigators 1 Aug 2013 | 05:25 am
On tonight's episode of the Nat Geo show Inside: Secret America (10 Eastern time), the journalists go undercover with Mercy for Animals' factory farm investigators and look into ag gag laws. Here's a...
Compassion for those about to be killed 30 Jul 2013 | 06:23 pm
From Free from Harm: During Toronto’s torturous heat wave this July, with temperatures soaring to some 40 degrees Celsius (that’s 110 degrees Farenheit), activists from Toronto Pig Save have mobilize...
Waleed Hammad goes undercover as a woman in Egypt 29 Jun 2013 | 09:25 pm
“I can’t imagine living my life like that every single day.” Egyptian journalist Waleed Hammad dressed as a woman and went out into the world, followed by hidden cameras, to get a sense of what women...
Good grief, James McWilliams. 29 Jun 2013 | 08:45 pm
Is there some sort of secret manual distributed to white male writers advising them on how to respond to criticism from feminists in the most petulant, self-pitying, and defensive manner possible? I’v...
Grass-fed butter 29 Jun 2013 | 01:07 am
The latest manufactured food fad (this one seems especially creepy - I reached the reference to "bio-hacking" and decided that was enough information for me) involves adding butter to your morning cof...
Well over 20 million human beings in the last 50 years, mostly civilians 29 Jun 2013 | 12:17 am
From Fred Branfman's "World's Most Evil And Lawless Institution? The Executive Branch Of The U.S. Government": All told, U.S. Executive Branch leaders – Democrats and Republicans, conservatives and l...
Biopsychiatry, neo-eugenics, and prison reform 28 Jun 2013 | 08:25 am
The biologization/medicalization of psychological distress, as I’ve discussed, serves to depoliticize these experiences. It enhances corporate power and the political authority of drug companies and p...
Species Pride 27 Jun 2013 | 07:17 pm
I’ve been writing with increasing frequency about how our language and culture are saturated with speciesism. There are examples everywhere, but once in a while one jumps out at me for its sheer refus...
A refreshingly good discussion of speciesism and objectification 21 Jun 2013 | 07:44 am
James McWilliams wrote recently about PETA's "sexiest vegan" campaign. He has a follow-up post questioning his original position, which has spawned a lively and thoughtful comment thread. It led me t...
