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Category: Interviews

Are Vegans too Open to Free-Riders?

Dr. Corey WrennSeptember 11, 2018
In an interview with The Atlantic, I present the compelling findings from my publication, "Free-Riders in the Nonprofit Industrial Complex: The Problem of Flexitarianism." In a meta-analysis of over 40 peer-reviewed journal articles on veganContinue reading
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Why Food Justice is a Feminist Issue

Dr. Corey WrennAugust 15, 2018
In an interview with Alternet's "Here's Why Our Food Systems are a Central Feminist Issue," I was asked to elaborate on women's contributions to critical food justice and how current sexual politics inhibit or evenContinue reading
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Is This What Vegan Looks Like?

Dr. Corey WrennMay 11, 2018July 16, 2018
In the June 2018 issue of Women's Health UK, I was interviewed on the prevailing stereotype of angry vegans that has dominated British media in recent months. In the article, I clarify that, although mostContinue reading
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What is Intersectionality?

Dr. Corey WrennMay 11, 2018September 9, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZlrnRkuNVE&t=207s Mainstream theories of social inequality frequently compartmentalize experiences, but inequality rarely works that way in real life. Instead, individuals are comprised of many different identities at once, and these identities will interact with oneContinue reading
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Dr. Corey Wrenn on Animal Concerns Texas Radio

Dr. Corey WrennDecember 13, 2017
  Dr. Corey L. Wrenn was featured on the December 10, 2017 episode of Animal Concerns Texas on KTEP Radio, El Paso Texas. You can visit the website here and download the interview here. AdditionalContinue reading
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Dr. Corey Wrenn Featured in Huffington Post on Women in Politics

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 5, 2016November 4, 2016
On November 3, 2016, I was interviewed by The Huffington Post for its story, "The Bizarre History Of Anti-Suffrage Cat Memes: In 100 years, we went from cat memes to grabbing ‘em by the p***y"Continue reading
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Dr. Corey Lee Wrenn featured on Maine Public Radio

Dr. Corey WrennJuly 14, 2016
Dr. Corey Lee Wrenn was featured on Maine public radio, Animal Sounds on WMPG 90.9FM on July 13th, 2016 to discuss Vegan Feminist Network advocacy strategies. In this 30 minute program Dr. Wrenn addresses intersections ofContinue reading
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Professor Wrenn Interviewed by Feminist Magazine on KPFK radio 90.7 FM

Dr. Corey WrennSeptember 23, 2015September 23, 2015
In an interview hosted by Cherise Charleswell and Valecia Phillips, I will be discussing my forthcoming book, A Rational Approach to Animal Rights: Extensions in Abolitionist Theory, as well as how veganism and the Nonhuman Animal rights movementContinue reading
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Corey Wrenn on Under the Toadstool

Dr. Corey WrennApril 2, 2015
Ms. Wrenn joins Sonia Chauhan and Sarah K. Woodcock to discuss the state of sexism in the Nonhuman Animal rights movement on Under the Toadstool, a woman-run podcast on vegan intersectionality politics.
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Dr. Wrenn is Lecturer of Sociology with the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent and co-director of the Centre for the Study of Social and Political Movements. She was awarded Exemplary Diversity Scholar, 2016 by the University of Michigan’s National Center for Institutional Diversity. She served as council member with the American Sociological Association’s Animals & Society section (2013-2016), was elected Chair in 2018, and is co-founder of the International Association of Vegan Sociologists. She serves as Book Review Editor to Society & Animals and is a member of The Vegan Society’s Research Advisory Committee. Dr. Wrenn has been published in several peer-reviewed academic journals including the Journal of Gender Studies, Feminist Media Studies, Environmental Values, Disability & Society, Food, Culture & Society, and Society & Animals. In July 2013, she founded the Vegan Feminist Network, an academic-activist project engaging intersectional social justice praxis. She is the author of A Rational Approach to Animal Rights: Extensions in Abolitionist Theory (Palgrave MacMillan 2016), Piecemeal Protest: Animal Rights in the Age of Nonprofits (University of Michigan Press 2019), and Animals in Irish Society (SUNY Press 2021).

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