(Photo of Dr. A. Breeze Harper)
The Sistah Vegan Web Conference took place on September 14, 2013. It was titled “Embodied and Critical Perspectives on Veganism by Black Women and Allies.” (What, you missed the conference!? No worries, the entire conference was recorded and you can purchase the recordings by clicking on ‘CLICK HERE TO REGISTER’ on the conference page. Even though the conference has ended, clicking on this link will send you to the recordings purchase page: Sistah Vegan Conference Recordings)
It was a terrific 8 hours. Here is a small taste of what we learned, talked about, and shared:
- How veganism was healing for Black women’s reproductive health
- Black women, veganism, and the challenges of sizeism
- Patriarchy as problematic in the USA animal liberation movement
- PETA’s racialized-sexualized uses of the female body to promote ‘going vegan’ for animals;
- How the ‘white savior complex’ complicates and causes stress…
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