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Tag Archives: ethics
EVERY picture tells a story
A common criticism of the images I show on the majority of my blog and social media posts, is that the individuals portrayed are seldom ‘obviously’ suffering. I’m often told we need to show individuals who are clearly hurt, distressed … Continue reading
Posted in Imagery, Speciesism
Tagged advocacy, awakening, Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, emotion, ethics, extremism, harm, human superiority, humane, Imagery, justice, milk, respect, rights, sentience, slaughter, speciesism, truth, vegan, veganism, victims, violence
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False hopes and misunderstanding ‘welfare’
All the regulations that lay down ‘welfare’ requirements for animals being unnecessarily used by humans (and all uses fall into this category) are designed with a single purpose. So what is that purpose? All we need to do is use … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, welfare
Tagged advocacy, autonomy, awareness, CCTV, Chickens and eggs, commercial assets, commodification, commodities, consumer demand, ethics, financial interests, harm, humane, killing, milk, regulations, resources, revenue, rights, sentience, slaughter, torment, Torture, vegan, veganism, victims, violence, welfare, wellbeing
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Dairy: thoughts on motherhood and cultural conditioning
When we are not vegan and we hear the word ‘dairy’, what do we think of? We think of milk and cream, of yogurt and crème frais, of butter and cheeses, and of ice cream and chocolate. We think of … Continue reading
For Earth Day: thoughts about speciesism, biophilia and veganism
Recently, I was introduced to a new word. Finding this one gave a name to a notion that has become more acute in my recent years as an advocate, prompting thoughts that I’d like to share in recognition of Earth … Continue reading
Posted in Festivals, Global disasters, Speciesism
Tagged advocacy, awakening, biophilia, catastrophe, climate, climate change, commodification, destruction, disaster, Earth day, ecosystem, entitlement, environment, ethics, extinction, harm, health, human superiority, justice, love, moral choices, planetary collapse, pollution, resources, respect, sentience, slaughter, speciesism, truth, tyranny, vegan, veganism, victims
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Thoughts on the gift that is life
Life itself is considered by many – if not most – humans to be the greatest gift there is, referred to as such by poets and writers throughout history. Even those of us who have no religious beliefs, consider that being alive … Continue reading
‘Suffering’; a word we use without thought
How can it be that we use words to protect ourselves from feeling, from connecting with the reality of the world? My thoughts strayed in this direction when I was reading a piece earlier that mentioned the word ‘suffering’. Later, … Continue reading
Posted in Awakening to veganism, Terminology
Tagged consumer demand, decency, ethics, harm, human superiority, slaughter, suffering, Torture, truth, vegan, veganism, violence
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Single issues and me
There is much written about single issues and petitions. The two go hand in hand. It’s a hot topic and I’m not going to wade into the debate. If you read this and feel moved to seek to justify your … Continue reading
Posted in Abolition vs Welfare, Single Issue Campaigns
Tagged Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, decency, ethics, harm, human superiority, milk, moral choices, nonviolence, petitions, resources, respect, sentience, Single Issue Campaigns, speciesism, truth, vegan, veganism, violence, welfarism
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Breaking down the walls
Once we cross that border into veganism and look back, we all become aware of things we never realised before. Things that we took for granted and that were therefore unexamined; vast areas of our behaviour and of our thoughts, … Continue reading
Posted in Awakening to veganism
Tagged advocacy, awakening, Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, Cruelty, dairy, dogma, ethics, health, human superiority, justice, milk, moral choices, nonviolence, petitions, resources, respect, sentience, slaughter, truth, vegan, veganism, violence, wall
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Policing ourselves
The term ‘vegan police’ floats around in cyberspace, bubbling and simmering in the broth of thoughts, opinions, facts and seething emotion that always surround the topic of other species and our individual and collective view of them. Every so often … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Terminology
Tagged compromise, emotion, ethics, extremism, justice, perfect, personal purity, pragmatism, respect, vegan, vegan police, veganism
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The way we were, or maybe just the way I was?
Today as I read the usual Facebook posts and comments, I find myself wondering, as I frequently do, about the way we were before we were vegan. In my own case, this line of thought often leads me to frustration … Continue reading
Posted in Awakening to veganism
Tagged advocacy, decency, ethics, extremism, harm, human superiority, humane, justice, nonviolence, petitions, sentience, Single Issue Campaigns, vegan, veganism, violence
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