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Building Alliances Against Oppression
Animal Rights Advocates Inc. is once again joining forces with ROAR Feminist Collective to deliver another forum for activists interested in exploring the connections between feminism, animal rights and the dynamics of oppression.
Workshop details:
Sunday, 9 August 2009
2:00pm - 5:00pm
Earthwise Centre, 315 Bagot Road, Subiaco, Western Australia
RSVP - info@ara.org.au
Some of the themes we will be exploring:
- How does sexism in the animal rights movement harm women and animals?
- How are the bodies of women and animals commodified for pleasure and profit?
- How is meat-eating linked to masculinity?
- How is language used to normalise the exploitation of women and animals?
Stay tuned for more details of the workshop content.
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Additional Resources
ARA is committed to bridging animal rights with other struggles for social justice in creating a progressive and just world.
Download ARA's Coalition Building: Creating Alliances Against Oppression activist reader. This reader is a collection of articles which cover strategies for building alliances with other social justice movements as well as challenging oppression within the animal rights movement such as sexism, racism and heterosexism/homophobia.
Some articles that may be of interest:
Not a piece of meat: Carol J Adams and the feminist-vegetarian connection
“Are you a breast or a leg man?” - some thoughts on feminism and vegetarianism - The F-Word
Satya Jan 05: Moving Beyond Sexism and Speciesism - Pattrice Jones
Satya Jan 05: Reproductive Autonomy: Crossing thre Species Barrier - Helen Matthews
Satya June/July 05: Linking Feminist, Queer, and Animal Liberation - Pattrice Jones
Postmodern Feminism and Animal Welfare: Perfect Together - Gary Francione
The State of the Movement - Gary Francione
Is Heterosexism Different? - Gary Francione |
