Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Carnism

I was driving up to my parents house when I was enough to heard this dicussion on Midday with Dan Rodricks (I love NPR, it's a fact). Here's the synopsis:

"In the new book Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows, social psychologist Melanie Joy writes about what she calls "carnism," an invisible belief system that underlies our--inconsistent--behavior toward animals."

I found this crazy interesting. I highly encourage everyone to listen, if only to think about why it is we view certain animals as a part of our family but view other animals as part of our dinner.

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wypr/local-wypr-884561.mp3
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  1. TeresaMarch 2, 2010 at 5:10 PM

    Hi. I listened to the same NPR show and was thrilled to hear the discussion. I Googled the bok an dhope to read it in the near future. Thanks for mentioning Carnism and let's hope people check it out!

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