Acts of cannibalism offer one of the most profound challenges to human identity.
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Ten Years Later, Veganism More Popular, but Less Political
The focus on vegan products and dietary practices has created a depoliticized image of veganism. Critical discussions of non-human animal rights and speciesism were noticeably absent in the sample, while the capitalist encroachment on veganism was omnipresent.
Continue readingVegan Halloween: Remembering the Dead
Samhain, for vegans, should be a time to honour ancestors, but also recognize that “harvest time” has been a period of intense violence across the ages. Just as the mass killing of witches has been cause for sombre remembrance, so should that of Nonhuman Animals who have been harassed, killed, and “sacrificed” for entertainment, sustenance, religious bargaining for a deity’s favour, scientific advancement, and so on. For those who practice it, Halloween might be a time for vegan baking and sharing plant-based sweets, but it might also be a time to hold space for other animals. This could mean lighting a candle, sharing food with other animals, or taking a tip from the feminist witches and hexing the anthroparchy.
Continue readingA Sociology of Childless Cat Ladies
Following the comments made by vice presidential candidate J. D. Vance on presidential hopeful Kamala Harris, I was approached by the Huffington Post to share my thoughts on the sociological background of the childless catContinue reading
Banning Live Export in Australia
Yes, let’s get sheeps off those ships, but let’s also start the conversation about getting them out of the slaughterhouse. This will mean more than challenging anthropocentrism, it will also entail a radical revising of our current economic and political system.
Continue readingVeganism and In Vitro Meat
I argue that the most glaring shortcoming of the in vitro scheme is that it overlooks speciesist attitudes and institutions as problematic in of themselves.
Continue readingSexism in Animal Advocacy: The Case of Foie Gras
Foie gras victims are usually male, and both women and men are involved in victimizing them as producers and as consumers, but, because patriarchal, woman-hating culture is most accustomed to viewing women as frivilous consumers and sexy victims of violence, the Nonhuman Animal rights movement regularly employs female activists to take on these convoluted roles in protest.
Continue readingMainstreaming Veganism: Full Interview with Imagine5
Vegan culture is likely to move more and more into environmental claimsmaking, as that has proved most successful in achieving institutional changes that support a transition to plant-based foodways. I would like to see, however, more social justice claimsmaking made for nonhuman animals themselves. Sadly, in all the discourse over healthy food, capitalism, and climate change, the animals themselves remain hidden from the conversation. This is a real travesty, as they have the most to gain from a vegan world.
Continue readingHuman/Nonhuman Urban Ecology in Modernizing Ireland
Adelman considers how the control of other animals might be used to facilitate public order not just physically, but also ideologically. “Kindness to animals became a mark of civilization,” she notes (p. 26).
Continue readingAdvancing Veganism in a “Post-Vegan Society”: A Review of Veganism: Politics, Practice, and Theory
Veganism’s strength lies in its deep contemplation of complicated issues drawing on sociological theory and qualitative research.
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