In regards to slavery and all other social injustices, wouldn’t it be great if folks followed Gautama Buddha’s advice?: Do not believe in anything simply …
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Being vegan has about as much to do with diet as gay rights has to do with parades
Being vegan has about as much to do with diet as gay rights has to do with parades. Sure, us vegans eat plants rather than animal “products” and some gay …
Being vegan is a matter of nonviolence
Being vegan is a matter of nonviolence. Being vegan is your statement that you reject violence to other sentient beings, to yourself, and to the …
Zoos: The only prison where the inhabitants truly are all innocent
Zoos: The only prison where the inhabitants truly are all …
Why are you defining me by my body, and then punishing me for it?
All living beings are prisoners in the type body we reside in. We are actually held captive, and are at the mercy of the nature of the body we occupy. I …
What IS genuinely disturbing and downright vile
A mother breast feeding her three year old son is apparently newsworthy, and people are quick to express their disgust. Perhaps it is a bit strange, but …
The gentle mothers whom we exploit
Today, think about the suffering and death you support just because you like the taste of dairy, cheese, butter, yogurt, ice cream, etc. Think of what …
It's time to show respect to all mothers and go vegan
Go vegan for all of the human and nonhuman mothers today. Human mothers are starving in obscene numbers due to the lack of food caused by animal …
The maternal instinct
Despite our desperate attempt to remove ourselves from our non-human brethren, we are animals, and we have a lot more animal instincts than we like to …
Slavery is everywhere in the Bible
Black churches also embrace a literal reading of the scripture because of its unique history, says Blum, author of “W.E.B. DuBois, American Prophet.” …
