on the sexual politics of meat & veganism as an act of imagination
reality bites with activist and writer carol j. adams
Writer and activist Carol J. Adams is the pioneer of feminist-vegan critical theory, as developed in her first book, The Sexual Politics of Meat. She spends a lot of time thinking about the ethics of what we eat and how we care for one another — and cooking and eating with those she loves. When she’s not researching, writing, or cooking, you may spot her around Dallas attending a protest for reproductive justice or adding banned books to the Little Free Library she and her husband maintain, or she might be walking her beloved rescue dog or riding her bike in her “Save Animals, Go Vegan” sweatshirt.
“I was an activist in Western New York, where I started a hotline for battered women with my spouse, was part of a group that sued a city for racism in housing, helped to organize the first cooperatively owned mobile home park in New York State, challenged a radio station license because of the racism of the owner, and helped migrant workers find permanent housing. I am so indebted to this activism for helping me think about overlapping oppressions."
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