tweets for 2011-05-09
May 9th, 2011 6:00 am by Kelly Garbato- …and thanks to everyone for the RTs!
# - is off to bed. Wishing moms everywhere – human & non, bio & adoptive, same & cross-species – a joyous & peaceful Mother's Day. #
- @WesleyTech So true! in reply to WesleyTech #
- @exhibitsmith Nice to meet you! @harryjarry is also from KC, and @veganwordnerd lives in St. Louis
in reply to exhibitsmith # - & Once more, for Kaylee: Bittersweet Mother’s Day Kisses & Vegan Birthday Wishes – http://bit.ly/ju9Vjt #happymothersday @furkids #
- On a Lighter Note – Cows Like Grass http://bit.ly/craGZy Mother cows, too! Happy Mother's Day! #
- Exploitation + Objectification = Conklin Farms. (In other words, business as usual.) by @marlavegan #happymothersday #feminism #vegan #
- Dairy’s Dark Side: A @MercyForAnimals Investigation of Willet Dairy in NY http://bit.ly/cXOJyY #happymothersday #
- When the love you feel is against the laws of those in control, then love is a political act. http://bit.ly/mULYud #happymothersday @furkids #
- Intersections: Black female slave vivisection, non-human animal experimentation, & the foundation of Western gynecology http://bit.ly/kqLXao #
- @Animal_Place Animal Spotlight: Sadie the “dairy cow” http://bit.ly/kYs4Jm A mother without children. #happymothersday #feminism #
- Dairy cow suffering from a typical case of mastitis: http://bit.ly/9dEHl1 Stop stealing her milk; http://www.govegannow.com #
- The Life of One Battery Hen: http://bit.ly/cXm5Yu These females are mothers, too. #happymothersday #feminism #
- Do you wish what she wishes? http://bit.ly/bldXuB Make this mom's wishes come true this Mother's Day; go #vegan #
- A downed calf in a stockyard, still wet from birth & already dying: http://bit.ly/9QIsds #happymothersday http://www.govegannow.com #
- Dairy, Pregnancy, Leather, and Newborns: What Are You Funding? http://bit.ly/9fNjpM Stop, for the love of mothers everywhere. #
- Angelo the lamb, an orphan of the meat industry: http://bit.ly/3sXIKH His mother is not with him today. #happymothersday #
- Meet Karma & her son Mr. Rojas, who are celebrating a #happymothersday – together: http://bit.ly/4u8EiP #
- The Valentine Pigs – a mother's loss, a stranger's kindness. http://bit.ly/lZ33fR #happymothersday #govegan – for them (via @WoodstockFarm) #
- A dead hen's resting place http://bit.ly/aUBj0K She is someone’s mother. #happymothersday http://www.govegannow.com #
- Milk is white blood – & it comes from a grieving mother. http://bit.ly/aXC28P There is no #happymothersday for her. #
- This is what becomes of a dairy cow’s sons: http://bit.ly/cpOTzX Respect mothers everywhere; go #vegan this Mother’s Day. #
- Mother pigs confined to gestation crates: http://bit.ly/cecgiD Should any mother be forced to nurse this way? http://www.govegannow.com #
- RT @liberationbc Celebrate All Mothers: Send a Cow Ribbon E-Card | Our Hen House http://bit.ly/j5bj9C #happymothersday #feminism #
- Horizontal Women: http://bit.ly/3L7xss Should any mother be forced to nurse her babies from a cage? Mother's Day – what's it to you? #
- Speaking up for mothers, daughters, sons & fathers. http://bit.ly/aIF7Of #happymothersday http://www.govegannow.com #
- Cupid and Harrison, Industry Orphans who found refuge @FarmSanctuary: http://bit.ly/dnEpDN Where are their mothers today? #
- Puppy mills are hell on earth for moms & their pups: http://bit.ly/aHl6pu Remember them this Mother’s Day; adopt, foster and/or sponsor! #
- Desensitizing Children & Returning to Compassion by @vegancook http://bit.ly/kmBOtu Inspiring Mother’s Day viewing! #happymothersday #
- On mares, wet nurses & shared exploitations. http://bit.ly/cOVHwY Subverted motherhood hurts, no matter your species. #happymothersday #
- 300 million egg laying hens are confined in US battery cages every year. They are childless mothers. http://www.govegannow.com #mothersday #
- A Cow’s Milk Is Not Yours to Take: http://bit.ly/bHUUmt It is a mother's, to give to her baby! #happymothersday – for whom? #
- Cinderella & the hen in the mirror: http://bit.ly/aw9bi7 #HappyMothersDay #
- An Affront to the Idea of Family by @mary_martin http://bit.ly/iRJv2b #happymothersday #
- Rescuing “layers”; bearing witness to a mother’s suffering http://bit.ly/a5Ei9m #happymothersday #feminism #
- Baby cows, packed in veal crates: http://bit.ly/csV4Wd They are someone’s sons. #happymothersday http://www.govegannow.com #
- On Motherhood and Pizza, by @mary_martin http://bit.ly/isQz7L “Go vegan for all mothers, and have a Happy Mother’s Day!” #
- Vegan Peace of Cake for Mother's Day http://tumblr.com/xfd2fxyjgb #
- Rebirth http://bit.ly/jJ6Pbl #happymothersday geese. Love your children, fiercely; and for the many of your brethren who cannot. #
- Why wear a Cow Ribbon on Mother's Day? http://bit.ly/dpPw7H Cows are mothers & have mothers, too! #happymothersday #feminism #
- The Stare of Sadie http://bit.ly/bT0rbH A haunting story about a haunted mother. This Mother's Day, remember Sadie & her babies. #
- Baby female ducklings are considered refuse by the foie gras industry: http://bit.ly/90vf5j #happymothersday http://www.govegannow.com #
- 100 “spent” hens, Coming Home: http://bit.ly/bcw1fV Celebrate them this Mother’s Day; leave them w/their eggs. http://www.govegannow.com #
- Domesticating Animals: From Reverence to Ownership by @vegancook http://bit.ly/k3lq4A #happymothersday http://www.govegannow.com #
- Animal Photo of the Week: Loretta and Harrison http://bit.ly/ajhDXG Happy Mother’s Day! #happymothersday #
- Chicken, chicken, why aren't you; With your mother hen so true? http://bit.ly/dcN3VL A Mother’s Day song. #happymothersday #
- Louise's Passionate Life: http://bit.ly/bUBwsZ “Louise bloomed like a rose over her egg…” #happymothersday #feminism #
- Photo: “A lone hen escapes the battery cages,” via Farm Sanctuary on flickr. http://tumblr.com/xfd2fwiydn #
- You Wouldn’t Eat a Baby … Right? by @veganwordnerd http://bit.ly/jTSudK #happymothersday #feminism #
- Photo: Sound of a Battery Hen http://tumblr.com/xfd2fwhtvp #happymothersday #
- “No profit, they are just useless eaters,” says the farmer of mothers, fathers, daughters & sons. http://bit.ly/dqn0jy #happymothersday #
- Ruby Likes to Sit: http://bit.ly/k9o9tF #happymothersday to Ruby’s adopted family @Animal_Place! #
- Dairy cows are NOT happy cows; they are grieving mothers, them all http://bit.ly/9ULzuJ #happymothersday http://www.govegannow.com #
- Female exploitation & maternal instincts: http://bit.ly/2KGVnc Bear witness to the lives & deaths of nonhuman moms this Mother's Day. #
- Connecting with Animals by @vegancook http://bit.ly/jRQgWC Mothers, daughters, fathers & sons. #happymothersday http://www.govegannow.com #
- Photo: Meat is murder, dairy is rape. http://tumblr.com/xfd2fvxidi #happymothersday #
- Photo: Don't Let Him Kill Me! http://tumblr.com/xfd2fvvd0n #happymothersday #
- Erica the goat: more than a milk machine. http://bit.ly/kpBgdJ Sister. Daughter. Mother. Friend. @WoodstockFarm resident! #happymothersday #
- They are someone’s babies http://bit.ly/9d2uy5 Not products to buy & sell. Adopt, don’t purchase. #happymothersday http://www.petfinder.com #
- Dahlia and Lena – Two Hens Battle Over One Baby Chick: http://bit.ly/aECObk Lovely Mother’s Day story from @upcnews #
- Letter from a #vegan world: http://bit.ly/3ZP0Gt On behalf of mothers, daughters, sons and fathers; let them live in peace. #
- Raining “Veal” Calves: http://bit.ly/94kyvP What becomes of an enslaved mother's unwanted children. #happymothersday #feminism #
- @mary_martin On the Gift of Awareness http://bit.ly/mfCzzV #consumerism #parenting #
- “Vegan Pregnancies & Homebirths are Dangerous, C-Sections are Normal” Misguided Fear in Prenatal Care USA http://bit.ly/jnEALK #
- On the sad, sorrowful bellowing of a mother cow torn from her calf: http://bit.ly/cAUKNX #happymothersday #feminism #
- Angie & Fiona: http://bit.ly/b9E9x3 Adoptive motherhood in the pig world. Happy Mother’s Day to all, & to all a good life. #
- RT @liberationbc PROVOKED: Let's STOP! Killing Other Mother's Children http://bit.ly/iT08Z9 #happymothersday #feminism #
- Sistah #Vegan (@sistahvegan) on maternal health: http://bit.ly/bx2EMW Queen Afua’s “Sacred Woman” & Decolonizing the Womb #
- Mechanized milking stalls at a California dairy: http://bit.ly/c1tZda This milk belongs to them, not us. #happymothersday http://www.govegannow.com #
- 100 million piglets are stolen from their mothers every year; go #vegan http://bit.ly/ZQ73i & Happy Mother's Day! #feminism #
- Celebrating the Universal Mother in all of us, by @marlavegan. http://bit.ly/mJJwxk #happymothersday #feminism #
- Photo: Mothers: Take back what's yours! http://tumblr.com/xfd2fux7tm #happymothersday #
- This Mother’s Day, help @Animal_Place rescue & rehome “retired” “laying” hens. http://bit.ly/iZQmWZ Also: http://www.govegannow.com #
- To Kaylee, on Mother's Day with love (and marshmallows!) http://bit.ly/ju9Vjt @furkids #happymothersday #dearmama #
- Mother’s Day reading from @upcnews – Thinking Like a Chicken: Farm Animals & The Feminine Connection: http://bit.ly/c2l3kc #
- They love, laugh, rejoice, grieve & share. http://bit.ly/9unHjW Go #vegan for moms everywhere. Happy Mother's Day! #
- Show compassion for animals with a Mother's Day cow ribbon by @TheVeganRD http://exm.nr/fS9L3Y #happymothersday #feminism #vegan #
- On “The Circular Glance” and Mother’s Day by @mary_martin on @AntiOppression #
- “Laying” hens are mothers, not machines – stop stealing their eggs & go #vegan http://bit.ly/OQOk6 #happymothersday #feminism #
- “I’ll make them love it.” http://bit.ly/i8vUhn A mother is a mother, no matter her species. Go #vegan – for them. #happymothersday #feminism #
- @furkids friday: #happymothersday http://bit.ly/iNfeQG Scenes of love, compassion & mothering love from my own life. #
- This is how mothers are treated in puppy mills: http://bit.ly/aCPy0Q Always adopt, never buy! #happymothersday #feminism #
- Becoming Empowered by @vegancook http://bit.ly/kszT9T It’s not that we CAN made a difference; we DO, w/each meal #happymothersday #
- RT @AntiOppression Happy Mother’s Day from Marji http://bit.ly/l7CJbu (This is a cute, sweet one!) #happymothersday #
- Meet rescued pigs Patsy & Judy, named after the Woodstock FAS director's mom and grand-mom! http://bit.ly/kxSR3V #happymothersday #
- To know chickens: “Their everything in between is just like our everything in between” http://bit.ly/jaIVXs #happymothersday #feminism #
- #HappyMothersDay from The “V” Word: http://bit.ly/iQp2CD (Bacon: The Early Years) #
- Mother cows gestate their babies for nine months, just like human mothers. http://www.govegannow.com – For Mother’s Day & for good. #
- Celebrate a #vegan Mother’s Day with a little help from @vegweb! http://vegweb.com/holiday/ #happymothersday #
- Photo: Please don't kill my baby! http://tumblr.com/xfd2fsnmf6 #happymothersday #
- A mother cow refuses to leave the side of her dead calf at a California dairy: http://bit.ly/c1EIoJ Learn more http://cowribbon.com #
- Mother's Day Secrets @postsecret – http://www.postsecret.com #
- @vegancook on the exploitation of females & corruption of motherhood in animal ag: http://bit.ly/inbLKO #happymothersday #feminism #
- RT @ACLU BLOG: For Mother's Day, Screw Chocolate! Give Your Mom Equality! http://aclu.org/lgT4 #happymothersday #feminism #
- Caring for the Sick, Weak and Injured: http://bit.ly/b2WT6g A Mother’s Day ray of hope. #happymothersday #feminism #
- Restoration: http://bit.ly/aXkCUc On healing a flock of childless mothers. #happymothersday #feminism #
- Send Mom compassionate, inclusive Mother's Day wishes w/ecards from the Cow Ribbon Campaign! http://bit.ly/cCespy #happymothersday #feminism #
- Walle’s Shadow: http://bit.ly/eWBjyk the turkey who “saved herself” #happymothersday @AntiOppression #
- Dairy is a Death Sentence – Every year, millions of newborns are killed for their mothers’ milk. http://bit.ly/acNHi7 #happymothersday #
- Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs: http://bit.ly/hqYPnh The Handmaid’s Tale made real for our nonhuman sisters. #happymothersday #
- Maternal Instincts http://bit.ly/mzrfT2 @vegancook on “the primal instincts all mammals have for their young” #happymothersday #govegan #
- Lovely! A Mother’s Loving Protection, A Father’s Dedication: A Family Like Any Other http://bit.ly/a4g2sS #happymothersday #
- Mother’s Day & The Feminist’s Dilemma by @VeganAri http://bit.ly/k2MKPe #happymothersday #feminism #
- Female “breeding” turkeys are lined up & inseminated artificially on breeding farms. http://bit.ly/cljGaD #happymothersday #
- Lessons from Mom. Breakfast in Bed Menu. And a Song. http://bit.ly/l4ICny #happymothersday #vegan #
- Photo: Wear your Cow Ribbon and join hundreds of compassionate animal lovers in showing support for all… http://tumblr.com/xfd2fr86c6 #
- @Animal_Place Animal Spotlight: Howie the cow http://bit.ly/ihas2f After his mom died in childbirth, he was dumped at the local shelter. #
- 55 Billion Reasons to Live #Vegan many of them are mothers: http://bit.ly/9unHjW Celebrate this Mother's Day with compassion. #
- Breast Milk to Share, Breast Milk Not to Steal by @veganwordnerd #happymothersday #feminism #
- "A cow is so much like a woman" – & dairy cows are mothers, too! http://bit.ly/cAUKNX #happymothersday #feminism #
- A Mother’s Love by @EVOLVECampaigns http://bit.ly/kyklMj I dare you not to cry. #happymothersday #
- Meet Fern, a baby goat who was born at a goat milk & meat facility in Upstate NY. http://bit.ly/lv5vMa Now she lives free @WoodstockFarm. #
- RT @pcrmlf: For #MothersDay RT this and help chimpanzee moms and babies like Jody and Levi http://ow.ly/4NXZT #
- No Mercy: A @MercyForAnimals Investigation of E6 Cattle Co. in Hart, Texas http://bit.ly/javmgz They are their mother’s children. #
- Forget About Equal, How About Alive by @mary_martin http://bit.ly/mA6HTg Too many people see machines where there are mothers. #
- Mother Love: http://bit.ly/bucPgf – A Mother’s Day Sanctuary Tail from @FarmSanctuary #happymothersday #feminism #
- New Beginnings for “Old” Hens http://bit.ly/aWTDoQ Happy Mother's Day to these 45 rescue hens. May all moms live free one day. #
- Check it: the @vegnews guide to celebrating a #vegan Mother's Day: http://bit.ly/hwqMFh – TO BRUNCH & BEYOND! #happymothersday #
- @vegancook on “the violence inherent in a system that is built on killing living beings day in and day out” http://bit.ly/kw26Mx #
- A #vegan on Mother's Day (and every other day) by @marlavegan http://exm.nr/gwUN6I #happymothersday #feminism #
- How do YOU say “Don’t kill my baby!”? Should any mother have to? Make this a #happymothersday – for all moms. http://bit.ly/c6g9Jb #
- Make this Mother’s Day a beautiful one; go #vegan w/a little help from @upcnews http://bit.ly/bq1V6r #happymothersday #
- A lovely vid by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau (@vegancook) on awakening to the suffering of animals: http://bit.ly/mBo9Cw #happymothersday #
- Your #Vegan Mom’s Mother's Day Brunch: http://bit.ly/gxMXHg #whatveganseat on #happymothersday #
- Sarah’s Diary: Remembering nonhuman mothers on Mother's Day http://bit.ly/bc5jEp #happymothersday #feminism #
- Millions of moms will spend this Mother’s Day confined to battery cages: http://bit.ly/a3670e Go #vegan for them: http://bit.ly/jiWByu #
- Forgotten Mothers, Disappeared Daughters: Remember them this Mother's Day http://bit.ly/d3JzFN #happymothersday #feminism #
- Photo: Milk comes from a grieving mother. http://tumblr.com/xfd2fprrbc #happymothersday #
- RT @IAmDrTiller Best Mother’s Day Gift Ever: Reproductive Rights http://ow.ly/4PGKM #happymothersday #prochoice #
- Why animal rights are (still) a feminist issue by @katrinafox http://bit.ly/mhrEss http://www.govegannow.com, and have a #HappyMothersDay #
- Gilly’s Story (from egg machine to rescue hen): http://bit.ly/e0RYFm Excerpted from http://novoiceunheard.org #happymothersday #govegan #
- Sweetie & Me: http://bit.ly/aLRQ4j On rescuing a broiler chick/Hurricane Katrina refugee. Daughter, friend, person. #
- Young pigs who died while confined: http://bit.ly/lWHpm Notice the mothers who grieve from their crates? http://www.govegannow.com #
- Sistah #Vegan (@sistahvegan) on consuming love as a way to find love: http://bit.ly/ik9gvO #happymothersday #
- 9 million mothers are imprisoned in US dairy farms every year. They are not allowed to nurture their babies. http://www.govegannow.com #
- This Mother's Day, call for peace for the mothers and daughters of eastern Congo. Watch Javier Bardem's video: http://bit.ly/lfOU7D #
- Chico ♥s Dorothy: http://bit.ly/amVQqe Animal families, human families – it’s all the same. We all love and grieve. #happymothersday #
- Animal Photo of the Week: Mother and Child: http://bit.ly/cchble Goats! #happymothersday #feminism #
- Cows are among nature’s most protective mothers. Let them exercise their maternal instincts. http://www.govegannow.com #happymothersday #
- A Mother’s Day Soirée from @vegnews http://bit.ly/hwqMFh #whatveganseat on #happymothersday #
- Ari Solomon is a #feminist & he has a (Mother's Day) dilemma: http://huff.to/bDgwZW #happymothersday #
- For every dairy cow, many veal calves: http://bit.ly/9bZ6cF Respect these mothers & children; http://www.govegannow.com #
- Vegan Dad’s Annual Mother's Day Neighbourhood #Vegan Brunch: http://bit.ly/fSWlK8 #whatveganseat on #happymothersday #
- This Mother's Day, remember: Milk Comes from a Grieving Mother http://bit.ly/bDZ8BJ Go #vegan – for her. #happymothersday #feminism #
- Babies should not come into the world like this: http://bit.ly/ayymwX Go #vegan for Mother’s Day & for life: http://bit.ly/jiWByu #
- Her puppies are not yours to take: http://bit.ly/9Xyi7Y Adopt, don’t buy. #happymothersday – to moms everywhere. http://www.petfinder.com #
- 10 billion chicks are hatched in the US egg & meat factories every year. They will never know their mother’s touch. http://www.govegannow.com #
- Treat mom (& dad) to a Picnic on the Prairie next Sunday @ http://www.peacefulprairie.org – http://bit.ly/fIZaVT #vegan #
- She is someone's mother – NOT someone's dinner. http://bit.ly/buPHj2 Happy Mother's Day to moms of all species. #
- When Marcie arrived, she had already lost everything; her freedom, her family, her youth, every baby she had ever had. http://bit.ly/8XAkGf #
- To My Son on Mother's Day, 2010… by @marlavegan http://bit.ly/hM4evM #happymothersday #feminism #vegan #
- On Mother’s Day, many moms are Uninvited to the Party: http://bit.ly/imk5dq (by @abortiongang) #
- VegNewsletter, #Vegan Mother's Day Edition! http://bit.ly/fD9pnH #whatveganseat on #happymothersday #
- Animal Farms, Animal Factories http://bit.ly/4uF8Mo Using art to give voice to nonhuman mothers. #happymothersday #feminism #
- This Mother’s Day, @FarmSanctuary Encourages Public to Honor Mothers of All Species http://tinyurl.com/2bu6csn #
- This Mother's Day, celebrate all mothers! http://cowribbon.com #happymothersday #feminism #
















