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Beyond animal rights, the search for a sustainable and ethical vegan...
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It seemed so simple at first; I was an empathetic person, so I became vegetarian. Little did I know that my journey to ethical and socially just eating was only beginning – and it...
Vegan Recipe: Pickled Beets
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You can still find local beets around, thanks to their late harvest and long shelf life. Pickling these earthy, vibrant vegetables will help them last all winter long.
3-1/2 lb (1.6 kg) small red beets
2-1/2...
Talking about the Green
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Something's happening. For some time now, there have been efforts all around steering us in a direction—to be healthier, more sustainable, and kinder to the environment—to be "green."
If you disagree begin by considering organic...
Salad days: A five-day experiment in the world of healthy eating
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I’ve never been a healthy eater. That’s actually an understatement. I’ve been known to intake approximately one poutine per week. As I’ve “matured,” I’ve seen the value in healthy eating: people seem to be...
Most evil man on television: Breaking Bad challenges viewers to cheer...
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I’ll start with a brief disclaimer: if you aren’t caught up with Breaking Bad, or have yet to start watching the award-winning AMC drama, do not fret as I will attempt to keep this...
Hating horror: The scapegoat genre
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A man chokes out a high-pitched wail. He is thrashing face down on a weight lifting bench as a drill churns his anal cavity into borscht. To the casual observer the camcorder grade footage seems...
Evil in the forebrain: The neuroscience of psychopathy
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The myth of “pure evil” is a bad joke, resulting from and sustained by other unhelpful binaries: good and bad, right and wrong, normal and abnormal, and hot and cold.
How bad? How wrong? How...
