On a recent flight on my way to present my slideshow on carnism, I struck up a conversation with the woman sitting next to me, a conversation that was not terribly different from many of my in-flight dialogues:
Woman: Where are you heading?
MJ: To give a talk on my book Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows.
Woman: Good-naturedly laughs out loud. That’s a great title! I should read your book. I just love dogs. In fact my husband and I started our own animal shelter because there are so many stray dogs in our town.
And… I eat pigs, too. And… I wear cows – if by wearing cows you mean leather. I guess that makes me a hypocrite, doesn’t it.
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Woman: Where are you heading?
MJ: To give a talk on my book Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows.
Woman: Good-naturedly laughs out loud. That’s a great title! I should read your book. I just love dogs. In fact my husband and I started our own animal shelter because there are so many stray dogs in our town.
And… I eat pigs, too. And… I wear cows – if by wearing cows you mean leather. I guess that makes me a hypocrite, doesn’t it.
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