Asking someone to stop eating animals and animal products isn't simply asking for ...

Asking someone to stop eating animals and animal products isn’t simply asking for a change of behavior; if it were truly that simple we’d live in a very different world. It’s asking for a shift of consciousness. ~ Dr. Melanie Joy

You or I may not find the concept of vegetarianism "extreme" but to approximately ...

You or I may not find the concept of vegetarianism “extreme” but to approximately 98 percent of the U.S. population—the meat-eating majority—it certainly is. And you and I have an idea of what “animal rights” means that, I can assure you, is quite different from that of the average American. So if I want to reach people...I need to communicate in a way that they can hear. ~ Dr. Melanie Joy

The way systems that are built on privilege and oppression maintain themselves is ...

The way systems that are built on privilege and oppression maintain themselves is to remain invisible - and over time, as activists raise consciousness they become more and more visible. ~ Dr. Melanie Joy

When we're born into any dominant, entrenched system ...

When we’re born into any dominant, entrenched system, we inevitably absorb the system’s logic as our own. We learn to see the world through the eyes of the system. ~ Melanie Joy