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		<title>Verbal Vivisection: How Euphemisms, Oxymorons, and Doublespeak Disguise Our Violence Against Animals</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 23:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love language, and I advocate being thoughtful about the words we use – not in a way that is derisively called “politically correct” but in a way that reflects the truth and doesn’t hide it. I advocate using language that celebrates animals rather than denigrates them. I urge people to use language that says [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on Lapham&#8217;s ANIMALS</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of you know, I believe the only hope for animals &#8211; their future, their well-being, their dignity &#8211; lies in our ability to change the way we think about them: changing from a mindset that perceives them as here for us to use as we please to one that perceives them as nations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Consumption to Compassion: The Stages We Go Through When We Stop Eating Animals</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe that the process of becoming vegan is the process of reclaiming our true compassion and becoming reawakened to it, and I think understanding the journey of going from innately compassionate child to desensitized adult to one whose compassion is re-awakened is key to inspiring it in others and to remaining awake ourselves. Once [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easter Egg Tradition &#8211; Just Because We Always Have</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One misconception about veganism I’ve encountered more than once is the assumption that as we honor our values, we must forego tradition &#8211; as if these two things are mutually exclusive. Food-related rituals, particularly those involving animals, are likely to be so revered that they supersede consideration for anything or anyone else. Take the Easter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s Message of Compassion: Making the Connection</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Once a human makes a connection with non-human animals, it&#8217;s nearly impossible to kill them. It&#8217;s why those in the slaughter industry do everything they can to disconnect themselves from the terrified animals whose lives they end. If every one of us could see the individuals we pay to have killed for us, if we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s Message of Compassion: Their Lives are Their Own</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I simply do not believe that our desire for entertainment, fashion, and gustatory pleasure is worth compromising our own ethics and sacrificing the lives of billions of animals. Like us, their bodies are their own; they&#8217;re not ours to use. Like us, their babies are their own; they&#8217;re not ours to take. Like us, their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vegan Dating</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finding a compatible romantic partner is an age-old desire and one that comes with challenges, hopes, fears, and heartbreak &#8211; regardless of who you are, where you live, or how you eat. For vegans who want to date only vegans (i.e. like-minded folks who share similar values &#8211; something we all went!), the dilemma is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s Message of Compassion: Playing Pretend</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;When we turn away from the reality of what we do to animals for our gustatory pleasure, we play a game of pretend, like the child who covers her eyes and thinks you can’t see her. And yet, there she remains. Closing our eyes doesn&#8217;t make violence disappear; it only closes our minds and hearts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping a Vegan Home</title>
		<link>http://www.compassionatecook.com/writings/podcast-media/keeping-a-vegan-home-drawing-a-line-at-your-front-door</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Afraid of being considered controlling, extreme, insulting, rude, or ungracious, some people are afraid to ask friends and family to not bring animal products into their home. Things get more complicated when you live with non-vegans who don&#8217;t share your desire to draw that line. Join me today as I share some stories about how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven-Year Anniversary: An Uber Lovefest</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In celebration of the seven-year anniversary of the podcast, I feature the letters of listeners who have been transformed by &#8220;Food for Thought.&#8221; The stories are as diverse as the listeners and reflect varied ages and backgrounds, but they all share common threads of hope and compassion. I hope you are as moved by the [...]]]></description>
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