Jake, I'm curious what your class read on the veggie/meat question. I'm
teaching an ecofeminism class this semester in which this is one of the
topics. Much to my dismay, I was informed last week that Carol Adams' *The
Sexual Politics of Meat* is out of print. Any suggestions on what might be
offered to students instead?
Jake A Paisain wrote:
> A major component of ecofeminist theory is the veggie/meat question. I'm
> glad that the topic has been brought up. In my ecofeminism class taught
> here at the University of Montana, the veggie question was big on the
> ecofeminist agenda.
>
> Interestingly enough, there was a high-spirited debate on the subject here
> during our Ecofeminism conference last April, and a major part of that
> debate had to do with whether or not a vegetarian stance is racist in some
> way because it does not respect the traditions of many ethnic groups, and
> also that it is classist and elitist by not taking into account the
> economic conditions of many of the world's women trying to support their
> family in any way they can, and meat-eating is as old as humanity.
>
> Francoise d'Eaubonne was shocked, and dare I say, appalled, that the
> conference here took on such an issue. I was not surprised in the least.
>
> And, as far as being mean to animals, don't you think that people who
> torture animals by keeping them tied up or locked in their houses are
> hurting them too by driving them nuts>?
>
> jpaisain
>
> On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, sarah clifton wrote:
>
> > About this vegetarian-to-carnie conversation: did anyone read Carol
> > Adam's Sexual Politics of Meat? She spends a lengthy amount of time
> > explaining how the context of meat eating in which these conversations
> > come up presents a difficult position for the vegan/vegetarian. Anyone
> > who has read the book care to discuss?...
> >
> > sarah
> >
> >
> >
> > "If you don't want a Nazi in your house, don't let one;
> > Never know a fundamentalist till you've met one;
> > If you've memorized your civil rights, don't forget one;
> > If you don't want an abortion, don't get one!"
> >
> > -Consolidated
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Monday, January 11, 1999 4:55 PM
> > > To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT
> > > Subject: Re: Vegetarians plan carnivore converts
> > >
> > > Best way to bring a conversation around to the cruelty involved with
> > > eating meat:
> > >
> > > Someone: "I love animals!"
> > > Me: "Wow, so you're a vegetarian. I am too. I just can't believe
> > > people think it's okay to eat meat. What a cruel thing to do
> > > to animals. I could never imagine permitting and paying for
> > > such horrible things... [blah blah blah]
> > > Someone: "No, wait a minute. I'm not a vegetarian."
> > > Me: "But... I thought you said you 'love animals.' "
> > > Someone: "Well, yeah, but... "
> > > Me: "Ohhh, so you only love SOME animals and you believe it's okay
> > > to hurt the others. My mistake. I misunderstood."
> > >
> > > It's that simple to start such a conversation. I've used this
> > > approach
> > > a lot!
> > >
> > > Another interesting point is this: Do meat eaters realize that they
> > > eat
> > > mostly VEGETARIAN animals?? (except, of course, when meat-by-products
> > > are
> > > mixed in with the animals' natural diet, making the animals UNnatural
> > > carnivores!)
> > >
> > >
> > > At 08:07 AM 1/11/99 -0600, you wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Vegetarians plan carnivore converts
> > > >
> > > >CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AP) - Vegetarians from around the world pledged
> > > >Sunday to convert millions of meat-eaters by the end of the century
> > > and
> > > >launched an Asian Vegetarian Union. The Bangkok-based Asian group
> > > seeks to
> > > >foster the still-fledgling vegetarian movements in many Asian
> > > countries and
> > > >counter a trend among the continent's youth to ape Western
> > > carnivorous
> > > >habits. More than 400 participants from 30 countries at the 33rd
> > > World
> > > >Vegetarian Congress concluding Sunday called on vegetarian groups all
> > > over
> > > >the world to invite people to give up meat for the new millennium. A
> > > mass
> > > >pledge-taking ceremony is planned at midnight, Dec. 31. See full
> > > story
> > > ><http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2557977332-c40>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
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Glynis Carr
Associate Professor of English
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837
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