Gettin' Friskies

I suppose I could just show this commercial and be like "lol this is what cats actually believe," but since this is a blog about veganism I feel I should analyze a little. What a weird dynamic we have where pets are a billion dollar industry and companies must market to the owners since they can't market to the cat. Again, we have the separation from reality, where the fish and turkeys and other animals in this video are happy and also appear to be tripping balls just like the cat. What I really dislike about this is the abuse of these other animals being fed to our feline friends through the capitalistic assembly line. It should not be cat vs. fish/turkey/chicken/etc., but an alliance of sorts for animal rights--the fight against ownership and the fight against abusive conditions. This is in the same disgusting vein as Soylent Green if you will.

Vegans in the Media

So there's a show called The Goode Family airing on Wednesday, May 27 at 9pm on ABC. The whole premise is that they're liberal vegan acivist do-gooders. I'm never too optimistic about how vegans are portrayed in the media, but since this show has no other plot line to focus on than "here is a vegan family," maybe they will come out as multidimensional characters, rather than a stereotype? Or maybe my hopes are too high...

According to Wikipedia, "The family dog, Che, is also vegan: he craves meat and often tries to eat neighborhood animals and pets." This part doesn't look so promising. If a dog had been raised without meat, then why would he crave it? Additionally, dogs are omnivores and can therefore live a vegetarian lifestyle. This aspect of the show worries me as it makes this vegan family appear to torture a companion animal.