by Samita Sarkar | Jul 29, 2015 | Environment, Vegetarianism
Walter Palmer received international infamy almost overnight. His Yelp! page was bombarded with clever, snarky reviews. People picketed in front of his business and home. Celebrities tweeted about him. Walter Palmer quickly became one of the world’s most hated...
by Samita Sarkar | Jul 22, 2015 | Vegetarianism
What is the best diet? You can ask a hundred nutritionists and get a hundred different answers. Companies with their own agenda try to market their own products. There’s the Paleo Diet™, the keto diet, raw veganism, fruitarianism. In the fitness industry, most...
by Samita Sarkar | Jun 5, 2015 | Vegetarianism
I got some junk mail the other day from Pizza Nova, and I have a huge beef with their use of carnist language to invisibilize the cruelty of agribusiness. The company claims on their website that, “our pepperoni is now made without the use of antibiotics or...
by Samita Sarkar | May 27, 2015 | Vegetarianism
There are two schools of thought: animal welfare and animal rights. Whereas animal rightists seek to dismantle the institution of animal agriculture altogether, those in favour of animal welfare advocate a situation where farmed animals are treated well in life on...
by Samita Sarkar | May 25, 2015 | Environment, Vegetarianism
“And after all this, no one ever mentions vegetarianism,” said my mom, after we finished watching the 2006 dramedy Fast Food Nation. I stumbled to come up with a response. “At least Avril Lavigne’s a vegetarian,” I said finally, referring to one of the film’s stars....