Uncomfortable Telling your Child that Meat Comes from Animals? Don’t Eat Animals
I try to be patient with the travails of parenting. Trust me, I have plenty of my own. But massive hypocrisies get my last nerve. See this parenting column from
Animal Rights
Nonhumans Suffer In Our Conflicts
There is a gorgeous ritual, devised by John Seed and Joanna Macy, known as the Council of All Beings. Participants embody a nonhuman entity or species and speak for it.
Readings in Deep Ecology and Interconnectedness
Lately I’ve been thinking about environmental ethics quite a bit. I came to it through noticing patterns and values in vegan and animal rights groups, and partnering with my brilliant
Stretching Compassion to Difficult People: Is Abolitionism Only for People “We” Like?
Fifteen years ago, the LGBTQ community in Israel was reeling from a vicious stabbing attack by Yishai Schlissel, an Ultraorthodox Jewish man, at the Gay Pride in Jerusalem, which claimed
The Judean People’s Front vs. the People’s Front of Judea
There’s a wonderful scene in Monty Python’s Life of Brian in which the titular character meets the People’s Front of Judea. Or, at least, that’s what he thinks. It’s best
A Gift to You on Mother’s Day
When I became Río’s mom, my dear friend Sarah and I, in the throes of sleeplessness, milk, and diapers, started an ongoing conversation and bond that stays strong and joyful
Progressive Punitivism in the Animal Protection Movement
Juno, the dog from Oregon v. Newcomb. Image courtesy BarkPost. A while ago, I read and commented on Oregon v. Newcomb, a Fourth Amendment case involving animal cruelty charges. The
Facing Criminal Charges to Save Animals, Part V: The Meaning of Doing Time for the Animals
Part IPart IIPart IIIPart IV There are lots of interesting cases involving animal welfare, animal rights, and the complicated terrain of animal personhood. But what is unique to the criminal
Facing Criminal Charges to Save Animals, Part IV: Planning Legal Strategy
Australian animal rights activists protesting during a criminaltrial of an activist for trespassing an animal culling operation. Part IPart IIPart III Trials of animal rights activists can be seen as