I’m angry! Remember back in the early 90s when everyone was against using real fur in fashion and used faux fur and it was cool? And then there was a backlash in the mid-90s (which resulted in part in me having a letter published in the mag in response to Vogue’s stupid editor, Anna Wintour’s comment that she didn’t understand how meat-eaters could be anti-fur)…. Well, now things are going about how you’d expect, with an increasing demand for the fur of endangered species. And this is not good. Angry angry angry angry! STUPID people!!!!
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Happy Thanksgiving!
And here’s a holiday greeting for you all. I know, Chris and Karen, but I had to…
Is Star Wars Moral?
I came across this Catholic analysis of Star Wars by accident, but I find it rather intriguing…
You know how to whistle, don’t you?
Just put your lips together and blow…
Back in the 1980s, I had a video about research into dolphin communication put together by Jacques Cousteau. In it, there was a section on Silbo, a whistling language used in the Canary Islands off Spain to communicate long distance (it was meant to show that you could communicate effectively through whistling. Well, bless the Canary Islands, because they’re making sure that Silbo sticks around. Nice article, and it has an audio file of an interaction in Silbo, plus its translation.
[ updated the link to the same story on CNN. ~c ]
They’re being exploited! Or something….
Beauty contestants… Poor things – they allow themselves to be displayed for the pleasure of the public, not realizing they’re being completely objectified (or in some cases, realizing but not caring). Only now it’s our cyber sisters being treated like…meat? Virtual meat?