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Listen up, ladies (and men who care about women’s rights, duh!), because this one’s for you:
As an animal rights activist AND a feminist, I’ve always felt that it’s important for us women and girls to recognize the connection between feminism and the treatment of cows used by the dairy industry. While this may sound like a stretch at first, here’s why:
All cows who are used for their milk are female—in case ya didn’t already know that!
Female cows don’t need to be milked. Female cows produce milk for the same reason that human women do: to feed THEIR babies. On factory farms, calves are torn away from their mothers so that the momma cow’s milk can be saved for human consumption (we’re the ONLY species that drinks another species’ milk regularly—so weird!). This is what it looks like:
Cows produce milk only after they’ve been pregnant. In order to get cows pregnant, farmers forcibly impregnate them on what the industry calls a “rape rack.” Uhhhhh … read that again. A rape rack. That’s literally what it’s called. Can you really consider yourself someone who stands up for all females if you condone farmers’ use of RAPE RACKS to impregnate cows—just so they can DRAG their babies away and repeat the whole thing again?
Female cows in the dairy industry are treated as nothing more than baby- and milk-making machines—with no regard for their emotional lives. If they were allowed to do so, mother cows would spend months with their young, teaching, nurturing, and bonding with them. On factory farms, all they can do is cry out for their babies as they’re violently dragged away. For the milk to make it to grocery-store shelves, cows are hooked up to milking machines for most of their lives. No “old MacDonald’s farm” here. When their milk production decreases and the cows are no longer profitable, they’re sent to slaughter.
If you still aren’t getting the connection, let me break it down for you: Women and girls EVERYWHERE are being used and abused. Many of us have grown up in male-dominated societies that tell us what to do with our bodies and how they should be used, and sadly, we’re often seen as nothing more than objects. Many women and girls are forced into situations where they lose control over their bodies—and far too often, other people think that they deserve this control. That’s what’s happening to cows on dairy farms every single day—all for a totally unnecessary and disgusting product.
No moms want to be hooked up to a rape rack, be forcibly impregnated, and have their baby taken away from them. It’s up to us to exercise our “girl power” (the best kind of power there is!) and say enough is enough!
You know that this is wrong, but the good news is that it’s SO easy to help. All you have to do is stick to dairy-free alternatives to milk and cheese, which is easier than ever!
Learn more about dairy products and how you can help cows:
1. Check this page out for tips on ditching dairy.
2. Get the scoop on vegan cheese here!
3. Take action here for cows used for their milk, then share this page by clicking the buttons below.
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Exposing the Big Game 
FIAT LUX ! (Genesis)
Oh dear lord, those video clips. No matter how much footage I see, it never fails to break the heart into pieces. I cry every time, and will lose sleep for the rest of my life. If only every devoted human mothers could see the connection between their child’s diet, and the suffering of another mother and child.
It is encouraging to see so many new products now to help people make that transition from dairy. I just finished a snack of Black Pepper Treenut Cheese spread from Parmela Creamery. It’s really a great time to be a veg or go veg.
I gave my wife the “Artisan Vegan Cookbook,” by Miyoko Schinner (Author of Now and Zen). I’m looking for to trying the results, once she finds the necessary ingredients.
I use Daiya cheese slices. They melt and stretch just like real cheese does and they really perk up a dish.
Maureen, have you tried the new-ish slices from Field Roast, by any chance? I just picked up my first pack and really liked the flavor (made with coconut oil).
Wow, from Field Roast? Where did you get find that, Ingrid?
Ingrid, I’m Canadian. Unfortunately, we don’t have the variety of products of any kind that you folks have in the US. I’ve never seen the Field Roast slices here.
They’re pretty new, called Chao Slices. I bought them at PCC, but I think Whole Foods is supposed to carry them, too. Do you have any natural markets in your area? I’ve had a few people say they’ll eat the slices raw even though they’re not vegans. I ate the tomato cayenne ones raw and liked them, but didn’t find the other variety I tried (creamy original) quite as good unless melted. Here’s the product page. I have no financial interest (lol). http://fieldroast.com/product/chao-slices/
There’s no Whole Foods within 80 miles of here, but I do remember now seeing the Field Roasts Chao page. I look forward to trying it; all Field Roast products are amazing in their “realism.” We had a Celebration Roast for Christmas (and for several days afterward). I recommend it to everyone and like you, I have no financial interest either (although if I had the $ to invest in stock that’s where it would go).
Jesus Christ, I literally screamed. 😦 We are despicable creatures!!!!
It gives me much sadness to observe just how shallow the majority of human beings are, the shallow things we concentrate on and find important, when there is misery like this going on behind the scenes.
For example, testing cosmetics on animals because some chick was born with pale eyelashes and wants darker ones. Thems the breaks, honey! No animal should have to suffer pain and misery for that.
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