You're Not Allowed To Look Away
You're Not Allowed To Look Away A Reality Check about Civilization J. Daniel Sawyer Killing What You Eat This tweet crossed my feed a few days ago. Although the original poster is talking about men and women, I don’t think what she’d observing is really about men and women at all. In fact, believe it or not, it made me think about steak. When I was four years old, my grandfather came for a visit—a rare treat. He spent most of his time on his little cattle ranch in a foreign country, and only returned to the states once every few years. Dinner, too, was a rare treat: steak. This was back when steak was rich-people food—the poor (such as we were) ate hot dogs, chicken legs, and (if it were a very special occasion) hamburgers. I’m not sure I’d ever had a steak before, or if it was just unusual. I do remember being very excited about it. I had paid attention during ad breaks in my favorite cartoon shows and I had learned from the all-powerful television that there was a right-and-pro...