: About Me

I have a BA in both English literature and language and History. I also have a passion for issues of human rights, environementalism, animal rights, and feminism.

My passion is ...

justice

I know too much about ...

anything without practical application.

My parents always told me ...

no raisins, no nuts. (When they weren't home. They're choking hazards)"

My childhood ambition ...

veterinarian, Queen of the World

My favorite memory ...

Blowing everyone away with my Bat Mitzvah Torah chanting.

Why I write ...

because I can.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

anything that captures me, makes me laugh, or gives me a puzzle to solve

My first job ...

Sales associate at the Body Shop

My best moment ...

Hearing that one of my professors had called me "the smartest person in the class"

My inspiration ...

Animals

Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) Factory farming leads to cruelty to humans

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What is the experience of a worker in a factory farm or slaughter house? Well, it's not dissimilar from the experience of animals in factory farms, as workers' needs go unmet in areas of sanitation, health care, safety, and comfort. The fatality rate for farm workers is five times higher than the all-industry rate (factoryfarming.com). OSHA rates meat-processing as one of the most hazardous jobs in America. Assuming full-time employment, most workers fall on or below the poverty line, and many employees do not get work or wages during seasonal slow-downs. Many employees are illegal immigra...

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