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Carnism

I Know That Meatball: Two Issues That Matter More Than Horsemeat

Kathy Stevens | Posted 04.29.2013 | Green
Read More: Veganism, Carnism, Food Supply Chain, Ikea, Horsemeat Scandal, Horsemeat, Where the Blind Horse Sings, Horse Meat News, Horse Meat Scandal, Melanie Joy, Vegan, Green News
Kathy Stevens

IKEA announced this week that it would recall meatballs and sausages from its stores across Europe amid concerns that they might contain horsemeat. In doing so, IKEA became the latest retail giant involved in a scandal so complex that it reads like a political crime thriller. Only it's real.

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Why Horsemeat Is Delicious and Disgusting

Melanie Joy, Ph.D. | Posted 04.28.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Horsemeat, Carnism Definition, What Is Carnism, Carnism, Carnism Meaning, Horsemeat Food, Horsemeat News, Horsemeat Scandal, Healthy Living News
Melanie Joy, Ph.D.

As long as we remain unaware of carnism, the system that guides our food choices like an invisible hand, we will see eating (certain) animals as a given, rather than a choice.

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Friend or Food? The Ideology of How We Decide

Stephan Spencer | Posted 11.13.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Animal Agriculture, Animal Consciousness, Veganism, Animal Cruelty, Vegetarian, Carnism, Vegan Living, Vegan, Carnism Research, Vegan Lifestyle, What Is Carnism, Meaning of Carnism, Vegan Ideology, Definition of Carnism, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News
Stephan Spencer

Dr. Melanie Joy wants to engage in meaningful dialogue about the entrenched ideology that allows people to shut their minds to the reality of what it means to be a meat eater and to ignore the cruelty inherent in animal agriculture.

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Who Is Really Occupying Your Plate?

Nil Zacharias | Posted 01.09.2012 | Green
Read More: Speciesism, Social Justice, Environmental Justice, Animal Rights, Carnism, Oppression, Eating Animals, Vegan, Occupy Wall Street, Environment, Injustice, Vegetarian, Green News
Nil Zacharias

Eating animals is a practice that shapes and is shaped by the same mentality that enables other oppressions that we accuse governments and big corporations of.

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Like Animals? So Why Eat Them?

Nil Zacharias | Posted 10.01.2011 | Green
Read More: Veganism, Carnism, Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, Vegan, Vegan Living, Eating Meat, Neocarnism, Green News
Nil Zacharias

We may argue 'til the cows come home about the moral, health and environmental reasons why we should or should not consume animals, but we can't ignore one undeniable truth: eating animals is a choice... a choice we can learn to live without.

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