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The Social Psychology of Veganism – Gendered Helping

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 23, 2017October 5, 2018
Social psychology finds that social norms will determine helping behaviors, but social norms certainly vary across genders in Western society. Dangerous situations or those involving strangers are more likely to elicit help from men thanContinue reading
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A Month of Vegan Research: Identity and Effectiveness

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 29, 2016November 25, 2016
The following literature review is part of a series for World Vegan Month. Other essays can be accessed by visiting the essays catalog.   Rachel Einwohner.  1999.  "Gender, Class, and Social Movement Outcomes:  Identity andContinue reading
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A Month of Vegan Research: Manhood and the Exploitation of Animals

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 28, 2016June 1, 2018
The following literature review is part of a series for World Vegan Month. Other essays can be accessed by visiting the essays catalog.   Brian Luke’s 2007 book, Brutal: Manhood and the Exploitation of Animals,Continue reading
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A Month of Vegan Research: Sexist Imagery Reinforces Speciesist Sentiment

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 21, 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.   Carol Glasser.  2011.  "Tied Oppressions:  An Analysis of How Sexist ImageryContinue reading
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A Month of Vegan Research: Why Feminist-Vegan Now?

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 4, 2016June 26, 2018
The following literature review is part of a series for World Vegan Month. Other essays can be accessed by visiting the essays catalog.   Carol Adams.  2010.  "Why Feminist-Vegan Now?"  Feminism & Psychology 20 (3):Continue reading
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A Month of Vegan Research: Women and the Animal Rights Movement

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 3, 2016June 26, 2018
The following literature review is part of a series for World Vegan Month. Other essays can be accessed by visiting the essays catalog.   Emily Gaarder.  2011.  Women and the Animal Rights Movement.  New Brunswick,Continue reading
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A Month of Vegan Research: Animals and Women

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 1, 2016October 25, 2018
The following literature review is part of a series for World Vegan Month. Other essays can be accessed by visiting the essays catalog.   Carol J. Adams and Josephine Donovan.  1995.  Animals and Women:  FeministContinue reading
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Unnecessarily Gendered Vegan Food

Dr. Corey WrennJuly 10, 2016January 26, 2019
"Organic Girl Good Clean Greens," because only women eat organic? Perhaps because it challenges a controlling and hierarchical relationship with the environment, organic consumption and food products are often feminized. Men dominate the environment, forceContinue reading
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What Are You Doing to Help Animals Right NOW?

Dr. Corey WrennApril 4, 2016September 3, 2018
In this essay, I will deconstruct what people really mean when they pull on what Michele Kaplan calls, "The Urgency." The urgency of Nonhuman Animal suffering ("RIGHT NOW!") is exploited as a diversion tactic: no timeContinue 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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Barcelona Day 3: Learned so much from a room full Barcelona Day 3: Learned so much from a room full of strong women resisting the anthroparchy today and a lot of bright eyed students of all genders who will change the world. Gave my keynote on my forthcoming book on vegan feminism and made my way into town to check out a vegan burger joint (I went with portobello!🍄) and feed the pigeons 🐦 Adios!
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Dreams come TRUE at the Canterbury vegan market... Dreams come TRUE at the Canterbury vegan market...these are just some of the stalls!
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Foie gras campaigning demonstrates the inherent mi Foie gras campaigning demonstrates the inherent misogyny that undergirds so much of animal advocacy--this needs to change.

https://www.coreyleewrenn.com/sexism-in-animal-advocacy-the-case-of-foie-gras/
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