Speciesism--Not Sexism--Is the Foundation of "Isms"

by Stephanie Ernst · 2009-06-14 10:22:00 UTC
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Friends, the weekend has gotten away from me, and the post I was preparing to share with you isn't quite finished yet--and I absolutely have to head out the door. So until I can get back to the computer and finish up, do me a favor and check out the following post, will you?

Guess who's really at the bottom of the shitpile? from I, Bonobo

It fits in perfectly with the guest posts from Kelly earlier this week, and it's an excellent response to a conversation at Feministing to which I was desperately hoping a feminist animal rights advocate would respond.

If you're a feminist, if you're a progressive, if you're an animal rights advocate--if you are any of these--read this post.

"Being a speciesist, even if one is a feminist, is playing by men’s rules.  You’re better than that."

Stephanie Ernst wrote the original Animal Rights blog at Change.org until December 2009. She can now be found at Animal Rights & AntiOppression.
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