The weaponization fo science and naturalism to rank the worth of marginalized groups, dictate their moral worth, and control their lives (usually in highly exploitative ways) is a classic project of Western, white supremacist patriarchal colonial conquest. The entitlement to other living beings, both in reality and symbolically, should be challenged.
Continue readingV-Rated: Sexualization as a Mechanism of Food Justice Depoliticization
Veganism is depoliticized by patriarchal practices of sexual objectification and capitalistic practices of commodity fetishism. Sexualization transforms veganism from a mode of resistance into a mode of complicity.
Continue readingActivism Amidst COVID-19
On December 2nd, I moderated a panel on UK/US activism in the midst of COVID-19 as co-director of the Centre for the Study of Social and Political Movements.
Continue readingAuthor’s Reception at Monmouth University
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
Successful Defense
This month I successfully defended my dissertation, Professionalization, Factionalism, and Social Movement Success: A Case Study of Nonhuman Animal Rights Mobilization. I am pictured here with my amazing chair Dr. Michael Carolan who specializes in environmental sociologyContinue reading
Presentation at Monmouth University
Hello! If you are visiting this site following my presentation at Monmouth University on March 2nd, you may access a copy of the powerpoint with full lecture notes by clicking here. Interested in learning moreContinue reading