Sentient Cincinnati seeks to provide accurate news and non-dogmatic analysis of the ideas, policies, and relationships that bind us animals to each other.
All viewpoints are welcomed, and readers are encouraged to respond via the comments section following each piece, or as guest writers.
Editor Fabien Tepper (pictured) is a freelance journalist and portraitist living in Cincinnati, Ohio. She recently earned an M.S. in Animals and Public Policy from Tufts University, focusing on ethics and predator management, and also holds a B.A. in Studio Art from Swarthmore College, where she concentrated on oil portraiture.
Email: editor@sentientcincinnati.com
Very well written, inspired topics. The author provides a voice for those who rarely have one in common media. The artwork done in real-time captures the emotion of an entire event that no still photo could accomplish. It truly makes this blog unique. Sentient Cincinnati is worth the read no matter where you reside.
So refreshing to see all the Ceative Arts come together. Thanks for being a part of it. Very well written. You are a busy person
Thanks for your kind words. Glad you enjoyed the show.
Hope to perform for you again.
Edwin “Eddie” Bayard
http://www.myspace.com/edwinbayardmusic
Great to learn about Cincinnati through your sentience. Happy to see you fill what is a need in the community. Love the sketches, too.
beautiful writing of interesting topics, artistic flair deepens the story. well done! I will be coming back over and over, Deidre
Dear Sentinent, I saw your post re the NYTimes article on the backyard chicken trend.
I too was disturbed/intrigued that few of the posters paid heed to the effect this boomlet might have on the chickens themselves. Also, I do not believe one poster mentioned the chicken lifestyle as a reason for harboring chickens.
I was given seven chickens and a rooster about four years ago, and have found the experience just busted me open to the fact that every creature deserves a chance at a full life. I can tell you for sure, chickens experience all the seven Deadly Sins, and the four Beauties–emotions many feel are confined to humans, or at the very least, mammals.
I have spoken to people who say dismissively, “chickens are dumb/souless/have as much feeling as a carrot”–these people have never been around chickens who have been given the chance to lead full chicken lives–and I say this without irony.
I would have to say, that in spite of the danger of abuse–through ignorance or carelessness–raising chickens in the backyard has got to be an improvement on the factory chicken model, and, in giving people the opportunity to live with the Other, has got to inject a bit of awareness, and open up a window in their heart to the Beingness of the Other.
thanks for a great Blog.
Dear Sentinent;
Really thanks, for give us another perspective about this issue. We live, sharing and sourranding with all diferents species, and our treatment or behavior with each of them today, show us how rigth culd the way be or was, in the future.
I hope no change will be late and no sleep to be aware.
We are mammals and do not forget that this land was built to be enjoyed responsibly..
Roberto Saavedra,
SouthAmerica – Chile.
Slick Blog. Nice look at what Others are doing.