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Sistah Vegan Blog:
A Critical Race Feminist's Journey Through the 'Ethical Foodscape'...and Beyond


Connections: Racism, Speciesism, and Whiteness as The Norm
Hello my Sistah Vegan supporters. First, I wanted to thank those of you who have helped me towards my goal of finishing my PhD. The other...
Jun 2, 2011
Race, Whiteness, and the Vegan "Exotic": Pleasure for Some, Pain for Others
I gave this presentation at the University of California, Berkeley on April 27, 2011 for the “Race, Space, and Nature” conference. This...
Apr 27, 2011
“People are in prison because they make that choice, Animals don’t”: Creating crit
“People are in prison because they make that choice, Animals have no choice”: Creating critical race literacies for post-racial whiteness...
Apr 5, 2011
Intersections: Black female slave vivisection, non-human animal experimentation, and the foundation
Update: Before watching the video about “Intersections: Black female slave vivisection, non-human animal experimentation, and the...
Mar 31, 2011


"Animals belong in cages": Normalizing domination in Children's toys, books and carto
In this video I speak briefly about how mainstream children’s, toys, shows and books normalize the dominating and exploitative...
Mar 22, 2011
Hood Health, Animal Defense, Feminist Ethics of Care
This video reviews the books that are adding to my epistemological foundation of intersections of animals, veganism, and critical race ...
Mar 21, 2011


Harper's "whiteness and speciesism" essay in forthcoming book: Sister Species
New book coming out in June 2011 that I have contributed an essay to. My essay looks at intersections of whiteness and speciesism, as...
Dec 10, 2010
Conservation and Unethical Food Choices? Yosemite's Contradiction
I spent the last 8 days camping at Yosemite National Park in California with my family. Here is a 10 minute long video about my...
Sep 9, 2010


Addressing Race and Class Privilege at SFSU Holistic Health Conference
Yesterday I gave a talk at San Francisco State University’s Holistic Health Conference, “Eat Well Be Well.” I was asked to talk on a...
Apr 18, 2010
Challenging Our Race, Cisgender, etc. Privileges: Vegan Activism Beyond a Single Issue
Would you Harbor Me? Vegan Activism Beyond a Single Issue, Building Coalitions, and Challenging our Race, Gender, etc., Privileges. In...
Mar 1, 2010
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