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Essay on Incorporating Diversity into Vegan Advocacy published on The Vegan Society

Dr. Corey WrennApril 8, 2016May 5, 2016

I have just published an essay originally authored in 2013 on The Vegan Society's blog. The essay is titled, "In a world of food deserts and many other inequalities, Professor Corey Wrenn gives tips onContinue reading

Publications

Author’s Reception at Monmouth University

Dr. Corey WrennApril 7, 2016May 5, 2016

At an author's reception at Monmouth University on April 6, 2016, I gave a short speech on the purpose of my latest book, A Rational Approach to Animal Rights (available from palgrave.com). I stated that, as anContinue reading

Presentations

Should We Promote Veganism or Meet People Where They Are?

Dr. Corey WrennApril 6, 2016April 6, 2016

In my research, I have uncovered that many large non-profits in the Nonhuman Animal rights movement spend considerable effort invisibilizing, dismissing, or vilifying radical vegan activism. Consider this Vegan Outreach newsletter excerpt as an example: In theContinue reading

Essays

What Are You Doing to Help Animals Right NOW?

Dr. Corey WrennApril 4, 2016September 3, 2018

In this essay, I will deconstruct what people really mean when they pull on what Michele Kaplan calls, "The Urgency." The urgency of Nonhuman Animal suffering ("RIGHT NOW!") is exploited as a diversion tactic: no timeContinue reading

Essays

Irish Car Bombs aren’t Cruelty-Free, but Not for the Reasons You Would Expect

Dr. Corey WrennMarch 7, 2016December 21, 2018

Content Warning: Discusses violence against civilians and children in Ireland during The Troubles. As St. Patrick's Day rolls around, I notice the usual sharing of veganized Irish recipes on social media sites. As with many Western countries,Continue reading

Essays

Conserving What Exactly? Anthropocentrism in College Conservation Programs

Dr. Corey WrennMarch 3, 2016March 7, 2016

University conservation programs often entail lethal Nonhuman Animal testing Jonathan Balcombe, director of animal sentience at the Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy, has authored a book that explores the “the inner life of fishes”: What aContinue reading

Essays

Can Veganism Save Your Life? I’m Skeptical

Dr. Corey WrennFebruary 27, 2016December 7, 2018

Rip Esselstyn, founder of the Engine 2 Diet Perhaps one of the most dangerous trends in Nonhuman Animal rights activism is the relentlessness of bogus health claims made in the name of veganism. Plant-based eating1 Continue reading

Essays

Derren Does Dairy: When Skepticism Fails Veganism

Dr. Corey WrennFebruary 26, 2016December 16, 2018

Derren Brown is a British illusionist, mentalist, and skeptic known for divulging the secrets of magicians, psychics, and new age charlatans. Folks in Brown's line of work spend a great deal of effort debunking bogusContinue reading

Essays

What is Post-Speciesism?

Dr. Corey WrennFebruary 9, 2016September 9, 2018

[caption id="attachment_417" align="alignnone" width="568"] Photo from Atlantic Hogs, a "free range" institution in Ireland[/caption] Speciesism is institutional discrimination and, to a lesser extent, individual prejudice against Nonhuman Animals based on their species. Speciesism isContinue reading

Essays

What’s Wrong with “Carnism”?

Dr. Corey WrennFebruary 4, 2016September 9, 2018

Many of my readers have asked over recent years why I do not support the rhetoric of "carnism." The short answer is that it is speciesist. In an interview with ARZone, Dr. Melanie Joy discusses her theoryContinue reading

Essays

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