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more about #jonathansafranfoer Ultraprison!: Food judgeiness is a time-honored family tradition over here. "You're eating THAT? Do you know how fatty those are?" I tried being vegetarian for a ... more » banana-bread: Whatever, I'm a level 5 vegan. I don't eat anything that casts a shadow. more » pichou: Question I would hate to see on any SAT: "brussels sprout compounds that summon caterpillar-eating wasps" are to "vegetarianism" as "sick people" are... more » bandofconsciousness: My food choices are my own and I don't expect anyone else too be a gluten-free vegan, nor do I expect anyone to understand why. What I do expect is RE... more » msAnthrope: I was prepared to roll my eyes at this post, but Anna, you've worded the whole situation very well. None of us are perfect. We all make choices. Many ... more » lunacydress: "I'm a level 5 vegan -- I won't eat anything that casts a shadow." more » HereComesMyBaby: This article pissed me off to no end. Plants do not have nervous systems. They can't technically feel pain. The end! more » camera_obscura: My food politics point me towards organic and local foods, regardless of whether they're animals or plants, with a minimal amount of the former. That... more » rodmanstreet: The only truly humane diet is one in which no living thing has been cruelly murdered and devoured. Stick to the inanimate food items created by man: ... more » NotChoinski: I'm sticking to my favorite vegan dish: Scotch. more » Zulkey: I'm a flexitarian and I would like to know when I get my turn to wave my finger in the air and raise my voice above everyone else's. Because I've jus... more » AvantGardenia: This article is fucking ridiculous. So it's okay for me trim Ms. Angier's dog's legs with a weedwhacker? Look if you don't want to be a vegan or ve... more » bluetrain84: So is there anything I can eat that I WON'T feel guilty about? more » bananaballs: Actually, human consumption is the best thing for a plant to thrive. If we like it, we farm it, we harvest it, and then we plant more of it. If brus... more » onestrawplz: I don't understand people who are so insistent about arguing against vegetarianism. Don't be a vegetarian if yon don't want to, but what's the point ... more » AnnieSaBu: I've been thinking about this article, this post, and these comments. It's true, unfortunately, that arguing about food is a thing. But respectfully d... more » cand86: These discussions always make me think of the fruitarian in "Notting Hill", who only ate the fruit that had fallen off the tree/vine/whatever. more » psychokitty: I support anyone who chooses to become a vegetarian, but not because of animal rights. It is my belief that as a human it is my duty to help humans fi... more » marks-alot: I like bacon wrapped around asparagus....kill 'em all and let the diety (or digestive track) of your choice sort them out. more » AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope: "There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide." -Albert Camus Anna- I must take issue with your extremely loaded assertio... more » -
#veggietales
The Passion Of The Parsnip: Vegetarianism And The Feelings Of Plants
Arguing about food is totally a thing in this waning year, and now Natalie Angier has thrown her hat into the ring by claiming that plants have feelings too.
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#meatandmorals
Natalie Portman: If We Don't Tolerate Rape, Why Do We Tolerate Meat?
Today on the Huffington Post, actress/activist Natalie Portman has an impassioned defense of Jonathan Safran Foer's vegetarian manifesto Eating Animals. She writes that "being polite to your tablemates" shouldn't trump morality.
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#meatymusings
On Meat And Memory: What Vegetarians Give Up
Jonathan Safran Foer's Times Magazine essay on vegetarianism brings up an interesting point: for many people, becoming vegetarian means breaking with a lot of the cherished food memories that have made us who we are. More »
