Activism

Jeans Should Be Vegan… so Why Aren’t Levi’s?

A logo-emblazoned leather patch isn’t something any of us need (or want) on the back of our jeans. But cows do need their skin. Tell Levi’s to shape up.

Language Matters: Tackling Speciesism in Everyday Speech

If you looked at social media or the news in December, you may have heard about PETA’s list of idioms that aims to replace common phrases in the English language that perpetuate violence toward animals. But to what extent could changing an age-old idiom actually improve an animal’s life? Does the bull really care if you metaphorically “take him by the horns,” as opposed to “taking a flower by the thorns”?

The Westminster Kennel Club and Dog Breeders Are Supremacists

Docked tails, cropped ears, flattened muzzles, unnaturally shaped skulls: Whatever dog shows want, breeders provide—even at the expense of dogs’ health and lives. What does this have to do with supremacy? Find out.