Activism – Page 2 – Corey Lee Wrenn, Ph.D.

Plant-based Catering at the University of Kent

Dr. Corey WrennDecember 11, 2022December 15, 2022

As an institution where scientific research is conducted to influence policy, global relations, and public wellbeing, the University of Kent has a responsibility to lead by example. Sustainable campaigning taking place across campus demonstrates that many Kent students agree.

Essays

Appropriating Anti-Slavery Abolitionism in Anti-Speciesism Claimsmaking

Dr. Corey WrennMay 23, 2022

Human and nonhuman abolitionist movements, despite their similarities, remain two distinct movements, each with unique social, political, economic, and historical circumstances.

Essays

A Critique of Open Rescues

Dr. Corey WrennMay 8, 2022May 10, 2022

Open rescues, although exciting and heroic, unfortunately maintain the system as it is. This tactic therefore protects the interests of conservative foundations that maintain most grant monies. Open rescues also give non-profits something to write about and fund-raise behind.

Essays

Rape as an Anti-Speciesism Tactic and the Vegan Male Discourse

Dr. Corey WrennApril 22, 2022April 22, 2022

Can analogies be helpful for advancing anti-speciesism? Sometimes. Capitalizing on rape culture to scare women into compliance is cruel, however. I cannot imagine how that would be psychologically persuasive, only traumatizing.

Essays

Activism Amidst COVID-19

Dr. Corey WrennDecember 4, 2020December 4, 2020

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.

Presentations

Gender and Victorian Animal Advocacy

Dr. Corey WrennJuly 3, 2020July 8, 2020

Although the nonhuman animal rights movement in the West is frequently framed by activists and remembered by historians as gender-neutral, Donald’s (2020) Women against Cruelty (which examines meeting notes and campaigning documents reaching back toContinue reading

Essays

Vegan Protest is Ritualized, but is it Religious?

Dr. Corey WrennJune 19, 2019June 19, 2019

In my review of For the Wild: Ritual and Commitment in Radical Eco-Activism in the peer-reviewed journal Social Movement Studies, I consider the appropriateness of author Sarah Pike's argument that religiosity motivates radical anti-speciesism. AlthoughContinue reading

Publications

Atheists and Agnostics Largest ‘Religious’ Demographic in Animal Rights

Dr. Corey WrennJune 18, 2019June 18, 2019

In my publication with Environmental Values, I explore some interesting, if unintended findings from an earlier survey of nearly 300 American vegans I conducted in March of 2017. When asked to report their religious affiliation,Continue reading

Publications

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Plant-based Catering at the University of Kent

Rape as an Anti-Speciesism Tactic and the Vegan Male Discourse

Gender and Victorian Animal Advocacy

Vegan Protest is Ritualized, but is it Religious?

Atheists and Agnostics Largest ‘Religious’ Demographic in Animal Rights

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