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

Avoiding Cargo Cults [508 podcast]

On this week’s 508 podcast, Mike Benedetti–the blogging king of Worcester–and Brenden Melican talk about VegWorcester’s recent vegan donut feed-in (see photos).
Mike and Brendan discuss how Richard Feynman’s concept of cargo cults relates to activism and Worcester’s vegetarian renaissance. Mike’s analogy raises a question that we need to be constantly asking ourselves about VegWorcester’s [...]

February 3, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Activism, Events, Misc, Veg Advocacy  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

Francis Moore Lappe Speaking at Clark University

This ain’t no April Fools prank.

Frances Moore Lappe is speaking at Clark at 7pm on April 2, 2009, which is tomorrow. She’s a world-renowned democracy activist and author of over 16 books, including the bestseller, Diet for a Small Planet.
Thursday, April 2nd, 7:00 PM
Tilton Hall, Higgins University Center
Clark University

What’s she talking about?
She will speak [...]

April 1, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Events, News  One Comment

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

From Bull Market to Bear Market: Why Animal Commodities Still Sell

On Wall Street, the “Bull” market has turned into a “Bear” market—capitalist argot for a market in which sellers crowd out buyers and in which the value of publicly traded corporate stocks falls. Whether rising or falling, however, the capitalist market always treats other living animals the same way, which is to say as [...]

December 3, 2008  Tags:   Posted in: Misc  No Comments

The Ultimate Vegan Guide Just Released

Just in time for the Winter gift-giving time, Erik Marcus has just released his new book, The Ultimate Vegan Guide: Compassionate Living Without Sacrifice. Erik’s books are guaranteed to please. He’s the author of Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating, Meat Market: Animals, Ethics, and Money, and blogs daily at vegan.com.
Sometimes he gets a little [...]

December 2, 2008  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Misc  One Comment