About Michael J. Faris
I study rhetoric and composition as a PhD student in the English Department at Penn State University.
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sexual politics of meat
In some respects we all acknowledge the sexual politics of meat. When we think that men, especially male athletes, need meat, or when wives report that they could give up meat but they fix it for their husbands, the overt … Continue reading
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compulsory meat eating
Of course you can always count on secular colleges to promote absurdity. One recent workshop at the University of California Santa Cruz was entitled: Compulsory Meat-Eating and the Lesbian Vegetarian Connection. The thrust of the workshop was how eating meat … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Gender, Queer issues and theory, Vegetarianism
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