veganism
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On maternal bonds and cruelty.
We’ve all benefited from cruel research — so what do we do now?
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On monsters and mirrors.
When the wrong people dare to act like our heroes, we call them monsters.
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On threat.
We’re not focusing on the threats that will harm us most.
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On hubris and climate change.
I probably should’ve known this already, but climate science is REALLY hard!
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On noticing.
Even now, when many of us feel so powerless, we’re in control of our choices. And they matter.
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On Jonathan Safran Foer’s ‘We Are the Weather.’
A lot of climate change is caused by cheeseburgers. Killer superbugs are, too.
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On the ethics of eating.
It took violence and oppression to create our world … which we can recognize without perpetuating.
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On national borders and the disappearance of our universe’s only known habitable planet.
We all share one planet, but selfish decisions made within a single nation’s borders could destroy it.
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