And does anyone want to talk about feminism and vegetarianism?
I came across a line in a novel several years ago (as a post-vegetarian omnivore in a relationship with a vegetarian man - they always bring the steak to him) and the female 1st person protagonist (the author is male - another layer of confusion) expresses a political and ethical sympathy with vegetarianism, but is concerned that it is usually women who take it up, and says something about being unhappy about giving up high quality protein to the dominant, striding around gender (I paraphrase from memory)
Anyway I have thought a lot about food ethics and female hunger
I have never materially wanted for food but I have damaged myself and caused long crushing depression by being permanently hungry. How trivial, or frivolous, or vain, is real hunger, even in the rich western world, when it is insisted upon with real material and social sanctions, by a ruling class? And how self-indulgent am I being right now?
Let's talk about how we feel about ladies eating animals.
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Has anyone read Lierre Keith's "the vegetarian myth"?
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youretoastmildred · 04/10/2013 13:44
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