Aggravating sexist understandings of Nonhuman Animal rights advocacy can only encumber efforts to achieve Nonhuman Animal liberation. Heganism works to assuage fragile masculinity to encourage men’s participation. In doing so, however, it reinforces the notion that veganism is essentially “for women” and that men will be stigmatized if they participate without veganism being explicitly defeminized. The otherizing of women, however, is exactly the type of otherization that sustains speciesism. Hierarchies must be dismantled, woman-hating must be challenged, and all persons–be they men, women, human, or nonhuman–should be acknowledged as sentient beings worthy of equal moral consideration.
Continue readingRape as an Anti-Speciesism Tactic and the Vegan Male Discourse
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.
Continue readingThe “No-Means-Yes” Rape Trope in PETA Pornography
If the Nonhuman Animal rights movement actively contributes to a culture of domination and violence, it is unclear how this will be effective for animal liberation.
Continue readingIs It Vegan to Eat Mock Meats?
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.
Continue readingVeganism “At All Costs” Costs Animals
As my academic interests have turned to intersections of human and nonhuman inequality, I've come to recognize that many entanglements of oppression operate unchallenged within social justice spaces themselves. Unfortunately, the Nonhuman Animal rights/vegan movementContinue reading
Are Teddy Bears Vegan? President Roosevelt and the SPCA
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
A Month of Vegan Research: Sexist Imagery Reinforces Speciesist Sentiment
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
Dr. Corey Wrenn Featured in Huffington Post on Women in Politics
On November 3, 2016, I was interviewed by The Huffington Post for its story, "The Bizarre History Of Anti-Suffrage Cat Memes: In 100 years, we went from cat memes to grabbing ‘em by the p***y"Continue reading
It’s Like, Totally Sexist
In my 2016 publication, A Rational Approach to Animal Rights, I argue that the Nonhuman Animal rights movement banks on sexist scripts in the interest of promoting veganism. To this effect, stereotypes are frequently employed toContinue reading
Study Shows Objectified Women Less Likely to be Activists
A study published in Psychological Science finds that women who self-objectify are less likely to challenge the status quo of gender inequality. These findings could have serious implications for the Nonhuman Animal rights repertoire. Anti-speciesism activism, in general, supportsContinue reading