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

Civilizing Horses and Travellers in Post-Colonial Ireland

Dr. Corey WrennApril 21, 2018December 7, 2018

Postcolonial Ireland entered the 20th century as a newly minted nation-state hoping to establish itself as a legitimate competitor in the capitalist world system. Having been subjugated under colonial animal agriculture for over fourContinue reading

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Irish Vegan Feminism: Intersections of Sexism, Speciesism, and Resistance in Postcolonial Ireland

Dr. Corey WrennApril 15, 2018July 16, 2018

In Animal Rights, Human Rights: Entanglements of Oppression and Liberation, David Nibert (2002) suggests that the switch from an egalitarian economic structure to hunting initiated gender distinction such that sexism and speciesism are most accuratelyContinue reading

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Are Teddy Bears Vegan? President Roosevelt and the SPCA

Dr. Corey WrennMay 15, 2017December 7, 2018

Speciesism, like any ideology of oppression, is effective in its banality. Consider the "teddy bear." Have you ever stopped to consider its origin? It is not so cuddly as you might imagine. Teddy bears traceContinue reading

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When White Makes Right: Racism, Neo-Colonialism, and Single-Issue Campaigns

Dr. Corey WrennOctober 2, 2016September 9, 2018

The white-centrism of vegan advocacy is perhaps best evidenced in its partiality for single-issue campaigns targeting the practices of non-Western cultures. Take, for instance, the 2013 Free From Harm call to action regarding "live sushi." "Live sushi" entailsContinue reading

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The Surprising History of John Harvey Kellogg and His War on “Meat”

Dr. Corey WrennSeptember 14, 2016January 18, 2019

But although the sheep goes dumb to the slaughter, do not its [sic] eloquent eyes appeal for mercy? Do not the bleating of the calf, the bellowing of the bull, the cackling of the frightenedContinue reading

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