Today on WBUR 90.9: Melanie Joy Discusses Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows

Were you listening to 90.9 today?
On today’s edition of WBUR’s program Here and Now, Robin Young interviewed Melanie Joy, the author of Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Download the interview.
Earlier this year Joy released a video promo for the book. Her video points out the [...]

February 22, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Animal Rights, Misc  No Comments

Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows [New Book]

Melanie Joy, a social psychology professor in Boston, just released her new book, “Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: In Introduction to Carnism“.
This is 2010, even a book has a trailer:

This book is a good follow-up to Eating Animals by Foer.

January 14, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Animal Rights, News, Veg Advocacy  No Comments

Veg Books Top the Amazon.com Best Seller List

There are three notable veg books that are creeping up the Amazon.com 100 best sellers list. Each of them look like pretty kick-ass books, especially Jonathan Safran Foer’s. At a time when the United States is abusing and killing over 10 billion animals every year for food, it’s good news that vegetarianism is getting so [...]

November 5, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Animal Liberation Theory & Action Reading Group, Misc  2 Comments

Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar [New Cookbook]

Isa Chadra Moskowitz, the woman who brought you Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, Vegan with a Vengeance, the Veganomicon, Vegan Brunch, has just published a new cookbook. Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar has 100 original animal-product-free cookie recipes. The book is all finished, but has not yet been release. However, it is available [...]

October 16, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Barely Legal Treats, Misc, Vegetarian Recipes  One Comment

Vegetarian Cooking for the Masses (Telegram & Gazette)

There’s a good article in Sunday’s Telegram & Gazette about the rise of vegetarianism in the United States. It’s called Vegetarian Cooking for the Masses and it is an AP story, which means that it was likely syndicated in newspapers around the country. Sweet! The article recommends a handful of cookbooks, including Short-Cut Vegan, Vegan [...]

July 5, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Misc, News  No Comments

New Film from the Author of Fast Food Nation

There’s a trailer on youtube for a new film by Eric Schlosser, the author of Fast Food Nation (which was later made into a movie). It’s a critical look at how our food is made. It seems to cover a few different kinds of foods, not just animal products.
The catchy part of the trailer shows [...]

May 27, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights  No Comments

Animal Lib Reading Group Tomorrow, Last Chance to Join

Tomorrow is the 2nd meeting of the Animal Liberation Theory & Action reading group.В  It is also the last chance for new members to join the group. Tomorrow we are discussing the first 2 chapters of Animal Liberation by Peter Singer. We will meet every Thursday for the next 7 weeks at the Stone Soup [...]

February 18, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Animal Liberation Theory & Action Reading Group, Events  No Comments

Animal Lib Reading Group: Week One

Last night’s kick-off of the Animal Liberation Theory & Action reading group was awesome. There’s a solid group of people who are pysched about animal rights philosophy, how it relates to other aspects of the social justice movement and who want to critically discuss tactics and strategies to achieve liberation.
The group decided yesterday that over [...]

February 13, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Animal Liberation Theory & Action Reading Group, Animal Rights, Events  2 Comments

Reminder: Animal Lib Reading Group Starts Today 6pm + Handout

A quick reminder: the Animal Liberation Theory & Action reading group starts today at 6pm. It runs until 8pm and will take place at the Stone Soup Community Center at 4 King Street, Worcester (map).
Read the initial announcement for more info.
Today we’ll decide which 4 books we will be reading and get an overview of [...]

February 12, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Animal Liberation Theory & Action Reading Group, Animal Rights, Events  No Comments

Animal Liberation Theory & Action Reading Group Starting This Thursday

This Thursday (Feb 12) from 6pm-8pm will be the first meeting of the Animal Liberation Theory & Action Reading group at Stone Soup (4 King Street). All are welcome. The goal of this 8 week reading and discussion group is to develop a strong philosophical understanding of the animal rights movement. Animal rights is a [...]

February 9, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Animal Liberation Theory & Action Reading Group, Animal Rights, Events  3 Comments