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WORK IN PROGRESS
The Factory Files are a curated library of everything the industry would prefer you never engaged with. Documentaries, investigations, books, films, and organisations on the front lines.
Rick and Morty (S7 E4) That's Amorte
Rick serves the family spaghetti, which Morty accidentally discovers came from a person's body. After a journey of twists, cognitive dissonance and turns, Rick has one last terminally ill person commit suicide on live TV. Imdb link Release date: November 5, 2023 Director: Lucas Gray Context The episode asks questions about animal rights and the ethics of eating meat by depicting food that comes from suffering.
The Pig Who Sang to the Moon
By Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson • 2003 Masson ( When Elephants Weep ) turns his attention to the animals most people never think about as individuals. He profiles pigs, cows, chickens, sheep, and goats, drawing on ethological research and his own observations to argue that these animals have rich emotional lives: they form friendships, grieve losses, experience joy and fear and boredom. The book is a corrective to the industrial view of livestock as units of production. Why it m
Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat
By Hal Herzog • 2010 An anthrozoologist examines the messy, contradictory ways humans relate to animals. Why do we lavish affection on dogs while eating pigs of equal intelligence? Why do some cultures revere cows while others farm them industrially? Herzog observes, surveys, interviews, and reports. The book is less interested in telling you what's right than in showing you how inconsistent everyone is. Why it matters This is the book for someone who isn't ready to be argued
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