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Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows

Interesting interview snippet with Dr Melanie Joy who talks about animal rights in an academic way--found it thought-provoking. Didn't watch the video. Here's my favorite quote from it.

"incorporating nonhuman animals into one’s body is often the most intimate and frequent contact humans have with other species."

http://bitchmagazine.org/post/the-biotic-woman-a-conversation-about-carnism-with-melanie-joy-pt-1

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