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Jennie Ridler is our Featured Animal Ambassador for August. She is a member of the Campaign Team for LUSH. The team works hard to raise awareness and stimulate change around important social and environmental issues. A cornerstone issue for LUSH is animal testing and LUSH is one of very few [...]

July 27th, 2012 Vegan Mainstream Feature by Zoe Eisenberg While educated consumers may be aware of the lives that are lost for human consumption—both in food and the products we use—the vast majority of mainstream consumers are living in the dark. Many do not realize or think about the fact [...]

Early stages. Notes. Finding the shape and identifying the critical themes. . [...]

Toronto, June 6, 2012 – Ghosts Media Inc. proudly launches a new magazine-themed website: https://www.theghostsinourmachine.com to mark an exciting milestone for  The Ghosts In Our Machine, a character-driven, cross-platform documentary featuring animal rights photographer Jo-Anne McArthur. The film poses the moral question: Are animals property to be owned and used, [...]

Hello people, I am thrilled that we can share photographs with you now in a gallery setting. Take a moment if you can to click though the albums. We will have new ones often. Jo-Anne McArthur‘s images inspire reflection; self reflection. Some are difficult to see, while others pique curiosity [...]

Around 3 years ago, on what would be my father’s last visit to our house, he was sitting in the living room, petting our dog Betty and looking deeply into her eyes. I heard him ask in a very soft voice, “Where did you come from?” He had Alzheimer’s disease [...]

There are many reasons to become vegan:  it is good for your health, great for the environment, and better for animals.  My decision was based on the latter, but what propelled me to go on this journey was a four-legged dog named Madison. As I write this, I am sitting [...]

I feel like we live in Roman times and those of us who do not want to participate in consuming animals and/ or animal products are not unlike a few Romans who found slavery senseless. Certain opinions at certain times and places are radical and those who might advocate these [...]

Sentience – I understood it innately when I was young, as many children do, without needing the proof of science or having to wade through and beyond the dialogue of anthropomorphism. A dog yelps from fear or loneliness or frustration. At that age, our intellect doesn’t argue away this fact [...]

My personal journey with the theme of “ghosts” – The journeys of the products we consume are invisible. Cartons of milk do not advertise “The cow (recognized as CP#437A) who brought you this product gave birth to five calves who were taken away at birth and turned into veal at [...]