Writer, Creative Director, Musician, & Illustrator
San Francisco, California
Tag: animals
Reaching people about veganism: experiences of a 6-month vegan
April 13, 2010 @ 12:37 am
Although I was a vegetarian for three years after college, I went vegan about six months ago. So much has happened since then and I’ve learned so much that it’s impossible to recap it all in a single blog post. In fact, it’s hard to even keep these posts short since I have so much to say. So my strategy is to blog about veganism more in “chunks,” then eventually collate it all into a website.
One of the coolest things about going vegan for me is meeting other like-minded people and having a positive ripple effect on others on the curious. I recently got an email from a vegan that reads my posts and, with her permission, I’ve reprinted her questions here. My responses and thoughts on this follow.
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Will Tuttle lecture (author of "The World Peace Diet")
March 21, 2010 @ 9:30 pm
A few days ago I read a blog entry by one of my favorite animal rights/vegan blog writers, Angel Flinn, enthusing about author/musician and vegan activist Will Tuttle and his new book, The World Peace Diet, which recently hit #1 on Amazon.
I checked out his website, worldpeacediet.com, and lo and behold, he was scheduled to speak a 10-minute drive from my home here in San Francisco at the First Unitarian Universalist Society. It was one of those coincidences I couldn’t ignore.
Does PETA-bashing help animals?
January 22, 2010 @ 6:42 pm
To set context, PETA recently released a racy 2010 “State of the Union Undress,” raising an outcry from various abolitionist vegan quarters. One of my heroes, PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk, responded.
I myself ask if PETA relies too much on sexism, shock and B-list celebrities, and whether or not these aspects of their work detract from the cause. I’m a PETA member, I’ve demonstrated with PETA members, and I’ve attended seminars on why they take the approach that they do.
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A Response to "Time to Eat the Dog: The Real Guide to Sustainable Living" by Robert and Brenda Vale
December 22, 2009 @ 9:25 pm
So by now, a few of you may have seen media stories about this book declaring how bad pet ownership is for the environment.
Let’s get right to it: Citing domestic dogs and cats as a significant contributor to our current environmental woes is, in short, patently ridiculous.
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