Animals as Persons
We treat animals as legal objects. We should treat them as legal subjects instead. You may believe that the law protects animals from harm in the United States, but that belief is false. There are few meaningful legal protections for most animals, and little if any...
Elephants and Their Secrets: 28 Fascinating Facts about Elephants
I felt honored and touched and full of wonder as I watched a family of 10+ majestic elephants walk gracefully across a dry riverbed in a Namibian desert. These creatures are rare and precious and absolutely amazing. These were definitely not THINGS or OBJECTS walking,...
Feeling hopeless or depressed about what’s happening in the world? Then try this…
There are many reasons to feel despair, hopelessness, and powerlessness in today’s world. Wars, injustices, inequalities, diseases, sustainability issues, climate change, racism, speciecism, species extinction, and countless others. (I talk about some of them in my...
Pigs Are Awesome! New Edition in Full Color Now Available
Finally! I just have to share this with you. (Pigs Are Awesome!) I finally published the updated, full color edition of a book that is very dear to my heart. It is the first book I wrote in the non-fiction for kids’ series about farm animals, and it was so much fun,...
‘The Silent Cry’ Flash Fiction Inspired by “The Great Silence” by Ted Chiang
As the holiday time is getting closer, I'm re-posting this piece, which I wrote a few years back. “The Great Silence” by Ted Chiang is a story about the Earthly creatures we fail to hear. It's beautiful and heartbreaking at times, but overall ends on a positive note...
What Should Be the Goal of Activism for Animals?
It is vitally important that we set clear, specific and achievable goals, set a time horizon for their implementation, and then unite around these goals and focus our actions on putting them into practice. Change is happening, but not fast enough. We are not united,...
Jaki Powinien Być Cel Aktywizmu dla Zwierząt?
Na ostatnim Marszu dla Wyzwolenia Zwierząt, jeden z przechodniów zaczepił mnie i zapytał o co właściwie nam chodzi. Nie był to żaden atak, tylko szczera ciekawość. Nie pamiętam dokładnie co odpowiedziałam, jakiś ogólnik, typu, że jest to że jest marsz wyzwolenia...
Why I Signed the Plant-Based Treaty & You Should Do It Too
Don't know what the Plant Treaty is? It's okay. I only recently learned about it, too! It's an incredibly important initiative that sets ambitious goals to slow the environmental degradation of our planet and the warming of the climate that is caused by our diet,...
Przeczytaj Raport: “Jak Zarabiać na Blogowaniu”
Choć zarabianie na blogu może nie być Twoim celem, blog jest świetnym narzędziem dla wszystkich aktywistów, którzy są aktywni w sieci. Jeśli ktoś zastanawia się, czy warto w dzisiejszych czasach brać się za blogowanie--jest przecież tyle blogów, czy ktoś je jeszcze w...