138: ”Who am I to take another’s life?” - Paige Parsons Roache of UnchainedTV - Sentientism

Paige is Communications Director for the streaming platform UnchainedTV. After initially going vegan “for the environment” Jane became an ethical vegan after attending her first vigil with LA Animal Save. Paige later became a Contributor for JaneUnchained News where she reported on vigils, PETA protests, VegFests, book launches, Cubes of Truth & vegan conferences. Paige then became Booker for LunchBreakLIVE, a daily cooking show & Senior Booker for JaneUnChained News. Now, as UnchainedTV Comms Director & co-producer/co-host of the Plant Based In the ‘Burbs show, Paige brings inspiration, humor & humbleness to the kitchen, showing simple swap outs & easy recipes to inspire people to bring more plants on their plates. She also works with Gwenna Hunter who launched the first vegan food bank in Southern California.

In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “who matters?”

Sentientism is "evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings." The video of our conversation is here on YouTube.

We discuss:

00:00 Welcome

02:00 Paige's Intro

05:09 What's Real?

- Paradigm shifts & language

- Cultural differences re: dog & horse meat & values

- Living on a cattle ranch w/grandparents "hard work & love"

- California to Tennessee & back

- "I'm more #spiritual than religious"

- Agreed meanings of "humane" "so that humans can feel comfortable eating these animals"

- "A lot of systems are breaking down" some in a good way, some not so good

- #COP27 #greenwashing

- The Farm Bill, animal agriculture subsidies, lobbying

- How bad ethics & bad epistemology feed each other

- A sunday school teacher aunt

- Corporal punishment "for me there was a Bible & a ruler"

- "Pretty much buying into the American way... & #christianity "

- A spiritual workshop

- #thesecret & Michael Beckwith & the Agape International Spiritual Centre "A Baptist/Buddhist experience... this really fits my heart... commonality & peace"

- #transcendence & interconnectedness in both naturalistic & spiritual ways of thinking

- JW: Risks in spiritual movements that focus on "#manifesting your own future... so if bad things happen to you it's your fault" & high control & dangerous leaders & coercion

- "If we take personal responsibility we can socially change... stop blaming others"

- "Everything that has ever happened to me I take full responsibility for... even child abuse."

- "A brother who took his life at 19"... "losing both parents to brain injury"

- "I'd rather be empowered"

- Risks of victim-blaming, even when the victim is ourselves

- "There are situations where there are victims, perpetrators... (JW) & systemic influences we have very little control over"

- Children working in US slaughterhouses

- "Work towards justice for others"

...and much more. Full show notes at Sentientism.info.

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