“I spent a majority of my life being vegetarian. It was a decision I made when I was nine after they played us a video in school about where our meat came from. I remember one scene in the animated video vividly: baby calves taken away from their mothers, forced to feed from synthetic tubes. The white milk turned red and the narrator informed us it was sometimes mixed with dead cows blood. ‘THE DEAD ARE FED BACK TO THE LIVING.’ I loved eating meat, but I also loved animals and it didn’t feel like those two things could exist with the farming systems we have today. Abstaining from eating animal meat became wrapped up in a sense of purity for me. Even after learning about the complexities within agriculture and food production, I felt shame when I ate meat. Particularly red meat, which has always been my favorite. CARNIVORE GAMES is a culmination of my personal experiences, beliefs, research, and questions. It’s everything I wish I could say whenever someone asks me, ‘Do you eat meat?’”