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Dairy Absurdity At The Iowa State Fair

From Unparalleled Suffering
September 2024

The shameless propaganda and the reality animal exploiters don't want you to see.

huge udders
A dairy farmer at a small farm in Vermont gets ready to milk one of her cows. Their udders are nearly scraping the ground.

The Iowa State Fair is one of the top largest fairs in the country and spans eleven days, most of which I attended.

Documenting fairs was a huge focus for me in 2019 as I also attended the Minnesota State Fair, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, the Austin Livestock Show, and at least a few smaller county fairs. The state fair in Iowa is absolutely massive…the first day I was there the girl I was with tracked our steps on her phone and said that we walked 13 miles, some of which was walking from and back to the car, but most of which was walking around the fair. Not only was doing tons of walking with a heavy camera bag in the hot summer heat exhausting, but so was trying to decide what to document since there was always so much simultaneous exploitation and depravity taking place. And the most exhausting thing of all—taking in all of the ignorance, stupidity, apathy, cruelty, and gluttony that surrounded us.

The Iowa State Fair is one of the top largest fairs in the country and spans eleven days, most of which I attended. Documenting fairs was a huge focus for me in 2019 as I also attended the Minnesota State Fair, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, the Austin Livestock Show, and at least a few smaller county fairs. The state fair in Iowa is absolutely massive…the first day I was there the girl I was with tracked our steps on her phone and said that we walked 13 miles, some of which was walking from and back to the car, but most of which was walking around the fair.

Not only was doing tons of walking with a heavy camera bag in the hot summer heat exhausting, but so was trying to decide what to document since there was always so much simultaneous exploitation and depravity taking place. And the most exhausting thing of all—taking in all of the ignorance, stupidity, apathy, cruelty, and gluttony that surrounded us. 

"Family owned" and "family farm" are popularized meaningless terms that are used to humane wash different forms of violence inflicted onto nonhuman animals. So what if something is owned/run by a family member(s)? All types of people, no matter how awful they are towards humans and other animals, can find someone to get married to and have kids with—it doesn’t ultimately say anything about their character or how they relate to other beings. Ask any prostitute what their clientele is like and many of them will tell you mostly cheating married men.

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Please read the ENTIRE ARTICLE HERE including many photos.

Calf cruelty
A woman with a distressed cow at a dairy livestock judging show at the Iowa State Fair. All is good though because this woman probably has a family.

I milked a cow
The popular “I Milked A Cow” adventure at the Iowa State Fair.


Posted on All-Creatures.org: September 9, 2024
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