Caroline sent me this great article from the NY Times, and it couldn't have come at a more perfect time for me as I am just about to finish Ruth L. Ozeki's My Year of Meats. Ozeki's novel tells the story of two women struggling to find their voice in the face of male domination and violence which is a story that becomes mirrored in their relationship to meat and meat production. It's really brilliant -- it reminds me of The Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol Adams which very accurately documents the relationship between the sexualization and commodification of women's bodies and the bodies of animals.
Anyhoo. The article in the Times points out all the myriad reasons why the average American's consumption of meat is wholly unsustainable and ultimately barbaric in a world where so many are dying of hunger and malnutrition and the Earth's resources are running on empty. So, you should read it.
