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Tag Archives: circus
On taking things at face value – when ‘cute’ is a lie
I’ve written short posts in the past about my extreme discomfort at seeing animal videos on social media being presented as ‘cute’ and ‘adorable’ or ‘funny’ and ‘hilarious’. They are clearly very popular, very widely shared, and the comments range … Continue reading
Posted in Addressing resistance to change, Advocacy, Imagery
Tagged adorable, advertising, baby goats, baby monkey, circus, Cruelty, cute, cute monkey, cynical, exploitation, fainting goats, funny, mother, performance, performer, speciesism, staged, video, videos, viral, viral video, where is the mother
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There's an Elephant in the Room blog 