<p><strong>Ida B. Wells and the relevance of her work to the animal justice movement</strong></p> <p>Zane McNeill and Nathan Poirier discuss Ida B. Wells' historical and contemporary legacy and relevance to critical animal studies </p> <p><br /></p> <p>For more than 40 years from the late 1800s, Ida B. Wells fought for justice for Black Americans. Wells was a journalist, newspaper owner, feminist, suffragist and organiser. In particular, she called herself a lynching agitator and she’s probably still best known for this work</p> <p><br /></p> <p>McNeill and Poirier discuss the historical and foundational influence the Black feminist body of work plays for critical animal studies. This influence is all too often not made clear. While barely mentioning nonhuman animals,” the essay on Ida B. Wells, “fundamentally belongs within critical animal studies  via consistent anti- oppression” by studying  historical gender and racial activism through the efforts of an early and important yet understudied Black feminist”. </p> <p><br /></p> <p>Their book is entitled <em>Expanding the Critical Animal Studies Imagination: Essays in Solidarity and Total Liberation </em>(2023, Peter Lang <a href="https://www.peterlang.com/document/1298884" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.peterlang.com/document/1298884</a>)</p> <p> </p> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>Website/Socials</strong></p> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>Zane McNeill</strong> @zane_crittheory on X</p> <p><strong>Nathan Poirier </strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/nathan.poirier.7792" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/nathan.poirier.7792</a> </p> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>Emi Leese</strong></p> <p><a href="https://emilialeese.substack.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://emilialeese.substack.com</a> </p> <p><a href="http://thinklikeavegan.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://thinklikeavegan.com</a>  </p> <p><a href="http://emilialeese.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://emilialeese.com</a>   </p> <p>@emi.leese or @thinklikeavegan, Instagram, Facebook, X and Threads</p> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>Credits</strong></p> <p><strong>Host</strong>: Emilia A. Leese </p> <p><strong>Guests</strong>: Zane McNeill and Nathan Poirier </p> <p><strong>Production &amp; Engineering</strong>: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions; <a href="https://www.bloodyvegansproductions.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bloodyvegansproductions.com</a> </p> <p><strong>Graphics</strong>: Catherine Dorrell <a href="https://www.messyvegancook.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.messyvegancook.com</a> </p> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>Music</strong></p> <p><strong>Opening theme</strong>: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business </p> <p><strong>Interlude</strong>: "Memories/Generations"  by Matthew Gerstenberger; Seismicity on Soundcloud <a href="https://on.soundcloud.com/3Pf8g" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://on.soundcloud.com/3Pf8g</a> </p> <p><strong>Closing theme</strong>: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business</p> <p><br /></p> <p>This podcast is part of iROAR, the Animals Podcasting Network <a href="https://iroarpod.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://iroarpod.com</a>   </p>

Think Like a Vegan

Emilia Leese

Ep. 22 Zane McNeill and Nathan Poirier: Ida B. Wells and relevance to the animal justice movement

AUG 21, 202439 MIN
Think Like a Vegan

Ep. 22 Zane McNeill and Nathan Poirier: Ida B. Wells and relevance to the animal justice movement

AUG 21, 202439 MIN

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<p><strong>Ida B. Wells and the relevance of her work to the animal justice movement</strong></p> <p>Zane McNeill and Nathan Poirier discuss Ida B. Wells' historical and contemporary legacy and relevance to critical animal studies </p> <p><br /></p> <p>For more than 40 years from the late 1800s, Ida B. Wells fought for justice for Black Americans. Wells was a journalist, newspaper owner, feminist, suffragist and organiser. In particular, she called herself a lynching agitator and she’s probably still best known for this work</p> <p><br /></p> <p>McNeill and Poirier discuss the historical and foundational influence the Black feminist body of work plays for critical animal studies. This influence is all too often not made clear. While barely mentioning nonhuman animals,” the essay on Ida B. Wells, “fundamentally belongs within critical animal studies  via consistent anti- oppression” by studying  historical gender and racial activism through the efforts of an early and important yet understudied Black feminist”. </p> <p><br /></p> <p>Their book is entitled <em>Expanding the Critical Animal Studies Imagination: Essays in Solidarity and Total Liberation </em>(2023, Peter Lang <a href="https://www.peterlang.com/document/1298884" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.peterlang.com/document/1298884</a>)</p> <p> </p> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>Website/Socials</strong></p> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>Zane McNeill</strong> @zane_crittheory on X</p> <p><strong>Nathan Poirier </strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/nathan.poirier.7792" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/nathan.poirier.7792</a> </p> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>Emi Leese</strong></p> <p><a href="https://emilialeese.substack.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://emilialeese.substack.com</a> </p> <p><a href="http://thinklikeavegan.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://thinklikeavegan.com</a>  </p> <p><a href="http://emilialeese.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://emilialeese.com</a>   </p> <p>@emi.leese or @thinklikeavegan, Instagram, Facebook, X and Threads</p> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>Credits</strong></p> <p><strong>Host</strong>: Emilia A. Leese </p> <p><strong>Guests</strong>: Zane McNeill and Nathan Poirier </p> <p><strong>Production &amp; Engineering</strong>: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions; <a href="https://www.bloodyvegansproductions.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bloodyvegansproductions.com</a> </p> <p><strong>Graphics</strong>: Catherine Dorrell <a href="https://www.messyvegancook.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.messyvegancook.com</a> </p> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>Music</strong></p> <p><strong>Opening theme</strong>: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business </p> <p><strong>Interlude</strong>: "Memories/Generations"  by Matthew Gerstenberger; Seismicity on Soundcloud <a href="https://on.soundcloud.com/3Pf8g" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://on.soundcloud.com/3Pf8g</a> </p> <p><strong>Closing theme</strong>: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business</p> <p><br /></p> <p>This podcast is part of iROAR, the Animals Podcasting Network <a href="https://iroarpod.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://iroarpod.com</a>   </p>