Tag: meat

Literal Toxic Masculinity

By Erik Loomis

In General

On August 21, 2020

I love/hate this so much. James Blunt developed scurvy after adopting an all-meat diet to assert his masculinity https://t.co/n6m9dNwSqc pic.twitter.com/zarV44uH9v — Jezebel (@Jezebel) August 20, 2020 Men have issues. Serious issues. I wonder if Jordan Peterson is still alive or if he’s been moved to an even more ridiculous country (Albania, Belarus?) to get his […]

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The Moral Meats

By Erik Loomis

On May 21, 2020

Since we are talking a lot about meat right now, Jonathan Safran Foer argues that eating meat is terrible. I don’t really want to reference Foer because I dislike his writing so much. But at the

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Meat and American Ancestor Memory

By Erik Loomis

On May 20, 2020

One thing COVID-19 has done is make it a good time to discuss America’s ridiculous obsession with meat. The terrible conditions of the meatpacking plants that long predate the pandemic, but whic

A Nation of Meat

By Erik Loomis

In General

On May 18, 2020

It’s not just that our meatpacking system is a crime against both animal and humanity long before COVID-19. It’s that the idea of going a day without meat is counter to what it means to be an American. I am not surprised at all that the big “let’s force them back to work regardless of […]

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A Course Called “Meats”

By Erik Loomis

On December 15, 2016

Rick Perry is not the brightest bulb in the world. As Texas proves over and over again, a lack of intelligence is no barrier to being elected to statewide office. Perry went to school at Texas A&

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Chicken Minced Meat

By Erik Loomis

On August 16, 2016

I am soon returning to East Coast Exile, reality, and regular blogging. Until then, this. 1980's Soviet Estonian TV ad for minced chicken meat by filmmaker Harry Egipt. A vegetarian's nightmar

Who’s Ready for Some Pork Sashimi?

By Erik Loomis

In General

On May 30, 2016

Hmmm…. Since the popularization of beef tartare in the 1950s and sushi in the 1980s, raw animal products have been a widely accepted luxury item in the US. But historically, raw pork was seldom, if ever, seen on menus, even in the most adventurous of nose-to-tail restaurants. In fact, there’s no other non-poultry meat that […]

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What’s For Dessert?

By Erik Loomis

On March 21, 2016

Forget about what’s for dinner. What’s for dessert? Horror has a face… and you must make a friend of horror. (via https://t.co/5V6P52pN5h) pic.twitter.com/4xNnsTvaX6 — 70s Dinn

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Meat Tax

By Erik Loomis

On December 13, 2015

I don’t know that a meat tax could work in reducing consumption to fight climate change, but at least it’s good to see environmentalists understanding that any such move would need to incl

Hog Drives

By Erik Loomis

In General

On May 4, 2015

I confess I knew nothing about 19th century hog drives, which were like cattle drives except with much more independent minded animals and generally took place in Appalachia and not the Great Plains. Pork was the staple meat of the nation before the rise of packaged beef in refrigerated rail cars. So I guess such […]

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Government Food Guidelines

By Erik Loomis

On February 21, 2015

Nina Teicholz challenges government food guidelines as unscientific and unhealthy: It’s no surprise that longstanding nutritional guidelines are now being challenged. In 2013, government advice to r

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Imperialist Food Coverage

By Erik Loomis

On December 26, 2014

I know The Economist has its roots in the British imperialist world. And I also know that the Chinese eat enough pork to play a not small role in global environmental degradation. However, an article

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