Jonathan Safran Foer

...comes in. Rejecting the simplistic thinking that "This is tasty, and that's why I do it," Portman backs Foer's argument that a little more thought at the dinner table wouldn't hurt anyone…least of all our four-legged friends. "He posits...

In this article: Natalie Portman, Harvard, Huffington Post, Roman Polanski, Heathrow Airport, and Mumbai

Natalie Portman is giving up eggs and milk. She writes on HuffPo: Jonathan Safran Foer's book Eating Animals changed me from a twenty-year vegetarian to a vegan activist. I've always been shy about being critical of others' choices because...

In this article: Natalie Portman, Dog, HuffPo, and Hollywood

...closely at what it means to be human and change an entire way of thinking. Like John Mayer said, "We're never gonna beat this if belief is what we're fightin' for." Then again, apparently the book was powerful enough to turn Natalie Portman...

In this article: Fast Food Nation, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Jungle, Natalie Portman, Chicken, Dog, and Global warming

...riff about rape. (The controversy took place after the Salon interview but when I reached him afterward via e-mail, Foer had this to say about Portman's column: "It was such a thoughtful and generous piece of writing. I felt gratefulness...

In this article: Natalie Portman, Dog, New York City, and E mail

...others disagree with me that animals have personalities, but the highly documented torture of animals is unacceptable, and the human cost Foer describes in his book, of which I was previously unaware, is universally compelling," the star wrote...

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