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Tag Archives: oppression
Victims in the shadows: emus
This series of short blogs hopes to shine a spotlight onto ways that humans exploit other creatures for financial gain, ways about which the majority of consumers are unaware. This is not intended to shock; it’s intended to illustrate and … Continue reading
Posted in Speciesism, Victims in the shadows
Tagged butcher, consumer demand, consumers, emu, emu oil, emus, feathers, flay, flesh, leather, oil, oppression, plucking, prejudice, shoppers, slaughter, slaughterhouse, speciesism
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Living in a land of make-believe
Today I find myself reminiscing, mentally retracing paths of the clouded past, trying to find the point at which I lost the warm feeling of kinship with all other species of animal that so many of us experience in childhood. … Continue reading
Posted in Awakening to veganism, Nonhuman family members
Tagged awakening, bloodbath, breast milk, brutality, cats, chickens, Chickens and eggs, childhood, children, commodification, companions, consumer demand, Cruelty, dairy, dogs, fantasy, harm, health, humane, imagination, love, make-believe, milk, oppression, resources, respect, sentience, slaughter, speciesism, truth, victims, violence, welfare
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Plants feel, fish feel, cows feel – but we have to eat
‘Plants feel, fish feel, cows feel – but we have to eat.’ This was a comment made on a recent post promoting veganism. It’s almost possible to hear the dismissive shrug at the end. It’s another of these sentences that … Continue reading
Posted in Addressing resistance to change, Health and plant based eating, Sentience
Tagged breast feeding, Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, feed conversion ratio, harm, health, human superiority, oppression, plants, plants tho, resources, rights, sentience, speciesism, vegan, veganism, victims
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