Framing animal rights activists and animal abusers as ‘crazy’: the exploitation of disability
Media reports are sometimes eager to portray animal rights activists as ‘crazy’, ‘nuts’, or ‘loonies’. On the other hand, animalContinue Reading
Category: Intersections
On ableism, bodyshaming and health shaming. Geertrui Cazaux at VegfestUK
My talk at VegFestUk, which was held on October 27-28, 2018 in London. On ableism, bodyshaming and health shaming, GeertruiContinue Reading
Ignoring their voices – speciesism and ableism
“To ignore animal voices because they cannot be refigured as human language is speciesism – valuing one species over anotherContinue Reading
Kim Socha on ageism. Interview on ARZone
In this interview on Animal Rights Zone, hosts Carolyn Bailey and Roger Yates talk with Kim Socha. Short summary* of theContinue Reading
CFBCP: Intersections of Critical Animal Studies and Critical Disability Studies
Call for Book Chapter Proposals Intersections of Critical Animal Studies and Critical Disability Studies This edited volume aims to contributeContinue Reading
New documentary exploring the impact of vegan diet on health of African-Americans
The Invisible Vegan is a new documentary that has recently been made available online. The documentary “epxlores the problem ofContinue Reading
Lori Gruen on the connections between animality and disability. Interview Discrimination and Disadvantage
Interview with philosopher Lori Gruen on the blog Discrimination and Disadvantage. Short summary* of the interview. Lori Gruen talks about:
Bodyshaming in the vegan movement
Bodyshaming marginalises fat vegans, it makes them feel unwelcome in the movement. It is also not effective, and even counterproductive.Continue Reading
The Disabled body and the Animal Body, Mary Fantaske at HRAR
The Disabled Body and The Animal Body – HRAR 2013 Presentation by Mary Fantaske at a one-day conference ‘Human RightsContinue Reading
The Indian ‘wolf boy’ Dina, walking on all fours
Dina Sanichar from India is one of the many ‘feral’ children growing up and cared for by wolves, panthers, orContinue Reading
Crip HumAnimal 