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Is It Vegan to Eat Mock Meats?

Dr. Corey WrennJanuary 9, 2022January 9, 2022

If we’re talking about mock meats that strongly resemble the corpses of other animals, okay, this is problematic in the context of a deeply speciesist society. However, if we are talking about chunks of protein that are shaped and flavored and don’t resemble anyone, then these are foods I’m not especially worried about.

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Ghost Stories Tell Us a Lot about Animals in Human Society

Dr. Corey WrennJune 18, 2019June 18, 2019
In a content analysis of over 600 ghost stories I published with the peer-reviewed journal Mortality, I discovered that Nonhuman Animals are a sizable feature in the supernatural imagination. About one in ten ghosts recorded inContinue reading
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Why I’m Giving Beyoncé’s Vegan Campaign a Chance

Dr. Corey WrennFebruary 6, 2019February 6, 2019
Beyoncé and Jay-Z shocked mainstream news and vegan activists alike when they announced that fans who pledge to go plant-based have a chance to win free tickets to their concerts for life. Some vegans haveContinue reading
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New Package, Same Old Problem: Animal Crackers and Veganism

Dr. Corey WrennSeptember 21, 2018August 31, 2019
In a 2016 blog post, I tackled the cheeky but oft-espressed question as to whether or not animal crackers are vegan.  Technically, the ingredients are vegan, but what do these cookies symbolically represent in aContinue reading
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A Month of Vegan Research: Veganism as a Cultural Movement

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 9, 2016June 8, 2018
The following literature review is part of a series for World Vegan Month. Other essays can be accessed by visiting the essays catalog.   Cherry, E.  2006.  "Veganism as a Cultural Movement:  A Relational Approach."Continue reading
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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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