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Ida B. Wells and the relevance of her work to the animal justice movement
Zane McNeill and Nathan Poirier discuss Ida B. Wells’ historical and contemporary legacy and relevance to critical animal studies
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
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”.
Their book is entitled Expanding the Critical Animal Studies Imagination: Essays in Solidarity and Total Liberation (2023, Peter Lang https://www.peterlang.com/document/1298884)
Website/Socials
Zane McNeill @zane_crittheory on X
Nathan Poirier https://www.facebook.com/nathan.poirier.7792
Emi Leese
https://emilialeese.substack.com
@emi.leese or @thinklikeavegan, Instagram, Facebook, X and Threads
Credits
Host: Emilia A. Leese
Guests: Zane McNeill and Nathan Poirier
Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions; https://www.bloodyvegansproductions.com
Graphics: Catherine Dorrell https://www.messyvegancook.com
Music
Opening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business
Interlude: “Memories/Generations” by Matthew Gerstenberger; Seismicity on Soundcloud https://on.soundcloud.com/3Pf8g
Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business
This podcast is part of iROAR, the Animals Podcasting Network https://iroarpod.com
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