The Rational Vegan

E04 – Intersectionality

What is it, does it work, and how is applied in the vegan community.

75min

In Episode 4 of The Rational Vegan, We discuss these gaps in perspective, how intersectionality is unfairly leveled against animal justice campaigns via one way critique, the hypocrisies of those who use it selectively, how it can help lay bare the hypocrisies in the animal justice movement, and how intersectionality can be used to integrate the push for animal liberation into all social justice campaigns.

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E04 – Intersectionality What is it, does it work, and how is applied in the vegan community.

Intersectionality has become something of a buzz term in activist circles as of late. Although the “One struggle, One fight” value has been recognized as a part of social justice practice for quite some time, new interpretations have led activists to ...
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An Introduction

I'll start with saying what this blog is not: This isn't an attempt to capitalize on the growing "vegan" trend. The end goal is not to develop a readership in order to market or monetize.  This is not yet another blog meant to post recipes, to talk about my vegan journey, or to post vegan memes.  There is already an overabundance of sites like those.  The last thing the growing vegan community needs is another blog of recipes, diet plans, or anything...

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