MICHAEL BRANDOW
News & Events
Had to make room for this fabulous cover.
Hakuyosha Publishing Co., Ltd.
2019
Pure-Bred Problems
Some French bulldogs have trouble breathing. Golden retrievers can suffer from vision problems. And some pugs have weak hind legs.
Michael Brandow, commentator on dog issues and author of A Matter of Breeding: A Biting History of Pedigree Dogs and How the Quest for Status Has Harmed Man's Best Friend, discusses the growing dangers behind today's obsession with purebred dogs.
Dogs Today
BOOK OF THE YEAR
2016
My lambaste of irresponsible consumers who buy sick, deformed accessory pets made the cover of The Village Voice and has lots of panties in knots. Also made it into "Notable Essays and Literary Nonfiction,"
It's an honor to be part of Hugh Dorigo's important new documentary on the root causes of animal homelessness.
Guests also include: Temple Grandin, Mark Derr, Marc Bekoff, James Serpell, and other leaders in their fields.
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My essay on political correctness and censorship:
Confessions of a Hello Kitty Killer:
The Pernicious Effects of Cuteness
Yes, this does have to do with dogs as well.
Quillette, a new platform for free thought and controversial ideas, has been raising eyebrows and getting press. Stunning endorsements from Steven Pinker, David Brooks (NYT), Michael Shermer (Scientific American), and Richard Dawkins who writes: "Quillette, superb online magazine, stands up for the oppressed minority who value clarity, logic, and objective truth."
My essay on so-called
"cultural appropriation."
Dogs Today / May 2018
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My thoughts on this notion of finding
the right breed to match your
"personality and lifestyle."
"Your Yorkie Was a Killing Machine"
VICE Magazine / Nov 2017
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Had fun chatting with VICE about the dark pasts of some favorite house pets.
"New York's pooper scooper laws
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I strongly disagree in this interview with
The Outline / April 2018
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Had a blast shooting the sh*t about canine waste laws
with author AJ Jacobs and HBO comedienne Abbi Jacobson.
(Episode #4 starting at 30:38 mins)
First radio show for the new book:
An Argument Against Pedigree Dogs
Word of Mouth
New Hampshire Public Radio
(Scroll down the page for my segment.)
Got an excerpt from the book on Wes Siler's great Infinitely Wild series with Gizmodo.
Is Just Eugenics By Another Name
A real honor to read at Labyrinth Books, Princeton's campus bookstore, on February 28th. Great discussion and nice people.
This wonderful "Wall of Dogness" was created to mark their first dog-book event.
Reading at the Writers Read event in Chelsea devoted to dogs.