The dehumanising effect of animal personhood
To argue that owning a pet is the same as being a parent is to dehumanise a child. Animal rights and human rights are not mutually exclusive but we when our fight for animal rights involves assigning personhood to animals we need to re-examine our priorities.
First Political Memory
The Young Foundation is inviting people to share their first political memory. The First Political Memory Project aims to: reconnect people’s everyday lives with politics through collecting and sharing stories of when people first became aware of the bigger world around them. I grew up in a very political household so trying to identify my [...]
Wake-up call from Zuqka Magazine
Thanks to Kamau Mutunga of Daily Nation’s Zuqka Magazine for writing about my blog. I have neglected this blog for too long….
Only a racist votes for a racist party
We need to be consistent in our condemnation of the BNP and its supporters. If the party is racist then so are its followers and maybe its time to revoke its political party status
Kenyan Bloggers Day (Prt 1.)
***Cross posted from A Thousand Words On June 1st 2006 Kenyans everywhere will be celebrating Madaraka Day. Madaraka Day commemorates the day that Kenya attained internal self-rule following an important milestone on the road to independence. To mark this event I have joined my fellow Kenyan Blog Webring (KBW) members as we blog in unison [...]
