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Melanie Joy (born 2 September 1966) is an American social psychologist and author, primarily notable for promulgating the term carnism. She is a professor of psychology and sociology at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
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The animal liberation movement is fighting what is arguably the most entrenched and widespread form of exploitation in human history: speciesism.
Strategic Action for Animals (2008)
Often, vegan advocates assume that a person's defensiveness is the result of selfishness or apathy, when in fact it is much more likely the result of systematic and intensive social conditioning.
Strategic Action for Animals (2008)
We love dogs and eat cows not because dogs and cows are fundamentally different—cows, like dogs, have feelings, preferences, and consciousness—but because our perception of them is different.
Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows (2010)
Think about it: virtually every atrocity in the history of humankind was enabled by a populace that turned away from a reality that seemed too painful to face, while virtually every revolution for peace and justice has been made possible by a group of people who chose to bear witness and demanded that others bear witness as well.
Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows (2010)
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