I know, I know, I still need to post summaries of my talks at TLOV in June. But here I am in LA at AR2009, getting ready to appear on the “Nurturing Activism” panel, and so this seems a good time to share the link to my account of my 2007 talk on that topic. [...]
SuperWeed readers may remember how much I loved Minneapolis after my first and second visits. First, I grooved on TLOV, Mixed Blood theatre, and vegan pizza delivered by bicyclists dressed as superheroes. Next time out, I was blown away by Arise! bookstore and the Heart of the Beast Mask and Puppet Theatre. Now there’s one [...]
“I can’t believe we don’t have sessions like this at every conference?” I can’t quite capture the tone of outraged incredulity with which this was said by a participant in the “dealing with stress and grief” group at the recent Midwest Animal Advocacy Conference.
Such sessions are always powerful and can be powerfully helpful. Activists [...]
I’ve been home for a few days, so let me tell you more about Minneapolis before I forget. I’ve always been curious about the Twin Cities, because my father grew up in St. Paul and I’ve got many unknown uncles and cousins there, so I didn’t mind at all when the old man at the [...]
This is the first of two posts accompanying my talk entitled “Inconvenient Connections: Collisions at the Intersection of Race, Sex, Class, and Species” at the Their Lives, Our Voices animal rights conference in Minneapolis. In a future post, I’ll summarize that talk, which demonstrated the necessity of exercising caution at dangerous intersections; offered practical DOs [...]
“I don’t care what they think about me. I just want them to go vegan.”
That’s what Karen Dawn said to me after I remarked that I hoped her new book would lead people in the animal advocacy movement to give her more credit as an thinker.
Karen is one of a number of women in [...]
