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Hello from sunny Canterbury, England!


Photo credit: My awesome colleague Dr. Kristof Dhont

I'm gearing up for another busy conference season, but, more importantly, trying to get out and about while I can! We've had one of the coldest Aprils and Mays in UK history this year, so I'm grateful for some sunshine as summer solstice rolls around.

Mishka and I took a mid-week trip to Glastonbury this week. We hiked the Tor, visited the Chalice Well, lounged on the grounds of the Abbey ruins, scoured the hillsides in search of the Holy Thorn, and sampled some great organic wines from an all-vegan wine shop (well, just me, not Mishka!). We brought lots of medicinal herbs back with us from the outdoor market which I planted in my garden this afternoon. The third wave is now here in Britain, so that will probably be the extent of my adventures this summer. Just as well...I have a lot of writing to do!

Speaking of which, my third book, Animals in Irish Society, comes out next month! I have released a number of podcasts and blogs highlighting my theory and main findings. You can see some of it listed below or on my website. It's very likely I will be turning up in the Little Museum of Dublin podcast and History Ireland magazine later this year to promote this work. Love it!

That's all for now...

Happy trails!

Podcast


Season 2 of Sociology & Animals Podcast

Season 2 is currently underway. Check out interviews with Lynda M. Korimboccus, Tobias Linné, Dinesh Wadiwel, John Sorenson, and Bonnie Berry that are already live. The remaining episodes will be released over the summer and will include interviews with Amy Fitzgerald, David Pellow, and Richard White.

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News

Study with Me at Kent!

I am currently accepting postgraduate students interested in researching vegan and environmental sociology for a MA or PhD in Sociology. Now is the time to get in touch and chat about a potential proposal and funding opportunities. 

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The World is On Fire

On March 25th, I was so honored to host Dr Vasile Stănescu from Mercer University for my university's faculty seminar. He gave an impassioned talk to an audience of 80 on the politics of climate change, the silence on animal agriculture's contribution to the environmental crisis, and major tactical failings of the animal rights movement. It will make you want to get up and cheer.

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The Third Wave of Animal Rights

In this article with SIRP Estonian News, Kadri Taperson spotlights my work on the importance of feminist methods in building an evidence-based basis for animal law.

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British Sociological Association Spotlight

The British Sociological Association's magazine Network has featured my ongoing work with the International Association for Vegan Sociologists and the Centre for the Study of Social and Political Movements.

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New Research

Animals in Irish Society

Interspecies Oppression and Vegan Liberation in Britain's First Colony

My third book on intersections of colonial oppression, speciesism, and anti-speciesist resistance is now available for preorder through New York University Press. It releases in July. 

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Vegan Geographies in Ireland

Chapter 34, The Routledge International Handbook of Vegan Studies

This chapter seeks to bring shape to the Irish vegan ethic, one that can be traced along its history of animism, agrarianism, ascendency, adaptation, and activism. From its pagan roots to its legacy of vegetarianism, Ireland’s history has been more receptive to Nonhuman Animal interests than might be currently understood.

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Beehives on the Border

Liminal Humans and Other Animals at Skellig Michael

Skellig Micheal is a rocky outpost in the wild Atlantic Ocean renowned for its medieval monastery that has survived since the Dark Ages. As an animal studies scholar, I wonder whether this eschewing of civilization for precarious living on the skellig was an intentional troubling of the human/nonhuman boundary. This research was published in the Irish Journal of Sociology and is open-access.

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Interviews

 

Milk March: The Unspoken Symbolism of One UK MP's Milk Protest

I am pleased to have been featured with Carol Adams in this piece by Christopher Sebastian regarding Charles Walker's COVID-19 protest that entailed his carrying around a bottle of spoiling milk. MP Walker's pint of milk seems to symbolize a system of oppression and British entitlement now under threat.

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New Blogs

The Animal Sentience Bill and Animal Nationalism in Post-Brexit Britain


Britain, newly liberated, is now using its independence as a means to establish itself as a socially and economically advanced nation. In such situations, animals are frequently objectified as symbols of this global superiority. Any resulting welfare legislation is likely to support the myth of “Great” Britain, but highly unlikely to fundamentally challenge the state’s entitlement to nonhuman bodies, labour or lives. This article was featured by the University of Kent’s News Centre.


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V-Rated: Sexualization as a Mechanism of Food Justice Depoliticization


Veganism is regularly described by advertisers in fetishistic terms, likely as a means to resonate with audiences that have been increasingly cued by pornographic and androcentric scripts of consumption. In this way, it is reduced to a hedonistic, capitalist-friendly practice of pleasurable consumption that is very much in line with existing unequal social relations. Drawing on vegan feminist theory, I argue that the veganism—a political position that fundamentally challenges narratives of domination—poses a threat to patriarchal social relations. Subsequently, veganism is depoliticized by patriarchal practices of sexual objectification and capitalistic practices of commodity fetishism. 


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Conferences and Invited Talks

Animal Advocacy Conference
June 30 - July 2, 2021



I am hosting a panel for this conference, "Activism Big and Small" on local and national organizational styles. My panel is full, but please consider submitting as a presenter elsewhere in the conference or attending as an audience member.

In addition, I will be in debate on the topic of effective vegan advocacy with Jo Anderson of Faunalytics, Nella Giatrakou of The Animal Rights Show, and Tobias Leenaert of the Center for Effective Vegan Advocacy and ProVeg International.




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V-Rated: Sexualization as a Mechanism of Food Justice Depoliticization
June 22, 2021



It is veganism’s feminine association that has become its greatest point of vulnerability in a society that is, according to some feminist sociologists, increasingly pornified, commodified, and antagonistic toward all things feminine. This begs the question: how can the popularity of veganism be reconciled within a patriarchal marketplace? I explore vegan feminist politics of vegan food in the June 2021 meeting of the British Sociological Association's Food Study Group Conference.


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Charities, Computers, and Capitalism: How Animal Rights Entered Its Third Wave and What the Future Holds
May 8, 2021



I was honored to serve as a keynote by the Estonian Vegan Society's "Animal Futures" conference. This presentation attempts to document the movement as it has shifted in recent decades, offering a theory of change for future animal activism in the West. According to this analysis, it seems likely that the movement’s continued participation in the capitalist framework will be a major point of contention in the coming years.


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What is Vegan Sociology?
April 9, 2021



I was so honored to have been invited by Dr. Federica Timeto to present the first talk in the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage's Seminar Series with the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (online). In this presentation, I begin to formulate and bring structure to the burgeoning field of vegan sociology.

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Irish Animal Rights
March 17, 2021



I was especially stoked for St. Patrick's Day this year because my third book, Animals in Irish Society, releases in July! After six years in the making, I literally can't wait. Ireland has been unfairly and unduly erased from mainstream animal rights discourses. Let's change that. This is a live Facebook presentation from March 17th; it is available in audio or video format.


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Animals & Society: Canterbury, England
March 20, 2021



In March, I presented a showcase on animals and society in my lovely city of Canterbury. This is a student-oriented presentation for University of Kent Applicant Day. Learn about the role of Nonhuman Animals in the making of a medieval city. If you ever visit Canterbury, perhaps you will take the tour yourself. I've posted a map and directions on my website.


View the presentation here >>

 

 

Now Available

Piecemeal Protest is available through Amazon and the University of Michigan Press. You can read a synopsis of my new book plus behind-the-scenes author commentary on my blog.

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