Book Review: The Lifelong Activist by Hillary Rettig (2006)
Wow, has it been a month already? Awhile back, you may remember, Lantern Books sent me my very first package of swag, which consisted of Dr. Michael Greger’s newest book, Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own...
View ArticleBook Review: Aftershock by pattrice jones (2007)
W00t, here it is! Finally finished my review of pattrice jones’s Aftershock, which I totally loved. I also loved that I was able to squeeze all of my thoughts – or at least a summary thereof – into the...
View ArticleBook Review: Striking at the Roots by Mark Hawthorne (2008)
As promised earlier in the week, here’s my review of Striking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism, by Mark Hawthorne. I actually devoured the first ten chapters in like two days,...
View ArticleBook Review: Strategic Action for Animals by Melanie Joy (2008)
Here, finally!, is my review of Strategic Action for Animals: A Handbook on Strategic Movement Building, Organizing, and Activism for Animal Liberation (Melanie Joy, 2008). At 2,000+ words, it’s...
View Article#ForTheGhosts
The much-anticipated animal rights documentary The Ghosts in Our Machine is coming out in just a few weeks, and the folks involved need our help to get the word out! The film follows renown...
View ArticleBook Review: Everything Belongs to the Future, Laurie Penny (2016)
Entertaining and thought-provoking, this novella left me wanting more. (Sooooo much more!) (Full disclosure: I received a free ebook for review through NetGalley. Trigger warning for rape.) “All I...
View ArticleBook Review: Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home by Nicole J. Georges (2017)
oh h*ck. (Full disclosure: I received a free copy of this book for review. Trigger warning for allusions to rape, child abuse, domestic violence, animal abuse, alcoholism, self-harm, and suicidal...
View ArticleRescue dogs, interspecies manifestos, and vegan pizza: An interview with...
(Photo © Amos Mac.) Nicole J. Georges is a professor, writer, and illustrator who has been publishing her own zines and comics for twenty years. Her first book, Invincible Summer: An Anthology,...
View ArticleBook Review: From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation by Keeanga-Yamahtta...
Where do we go from here? From the mutual foundation of slavery and freedom at the country’s inception to the genocide of the Native population that made the “peculiar institution” possible to the...
View ArticleBook Review: Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger by Soraya Chemaly...
Anger is a Gift (Full disclosure: I received a free e-ARC for review through NetGalley. Trigger warning for discussions of sexism and misogyny, including sexual assault.) Ask yourself, why would a...
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