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Guest blogger Melissa O'Conner discusses how best to spread the vegan message effectively and without becoming overbearing or preachy. READ MORE
Successful Advocacy Through Recognizing And Overcoming Denial
Dave Simon discusses how people use various psychological techniques to assist them in believing one thing and behaving in another way, with serious ethical implications. READ MORE
Who’s Minding The IACUC?: Research Nutshell
IACUC's might not be fulfilling their role in providing proper oversight of animal experiments in universities, and their makeup consists almost solely of animal researchers. READ MORE
The Visibility And Invisibility Of Pigs, Part One: Pigs In The City
The relationship between visibility and power can be seen most clearly in the largely unacknowledged lives and deaths of food animals, especially in those of the once urban pigs. READ MORE
Foie Gras In The Twin Cities: Unwanted By Restaurant Patrons And Bad For Ducks
Faunalytics helped administer the Twin Cities Dining Survey, which covered knowledge, attitudes, and the general dining habits of Twin Cities Residents. READ MORE
Veg’n Recidivism: Why is it Happening?
Advocates can use sociological theories to understand some of the social and cultural barriers to vegetarian maintenance. READ MORE
Returning to Meat: Who is Doing It, How it Happens, and What This Means for the Veg’n Movement
Why do vegetarians go back to meat? To begin to answer this question I thought of “going veg” within the context of a social movement. READ MORE
Simplifying Advocacy Materials And Decision Fatigue
When trying to bring consumers onto the side of animals, decision fatigue is an important consideration that needs to be addressed in our pamphlets and messaging. READ MORE
Cognitive Dissonance: Why The Truth Sets Nobody Free
If people simply understood the truth, then they would stop contributing to animal suffering. Or would they? READ MORE