<description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;On this episode, we speak to Nathan Poirier. Nathan is an interdisciplinary critical animal studies scholar with a background in anthrozoology, sociology, and mathematics. He currently teaches at Lansing Community College in Michigan. He's the co-editor of the 2022 collection &lt;em&gt;Emerging New Voices in Critical Animal Studies: Vegan Studies for Total Liberation&lt;/em&gt;, the 2023 collection &lt;em&gt;Expanding the Critical Animal Studies Imagination: Essays in Solidarity and Total Liberation&lt;/em&gt;, and of the 2024 collection &lt;em&gt;Veganarchism: Making Veganism and Anarchism Dangerous Again&lt;/em&gt;. We talk about the 2025 Lantern Publishing collection &lt;em&gt;Exploring Topics in Non/Human Coexistence: Passion, Praxis, and Presence&lt;/em&gt;, which Nathan co-edited with Sarah Tomasello, Erin Jones, and Mark Suchyta. In particular, we dig into one of Nathan's chapters: 'Veganism as an overlooked component of anarchafeminism?'&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;In the quick questions, Nathan mentioned;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ignoring Nature No More&lt;/em&gt;, edited by Marc Bekoff. &lt;a href= "https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo14398472.html"&gt; https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo14398472.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;His paper (with Sarah Tomasello) 'Polar Similar': &lt;a href= "https://animaliajournal.wordpress.com/2017/03/25/polar-similar-intersections-of-anthropology-and-conservation/"&gt; https://animaliajournal.wordpress.com/2017/03/25/polar-similar-intersections-of-anthropology-and-conservation/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;John Tallent, author of &lt;em&gt;How to Unite the Left on Animals&lt;/em&gt; (see an interview with Kim Stallwood here: &lt;a href= "https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-unite-on-101030529"&gt;https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-unite-on-101030529&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;His 'A6' &lt;em&gt;Against Cultured Meat&lt;/em&gt;, co-authored with Richard Giles: &lt;a href= "https://www.activedistributionshop.org/product/against-cultured-meat-a6/"&gt; https://www.activedistributionshop.org/product/against-cultured-meat-a6/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Knowing Animals

Josh Milburn

Episode 249: Veganarchafeminism with Nathan Poirier

MAY 4, 202639 MIN
Knowing Animals

Episode 249: Veganarchafeminism with Nathan Poirier

MAY 4, 202639 MIN

Description

On this episode, we speak to Nathan Poirier. Nathan is an interdisciplinary critical animal studies scholar with a background in anthrozoology, sociology, and mathematics. He currently teaches at Lansing Community College in Michigan. He's the co-editor of the 2022 collection Emerging New Voices in Critical Animal Studies: Vegan Studies for Total Liberation, the 2023 collection Expanding the Critical Animal Studies Imagination: Essays in Solidarity and Total Liberation, and of the 2024 collection Veganarchism: Making Veganism and Anarchism Dangerous Again. We talk about the 2025 Lantern Publishing collection Exploring Topics in Non/Human Coexistence: Passion, Praxis, and Presence, which Nathan co-edited with Sarah Tomasello, Erin Jones, and Mark Suchyta. In particular, we dig into one of Nathan's chapters: 'Veganism as an overlooked component of anarchafeminism?' In the quick questions, Nathan mentioned; Ignoring Nature No More, edited by Marc Bekoff. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo14398472.html His paper (with Sarah Tomasello) 'Polar Similar': https://animaliajournal.wordpress.com/2017/03/25/polar-similar-intersections-of-anthropology-and-conservation/ John Tallent, author of How to Unite the Left on Animals (see an interview with Kim Stallwood here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-unite-on-101030529) His 'A6' Against Cultured Meat, co-authored with Richard Giles: https://www.activedistributionshop.org/product/against-cultured-meat-a6/