Main description:

While explicitly set against a backdrop of sexism in social justice activism more generally, this book exposes causes, pervasiveness, harms, and possible directions for change with regard to sexism and male privilege in the animal activist movement.

Employing the work of previous scholars, Dr. Lisa Kemmerer exposes the commonplace nature and causes of sexism and male privilege in social justice activism, then focuses on anymal activists, including new data that has not previously been published. The book also explores the crushing harms caused by sexism in the movement and an extensive array of possible directions for change. In various places throughout the text, Kemmerer refocuses on the interface of sexism and speciesism, and one full chapter explores a philosophies of interconnection from around the world and down through time. Also included are six essays from contributing authors who offer fresh angles on the topic, and who provide contextualized experiences with intersectional oppressions. While the book focuses specifically on animal activism, the end-goal of the book is total liberation-an end to all forms of privilege and marginalization.

Contents:

Introduction: Speciesism, Sexism, and Male Privilege.- Part I: Wide-Angle View: Interconnected Oppressions.- Interconnections: Theory, Myth, and Science.- Interconnected Oppressions, Intersectionality, and Whiteness as Norm.- The "Why" of Sexism in Social Justice Movements.- Part II: Focus on the Anymal Activist Movement: Exposing Sexism and Male Privilege.- Survey Data on Harassment and Discrimination from the Anymal Activist Community.- CANHAD: Testimonials from the Anymal Activist Community Revealing Sexism in the Movement.- Evidence of Systemic Sexism and Male Privilege (Prior to #MeToo).- The #ARMeToo Movement: Empowered Perpetrators Exposed at HSUS, MFA, and DxE.- Part III: Harms of and Solutions for Sexism in the Anymal Activist Movement.- Harms of Sexism and Male Privilege in the AE Community.- Working Against Sexism and Male Privilege Inside Organizations.- Working with Independent Activists Against Sexism and Male Privilege.- Part IV: Critical Reflections from Anymal Activists.- Meet the New Vegan World, Nassim Nobari.- Liberation Is Not Total If It Does Not Include Disabled People, Geertrui Cazaux.- White Supremacy and Anymal Activism, Grace Hussain.- Cis-male Dominance in Anymal Activism from a Transgender Perspective, Doel Rakshit.- Towards a (Pro)Feminist Anymal Justice Movement: Reflections from Estonia, Kadri Aavik.- When the Rite of Passage is Wrong: One White Man's (Ongoing) Journey from Toxicity to Anymal Activism and Social Justice, Jeff Blatnick.- Conclusion: Meta-reflections on Sexism in Anymal Activism.