Comments on: Meaty Meaty Tuesday

By: ryan

ryan — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:57:00 +0000

the link to Herzog’s article isn’t working (perhaps it was taken down). Here’s a link to the cached page:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:KqUK1Jia3rMJ:my.psychologytoday.com/blog/animals-and-us/201107/why-vegetarians-return-meat-the-case-study-i-could-not-put-in-my-book+why-vegetarians-return-meat-the-case-study-i-could-not-put-in-my-book&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com

By: Bassfind

Bassfind — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 05:39:00 +0000

Speaking of meat

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/02/MN801KIH69.DTL

Isnt it amazing that when one person gets salmonella from almonds, the FDA requires every producer to start pasteurizing them, yet when it’s meat, they wont even say where the tainted source is from, lest there is a backlash against purchasing further (possibly contaminated) product.

By: br

br — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:20:00 +0000

excellent article, joshua. difficult to get through, but i’m glad i did.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:57:00 +0000

Great article, Joshua.

By: Anita

Anita — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:04:00 +0000

Joshua,

Excellent post. I too was disturbed by the imagery in advertisements for Meatopia, namely, a female chef (one of the star participants) cuddling with a piglet. (She is one of the knife-wielding ones above). I wonder why they didn’t just cut to the chase and have her combine the knife wielding with the piglet cuddling. But that image might be too much for the public to handle.

I see the male & female machismo associated with meat-eating as an expression of insecurity. I also think they see themselves as reacting against some kind of backlash, when in fact they are just perpetuating mainstream values and helping out big agro-business by fetishizing meat.

Were you mostly undercover in your reporting? I would love to know more about what you observed! And I would love to know about any humorous moments, if any.

By: Herzog

Herzog — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:46:00 +0000

Nice blog! Love the part on women butchers.
Hal Herzog