In 1968, at the famous feminist protest against the Miss America Contest, two posters were held up next to each other. The first was a photo of a woman’s backside, shown cut up like a piece of meat, labeled “rump,” “round,” “loin,” “rib,” etc.
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"I will do my part": giving the Christmas gift of a good death
Before dawn, as my mother was dying, near death, I crunched my way through three feet of newly-fallen snow and stopped in this opening in the woods, and suddenly (like a dove descending from heaven--it truly was that profound), all my tumultuous feelings resolved into a profound understanding: the gift my sisters and I and my father and the caregivers were giving my mother was the gift of a good death.
Read MoreTen Facts about The Sexual Politics of Meat
Ten facts about the book you might know, or might not know: a rock song? a Law & Order SVU appearance?
Read MoreTwenty-five years. Silver Anniversary of The Sexual Politics of Meat
My original editor, Evander Lomke, describes his experience with The Sexual Politics of Meat on the occasion of its twenty-fifth anniversary.
Read MoreThe Inherently Bad Logic of the "Only One Bad Day" Claim
I am so tired of hearing people quote the "family farmer," saying "Our cows have only one bad day." Oh really? How do they know anyway? First they murder the victims; then they murder the language.
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