‘UP IN THE AIR’: Is there a convincing case for climate veganism?
T. KORTETMAKI: Climate change compels us to rethink the ethics of our dietary choices and has become an interesting issue for ethicists concerned…
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How bad is it to eat an intelligent chicken? Children’s judgments of eating animals
JARED PIAZZA: Children engage positively with animals from a very young age. They have animal toys, care for pets, visit zoos, and learn ‘life…
‘Human Supremacy’: Selected works by vegan artist AGUGN (Agung Prabowo)
THE BACK ROOM: Agung Prabowo, better known by his artist name AGUGN, uses the printmaking technique of reduction linocut to convey themes related to…
ALTERED STATES: Associating factory farming with animal cruelty works better than zoonotic disease
OLIVIA E. GUNTHER: The human use of other animals for food is problematic for multiple reasons. For example, animals on factory farms are kept in…
‘Treating them like animals’: Presenting a case for animal rights
RAINER EBERT: When people are treated monstrously, we say they are “treated like animals.” This is because we treat animals monstrously. We mistreat…
STUDY: Motives for veganism and the influence of social media
LISA HORN: Veganism is a lifestyle choice and movement that is becoming increasingly popular, especially with the use of social media. The number of…
CLOAKED IN MALICE: Farmed animals and the greenwashing of wool
MARINA BOLOTNIKOVA: There is one big domain of livestock production that is often seen as exempt from the hard trade-offs of farming animals for…
VEILED MEANINGS: Defending the word ‘vegan’
JORDI CASAMITJANA: In a broad context, a defender is a person who defends a particular thing or being that has been criticised or questioned, and…
‘The Pig That Therefore I Am’: Visual art and animal activism
ELIZABETH CHERRY: How does visual art affect the work of social movements? In her photography series “The Pig That Therefore I Am,” artist Miru Kim…
‘Conservation’ Paradox: Where are the vegan conservationists?
MICHAEL BURROWS: The scientists, government officials, and activists that make up the fields of conservation and wildlife management govern many…
Lex ‘Mundi’: “I quit my job to become an animal activist, now I travel the world to protect them”
LAUREN BEAVIS: A former librarian is now on a mission to promote "total animal liberation" after quitting her job years ago. Lex Rigby, who is based…
‘BODY’ POLITICS: Veganism as Left praxis
JONATHAN DICKSTEIN: When bacon appears on the shelves of a supermarket refrigerator – pre-sliced, cling-wrapped, and bloodless – it does its best to…
WAR & PEACE: War on the animals; Peace to the plates.
MARKUS WILD: Humanism has elevated humanity above its natural condition, but our relationship to animals remains in a state of war. The legally…
Veganism as a Threat: When meat-eaters expect vegan food to taste bad
DANIEL L. ROSENFELD: Underlying the consumption of meat, dairy, and eggs is a dominant ideology that philosophers and psychologists have termed…
Veganism as the Standard: ‘Opting-out’ rather than ‘opting-in’
KEVIN LINTON: 'The legal end goal of veganism is to make illegal the practices which unnecessarily harm, exploit and kill sentient, non-human…
The Plant-Based Shift: Supporting or undermining veganism?
ANNA BOARDMAN: Veganism questions human-animal relationships and gives moral consideration to non-human animals, primarily through advocating the…
THE BEAST WITHIN: Animal cruelty is the price we pay for cheap meat
PAUL SOLOTAROFF: Sarah, like anyone who’s spent much time working farms, is functionally built through the thighs and trunk, herding pregnant hogs…
RUN, CHICKEN, RUN: What should kids know about factory farming?
KENNY TORRELLA: The children’s movie Chicken Run is one of the darker and more subversive films made for kids: The story follows a flock of lovable,…