Vegans and ‘Green-Collared Criminals’: The Depoliticization of animal advocacy in public discourse
Vegans and ‘Green-Collared Criminals’: The Depoliticization of animal advocacy in public discourse
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: Despite the pervasive public interest in animal welfare, the framing of animal rights activism in the media has largely contributed to its depoliticization, argues a paper in Polity. “Vegans and “Green-Collared Criminals,'” by Serrin Rutledge-Prior, presents the reaction to a day of animal rights protests in cities and towns around Australia in 2019, and ultimately concludes that the public narratives about the activists delegitimized their endeavors. On the first anniversary of the release of the documentary film Dominion, which presented covertly obtained footage of Australian slaughterhouses, protesters engaged in a series of animal rights actions, including a […]
‘We Are Nature’: A new campaign wants to redefine the word ‘nature’ to include humans
‘We Are Nature’: A new campaign wants to redefine the word ‘nature’ to include humans
TOM OLIVER: What does the word nature mean to you? Does it conjure visions of wild places away from the hustle and bustle of people, or does it include humans too? The meaning of nature has changed since the word was first used back as early as the 15th century. Now a new campaign, We Are Nature, aims to persuade dictionaries to include humans in their definitions of nature… The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) defines nature as: ‘The phenomena of the physical world collectively; esp. plants, animals, and other features and products of the Earth itself, as opposed to humans […]
Reducing Speciesism: Interventions to change people’s attitudes and behavioral intentions
Reducing Speciesism: Interventions to change people’s attitudes and behavioral intentions
NICOLE BANACH: Why do we eat pigs, wear cows, and experiment on dogs when most people claim to love animals? Generally, people condemn animal suffering, yet they still harm animals either directly or indirectly. Humans use animals for consumption, medical studies, and entertainment. The abuse, exploitation, and mistreatment of animals relate to speciesism. Ryder define speciesism as “a prejudice or attitude of bias in favor of the interests of members of one’s own species and against those of members of other species”. This paper investigates the effectiveness of an intervention, wherein the roles of humans and animals are reversed, on […]
