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"Much like many important books, this has been sitting on my shelf a long time. The only reason to live forever would be that I could probably finish my to-read list after the earth and all writers are swallowed by the sun. I saw that there was an audiobook version now and snagged it while I'm stuck in an apt fiasco. Phenomenal so far- good mix of human complexity, history, and engaging writing. Good narrator, too." — 5 hours, 4 min ago
"Much like many important books, this has been sitting on my shelf a long time. The only reason to live forever would be that I could probably finish my to-read list after the earth and all writers are swallowed by the sun. I saw that there was an audiobook version now and snagged it while I'm stuck in an apt fiasco. Phenomenal so far- good mix of human complexity, history, and engaging writing. Good narrator, too." — 5 hours, 4 min ago
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"After the small out of place chair, this book is so beyond important. I'm glad ak press put it out, too, as maybe it will bridge some divides between communities. The section on barred/spotted owl "conflict" made me tear up and should be required reading for everyon. Killing thousands of barred owls while still allowing logging in spotted habitat and the killing of spotted by logging companies is brutal insanity." — Apr 27, 2026 09:01AM
"After the small out of place chair, this book is so beyond important. I'm glad ak press put it out, too, as maybe it will bridge some divides between communities. The section on barred/spotted owl "conflict" made me tear up and should be required reading for everyon. Killing thousands of barred owls while still allowing logging in spotted habitat and the killing of spotted by logging companies is brutal insanity." — Apr 27, 2026 09:01AM
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"I am pleased to report that I finally picked this back up and after the first section of essays, the book is no longer insufferably jargony (barely) queer theory. Still plenty of academic exercises, but ones you can actually read without punishing your brain. I am no longer mad lol but they should have either scattered those throughout or tossed them at the end. Terrible intro for what should be a wider audience." — Aug 07, 2024 10:12PM
"I am pleased to report that I finally picked this back up and after the first section of essays, the book is no longer insufferably jargony (barely) queer theory. Still plenty of academic exercises, but ones you can actually read without punishing your brain. I am no longer mad lol but they should have either scattered those throughout or tossed them at the end. Terrible intro for what should be a wider audience." — Aug 07, 2024 10:12PM
“Equally damaging is our insistence that all bodies should be healthy. Health is not a state we owe the world. We are not less valuable, worthy, or lovable because we are not healthy. Lastly, there is no standard of health that is achievable for all bodies.”
― The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
― The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
“Animal' is a category that we shove certain bodies into when we want to justify violence against them, which is why animal liberation should concern all who are minoritized. As long as animals are oppressed, as long as 'animal' means something degrading, we will never be set free.”
― Aphro-ism: Essays on Pop Culture, Feminism, and Black Veganism from Two Sisters
― Aphro-ism: Essays on Pop Culture, Feminism, and Black Veganism from Two Sisters
“When our personal value is dependent on the lesser value of other bodies, radical self-love is unachievable.”
― The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
― The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
“We are certainly damaged people. The question is, finally, do we use that damage, that first-hand knowledge of oppression, to recognize each other, to do what work we can together? Or do we use it to destroy?”
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“In some places we value naturalness so highly that we become willing to hurt and kill animals to protect it. When non-native animals are killed simply because they "don't belong" and not because they are causing some sort of measurable harm, we have decided that erasing the taint of the human is more important than the lives of animals who, lest we forget, have no conception that they are in the "wrong" place. This does not feel like humility in action.
...I feel confident in saying that when we kill animals for no reason other than the fact that their presence isn't natural in that place, we are neither respecting the autonomy of loving things, nor respecting humility and restraint.”
― Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World
...I feel confident in saying that when we kill animals for no reason other than the fact that their presence isn't natural in that place, we are neither respecting the autonomy of loving things, nor respecting humility and restraint.”
― Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World
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