But what if your vagina dentata needs a little freshener between meals and doesn’t have a toothbrush?

My point, again, is that “consent’ is awfully tricky when it comes to animals.

How is dogfighting universally not consensual? “Consent,” when it comes to animals, is a little trickier of a concept than with humans.

I am extremely curious to know your logic. Dogfighting is about as consensual as anything you can talk a small child into doing.

Dogs have prey drive. Dogs also have the drive to fight other dogs to defend territory. Humans breeding dogs to never, ever give up and then fighting them until they are seriously injured, cannot be consensual.

Dog fighting, “done right”, is not the worst thing in the world IMO. Dog fighting should be people breeding dogs to be game, then training them to be fit and strong. They are well-socialised and favourites are kept as pets post-career.

But it is still producing animals to injure each other for your own gratification, and culling them if they’re not good enough/when they’re too old. And that’s best case scenario.

Dogs do not have an awareness of self. How the fucking fuck can you say they can consent to anything?!

I would like to posit that Barbie does not have cankles. Barbie’s feet are too small, so it makes her tiny ankles look thick by comparison. Barbie’s feet morphology has ALWAYS bothered me, even as a kid. I’d stare at her ankles and feet and think, “But human lower legs just don’t LOOK like that!” They’re so much more elegant and structured than that. But there’s a good reason why Barbie has stumps for feet – so her clothes don’t get caught up on them! I had a beautiful Jem doll when I was a kid (Stormer, I still have her, she’s the best!) and whenever I tried to dress her in clothes, I would go through the frustration of having them get caught on her wonderful huge feet. I really loved the big feet on the Hasbro fashion dolls, and the lovely natural breasts and full hips. I looked at those dolls, even as a child, and thought, “Yeah! Women actually look something like that!”

… I’m a little passionate about fashion dolls. I liked collecting them, and I’d still collect them today if I had scads of money and a whole room to devote to it. Instead I play The Sims 2.

Anyway, this is essentially as close as you’re going to get to meat without animal slaughter. (As an aside, I’m not a vegetarian). I definitely recommend trying it (and would love to know what you think and would for sure be willing to pass your thoughts on to Allison Burgess), but I will say this: it’s SUPER pricey. It should be in NY for about $8 a pound, maybe 6 or 7 in the midwest depending on where you are. They sometimes do taste testings which might be a neat (free) alternative.

But yeah, it’s vegan, it’s in the process of getting kosher-certified, etc.

Just a thought in the spirit of the posted article. Keep in mind that I haven’t actually tried the product; I just researched it. I don’t actually know how to get to my nearest WF.