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Corey Lee Wrenn, Ph.D.

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Are Vegans too Open to Free-Riders?

Dr. Corey WrennSeptember 11, 2018
In an interview with The Atlantic, I present the compelling findings from my publication, "Free-Riders in the Nonprofit Industrial Complex: The Problem of Flexitarianism." In a meta-analysis of over 40 peer-reviewed journal articles on veganContinue reading
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Can Flexitarianism Facilitate a Vegan World? Research Suggests Another Agenda

Dr. Corey WrennAugust 31, 2018
Can flexitarianism build a vegan world? In a meta-analysis of dozens of articles on vegan motivation, flexitarian dietary patterns, and consumer psychology, I conclude that the ideology of semi-vegetarianism promoted by the vegan/Nonhuman Animal rightsContinue reading
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Why Food Justice is a Feminist Issue

Dr. Corey WrennAugust 15, 2018
In an interview with Alternet's "Here's Why Our Food Systems are a Central Feminist Issue," I was asked to elaborate on women's contributions to critical food justice and how current sexual politics inhibit or evenContinue reading
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Veganism โ€œAt All Costsโ€ Costs Animals

Dr. Corey WrennAugust 9, 2018January 26, 2019
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
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Pussy Grabs Back: How Feminists Bestialized Politics but Failed Nonhuman Animals

Dr. Corey WrennMay 9, 2018August 31, 2020
In an article published with Feminist Media Studies, I explore the symbolic application of animal imagery in America's largest protest to date, the 2017 Million Women March. In the march, women and their allies "bestialized" politicsContinue reading
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Why Canโ€™t We All Just Get Along? Factionalism in Animal Rights

Dr. Corey WrennJanuary 20, 2018September 16, 2018
The following essay was featured in Critical Mass: Newsletter of the Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements, American Sociological Association 42 (2): 4-6. As a long time vegan, I often use the Nonhuman AnimalContinue reading
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The Social Psychology of Veganism โ€“ Bystander Effect

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 30, 2017September 22, 2018
Paradoxically, the more people present when there is need for help, the less likely anyone is to help. Social psychologists refer to this as the bystander effect. It happens for at least two reasons. First, people pay less attentionContinue reading
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The Social Psychology of Veganism โ€“ Distraction

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 29, 2017September 22, 2018
As any good magician knows, distraction is key to landing a trick successfully. Activists can benefit from distraction as well. Research finds that audience members who are distracted are more likely to accept a messageContinue reading
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The Social Psychology of Veganism โ€“ Forewarning

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 28, 2017October 5, 2018
Forewarning creates resistance (Freedman and Sears 1965). If an audience is warned ahead of time that they are about to be exposed to a persuasion attempt, it is less likely that they will be persuaded.Continue reading
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The Social Psychology of Veganism โ€“ Age

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 27, 2017September 16, 2018
Diversity in the activist's audience means that there will be no one-size-fits-all tactic. This essay examines how changes in an individual's lifespan can shape their receptiveness to a vegan message. For the most part, attitudes are generationalContinue 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 Michiganโ€™s National Center for Institutional Diversity. She served as council member with the American Sociological Associationโ€™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 Societyโ€™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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Me and the fam decided to try Broadstairs again, t Me and the fam decided to try Broadstairs again, taking the wonky route via the open air bus to the Ramsgate paddling pool, located in the Grade II listed building built in the Italian Renaissance style in the 1920s. Strangely, it had vegan pizza! And beer! Weird! Might return! Then back to Broadstairs on the bus to check out the seaside pubs and make our righteous pilgrimage to Lucky House to partake in their expansive vegan menu ๐Ÿซ  

#veganism #veganfoodlovers #broadstairs #kent #britishsummer #britishhistory #deafdogsofinstagram
Naked campaigning in animal rights is not only lac Naked campaigning in animal rights is not only lacking in evidence of efficacy, it is also premised on white privilege as black and brown persons have been animalized as part of active efforts to racially suppress some groups. White bodies, in other words, read differently in a white dominant society. 

#veganism #animalrights #veganfeminism #veganstudies #sexism #racialjustice #blackfeminism
Came for the vegan hair salon, stayed for the swee Came for the vegan hair salon, stayed for the sweet sea views and cute witchy shops. There used to be a vegan restaurant in town. It has moved on I suppose, but Broadstairs still has lots to offer. The vegan chickn balls at Lucky House ate the best kept secret, but Posillipos on the sea front has a superb Italian menu ๐Ÿ‘Œ Probably my favorite beach in Kent and perfect for eating chips by the sea. Charles Dickens also called Broadstairs home for a while and his house can be seen from the beach.

Don't visit on a Monday morning, almost EVERYTHING was shut!

#veganism #veganuk #witchyvibes #veganfeminism #britishsummer #broadstairs #kent #veganfoodlovers
Vegan witchcraft is based in vegan feminist theory Vegan witchcraft is based in vegan feminist theory and draws on an ecofeminist legacy. It identifies the ways in which feminized groups,especially women and other Animals, have historically shared oppressions that sre usually based in the villification of their association with nature. ๐ŸŒ™

"Vegan Witchcraft: Contemporary Magical Practice and Multispecies Social Change" is available through Routledge https://www.routledge.com/Vegan-Witchcraft-Contemporary-Magical-Practice-and-Multispecies-Social-Change/Wrenn/p/book/9781032649719

#vegan #veganwitch #veganwitchcraft #veganfeminism #witchesofinstagram
Join me and Mishka on a beautiful summer adventure Join me and Mishka on a beautiful summer adventure through the English countryside as we visit the lavender fields ๐Ÿ’œ 

#england #kent #lavender #greatbritishsummer #vegandogs #disableddogsofinstagram
Not only do we have no evidence to support the bel Not only do we have no evidence to support the belief that sex sells animal rights, the use of activists in naked campaigning who are not thin, white,  abled bodied cis women is rare. So, not only is it ineffective (why do we want to associate grotesque animal suffering with sexual desirability?) but it also props up the bizarre idea that only a privileged few are considered sexually desirable.

#veganism #animalrights #veganfeminism #veganhistory #veganstudies #animalrightstheory #sexism #animalethics
We hav no evidence to support "sex sells" animal r We hav no evidence to support "sex sells" animal rights, but we do have some research that confirms sex confuses audiences.

#veganism #animalrights #veganfeminism #veganhistory #veganstudies #sexism #animalrightstheory #socialmovements
#1 naked campaigning is not evidenced to be effect #1 naked campaigning is not evidenced to be effective #2 like the exploitative po*n industry, it *overwhelmingly* relies on young, thin able-bodied white women #3 falsely presumes we live in a postfeminist society where women have achieved full civil rights and are no longer subject to systematic degradation, objectification and male violence and would thereby be a good "teaching tool" about the systematic degradation, objectification and human/male violence against animals. Too many activists fall into the "sex sells" mantra which indicates we still accept that women are sex objects for sale, for pleasurable consumption,  still animalized themselves

#veganism #animalrights #veganfeminism #veganhistory #sexism #animalrightstheory #veganwomen
Just the greatest love of my life, thats all. Just the greatest love of my life, thats all.
No shade to women involved in this campaigning, th No shade to women involved in this campaigning, they can do whatever they want with their bodies, but it's worth a think about whether presenting the female body in a consumable, sexualized way "for the animals" is even effective...or worse, potentially harmful for the animal liberation message. 

#veganism #animalrights #veganstudies #veganfeminism #animalethics #sexism
๐Ÿง Slamming vegan "cupcakism" can entail latent ๐Ÿง Slamming vegan "cupcakism" can entail latent sexism, but it is also important to recognize the role of grassroots direct action critique of capitalist cooptation. Although I see cupcakes as useful conduits for activism, this is distinct from empty consumerism. Capitalism is at the foundation of speciesism, such that, while cupcakes can make life easier and more fun as a vegan, we can't rely on buying stuff to dismantle a system of oppression bound to a treadmill of production. 

#veganism #animalrights ##cupcakes #animalethics #veganfeminism #veganstudies
๐Ÿ’„๐Ÿ‘„ elder vegan memories of buying makeup in ๐Ÿ’„๐Ÿ‘„ elder vegan memories of buying makeup in the local hippie shop. It was a wild time yall.

#veganism #animalrights #veganbeauty  #veganhistory
๐ŸŒ Shout out to my snails. As a vegan, I appreci ๐ŸŒ Shout out to my snails. As a vegan, I appreciate, respect and care for all life, no matter how small...or slow! #snails #veganism #animalethics
I didn't ask for this. Eating animals is causing c I didn't ask for this. Eating animals is causing climate change. And its killin animals and damn near about to kill me.  Knock it off. 

#angryvegan #animalrights #climatechange #veganism ##veganwitch #heatwave #britishsummer
๐Ÿง As a vegan sociologist specializing in the sc ๐Ÿง As a vegan sociologist specializing in the science of food and social change,  I can assure you that integrating enticing, fun food lowers tension and anxiety for both activists and audiences. No one goes home triggered or traumatized, but real and meaningful discussions can still happen through the prosocial connections food allows. Should we bring back "cupcake for a conversation"? 

Share if you agree! ๐Ÿ‘€ 

#cupcakes #veganhistory #veganstudies #veganfeminism #animalrights #animalrightstheory #animalrightsactivist
#canterbury #canterburycathedral #britishhistory #canterbury #canterburycathedral #britishhistory
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