“Once a human makes a connection with non-human animals, it’s nearly impossible to kill them. It’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...

“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’re not ours to use. Like us, their babies are their own; they’re not...

“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’t make violence disappear; it...

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’t share your desire to draw that line. Join me today as...

Just a thought for the day… When people say that “backyard slaughter” is better than “factory farming and industrialized slaughter,” it demonstrates how low the bar has sunk and how little we think of ourselves. At what point did we make “industrialized slaughter” the standard by which we measure...