Sentientism | "Who am I to take another's life?" - Paige Parsons Roache of @UNCHAINEDTV - Sentientism Ep: 138 @Sentientism | Uploaded January 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
*Content Warning* mentions child abuse & suicide.
Paige is Comms 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. Find Paige @PaigeParsonsRoache on all socials.
In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “what matters?”
Sentientism is "evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings." The audio is on our Podcast: apple.co/391khQO & https://anchor.fm/sentientism.
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"
35:19 What & Who Matters?
- Religious ethics "ultimately about obedience"
- "Thou shalt not kill... do unto others... are still cornerstones"
- Daughter goes vegetarian at 9 the vegan at 13 yrs old after seeing animal farming videos
- "I'm going to support her but it was inconvenient" cooking, family gatherings
- Watching @cowspiracyfilm with daughter "Within the first 15 mins... I'm going vegan... animals matter... animals have #sentience ... who am I am to take another's life?"
- How veganism is trivialised/seen as a "hobby" vs. other social justice causes
- Avoidng vegan activists "I didn't want to know - that was their world"
- A #harikrishna temple
- @ed.winters "I've been lied to all these years... how did I not know?"
- Learning about #dairy
- "The best way to handle this [types of trauma] is with a professional"
- How responsibility, accountability & compassion relate "empathising with others"
- "Being someone who was victimised... I want justice for all"
53:23 How Can We Make a Better Future?
- "A responsibility for social change"
- "Heal ourselves first"
- "Hope in action"
- So many of our systems "were set up broken"
- #microplastics
- Breaking Boundaries film
- "We need to work together... create that village feeling again"
- Removing subsidies from harmful industries
- "My activism isn't yours... get in there & start doing it"
- Learning broadcasting
- #plantbased products & "foodworthiness"
- Gwenna Hunter's #vegan #foodbanks #VegansofLosAngeles
- Talking to animal farmers "The day before I was vegan I wasn't"
- Helping animal farms transition (Miyoko, RAP)
- "Nobody wants to work in a slaughterhouse"
- "The animals are rising up"
- #Christspiracy film
- Elwood's Dog Meat & farming toddlers
... & much more!
#Sentientism is “Evidence, reason & compassion for all #sentient beings.” More at sentientism.info/. Join our "I'm a Sentientist" wall sentientism.info/wall/.
Everyone, Sentientist or not, is welcome in our groups. E.g.: facebook.com/groups/sentientism.
*Content Warning* mentions child abuse & suicide.
Paige is Comms 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. Find Paige @PaigeParsonsRoache on all socials.
In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “what matters?”
Sentientism is "evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings." The audio is on our Podcast: apple.co/391khQO & https://anchor.fm/sentientism.
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"
35:19 What & Who Matters?
- Religious ethics "ultimately about obedience"
- "Thou shalt not kill... do unto others... are still cornerstones"
- Daughter goes vegetarian at 9 the vegan at 13 yrs old after seeing animal farming videos
- "I'm going to support her but it was inconvenient" cooking, family gatherings
- Watching @cowspiracyfilm with daughter "Within the first 15 mins... I'm going vegan... animals matter... animals have #sentience ... who am I am to take another's life?"
- How veganism is trivialised/seen as a "hobby" vs. other social justice causes
- Avoidng vegan activists "I didn't want to know - that was their world"
- A #harikrishna temple
- @ed.winters "I've been lied to all these years... how did I not know?"
- Learning about #dairy
- "The best way to handle this [types of trauma] is with a professional"
- How responsibility, accountability & compassion relate "empathising with others"
- "Being someone who was victimised... I want justice for all"
53:23 How Can We Make a Better Future?
- "A responsibility for social change"
- "Heal ourselves first"
- "Hope in action"
- So many of our systems "were set up broken"
- #microplastics
- Breaking Boundaries film
- "We need to work together... create that village feeling again"
- Removing subsidies from harmful industries
- "My activism isn't yours... get in there & start doing it"
- Learning broadcasting
- #plantbased products & "foodworthiness"
- Gwenna Hunter's #vegan #foodbanks #VegansofLosAngeles
- Talking to animal farmers "The day before I was vegan I wasn't"
- Helping animal farms transition (Miyoko, RAP)
- "Nobody wants to work in a slaughterhouse"
- "The animals are rising up"
- #Christspiracy film
- Elwood's Dog Meat & farming toddlers
... & much more!
#Sentientism is “Evidence, reason & compassion for all #sentient beings.” More at sentientism.info/. Join our "I'm a Sentientist" wall sentientism.info/wall/.
Everyone, Sentientist or not, is welcome in our groups. E.g.: facebook.com/groups/sentientism.
