The first book club selection for June is “Tender is the Flesh” by Augustina Bazterrica. This episode contains heavy spoilers!
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Sources for this episode:
Background on the author & the book:
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/i-have-always-believed-that-in-our-capitalist-consumerist-society-we-devour-each-other-1.4179631
Factory farming:
https://animalequality.org/blog/2022/10/14/factory-farming-facts/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/factory-farms-provide-abundant-food-but-environment-suffers
https://www.ecowatch.com/what-is-factory-farming.html
Source about Josef Mengle:
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/josef-mengele
Source about Kuru (disease from cannibalism):
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001379.htm
Source about cases of cannibalism:
https://www.salon.com/2021/08/07/7-historical-cases-of-cannibalism_partner/
