Tag Archives: commodification

About a goose

Posted on September 28, 2020 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Having recently come across the concept of ‘International Rabbit Day’ which is apparently on 26 September, I was idly investigating which other species of humanity’s victims had ‘days’ and came across ‘Happy Goose Day’ on 29 September. This puzzled me. … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Chickens and eggs, consumer demand, Victims in the shadows | Tagged Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, feathers, foie gras, geese, goose, goose eggs, goose hunting, Happy Goose Day, slaughter, Torture, vegan, veganism, victims | Leave a comment

Learning lessons

Posted on September 19, 2020 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Recently, someone died; someone who was everything to me. ‘How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand… there is no going back? There … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, dairy, Eulogies, Health and plant based eating, Speciesism | Tagged advocacy, animal rights, breast milk, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, Grief, harm, health, heartbreak, human superiority, loss, misery, moral choices, motherhood, veganism | 23 Comments

Ending life as we know it – humanity on the edge of the abyss

Posted on March 30, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Every day I see posts using fanciful estimates about the number of individuals our species slaughters each year. There are even suggestions (often circulated by those seeking to claim credit – and frequently, donations) that slaughter numbers are falling. They … Continue reading →

Posted in Global disasters, Statistics | Tagged 6th extinction, abyss, bees, climate, climate change, commodification, consumer demand, existence, global warming, habitat destruction, male chicks, marine destruction, planetary collapse, planetary destruction, silk worms, sixth extinction, slaughter, slaughterhouse, species extinction, Statistics, vegan, veganism, victims | 31 Comments

Compassion, kindness and love; not what we need to ask for

Posted on November 25, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

The words ‘kindness’, ‘compassion’, and ‘love’ are not what we should be asking for when advocating for the rights of our victims. I can almost hear the gasps of indignation and keyboards warming up already, but please bear with me. … Continue reading →

Posted in Terminology | Tagged advocacy, animal rights, breast milk, bred for eggs, cheese, Chickens and eggs, commodification, compassion, compassionate, consumer demand, dairy, honest, kind, kindness, milk, other people, property, property status, recognition of their rights, resources, respect, responsibility, rights, sentience, sincere, slaughter, stop, subjective, truth, vegan, veganism, victims, violence | 9 Comments

Heading in the direction of being vegan / Stuck in a loop

Posted on August 13, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

‘…or if we can’t be vegan we can at least head in that direction.’ I’ve seen so many variations on that theme as a comeback to the call to be vegan that appears in almost every piece I write. Today … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakening to veganism | Tagged advocacy, awakening, cheese, Chickens and eggs, commodification, compassion, consumer demand, Cruelty, dairy, ethics, harm, health, justice, slaughter, vegetarianism, violence, welfare | 3 Comments

‘Surely taking milk and eggs doesn’t kill?’ – FAQ

Posted on July 9, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

There are many who persist in the notion that taking milk and eggs from other individuals does not result in their deaths. It’s an assertion that’s frequently seen on social media and it simply could not be more incorrect. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Chickens and eggs, dairy, FAQ | Tagged breast milk, chickens, Chickens and eggs, commodification, dairy, death, harm, lactation, milk, sentience, slaughter, truth, vegan, victims, violence | 12 Comments

A plea to shoppers

Posted on June 19, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Today there are millions of individuals in the death trucks, packed in crates, queuing in slaughterhouses. For each one who waits, quaking, a pulse throbs warm and strong under soft skin while a heart pounds with anxiety. They listen to … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, consumer demand | Tagged breast milk, Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, harm, milk, resources, sentience, shoppers, slaughterhouse, veganism, victims, violence | 5 Comments

Chickens and eggs – what about the males?

Posted on June 1, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

I find my thoughts returning frequently to chickens; these wonderful, gentle, friendly little birds whose species bears the brunt (in terms of sheer numbers) of our own species’ arrogant delusions of entitlement and staggering ignorance about necessity. I’ve written many … Continue reading →

Posted in Chickens and eggs | Tagged advocacy, chickens, Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, culling, dairy, egg-laying hens, ethics, harm, health, humane, justice, macerating, moral choices, resources, respect, rights, sentience, slaughter, Statistics, truth, vegan, veganism, victims, violence, welfare, well-being | 19 Comments

Thought for a spring day

Posted on May 17, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Returning home from an errand to Edinburgh at 6 am, I am haunted by images of so many chicken death trucks. Even now when I close my eyes, I see them still. Like a viscous wave, I feel the cloying … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Awakening to veganism | Tagged chickens, commodification, consumer demand, resources, sentience, slaughter, vegan, veganism, victims, violence | 3 Comments

Hens and puppy mills – an analogy

Posted on May 8, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Not a day goes by that I fail to see someone contradicting a post that explains – often at some length – that there is no such thing as a humane egg. As soon as there’s a post about eggs, … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Happy' exploitation, Chickens and eggs | Tagged abolition, advocacy, backyard, chickens, Chickens and eggs, commodification, commodities, consumer demand, dogs, egg-laying hens, ethics, harm, health, hens, humane, motherhood, puppy farms, puppy mills, reproduction, resources, rights, selective breeding, speciesism, truth, vegan, veganism, victims | 25 Comments