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"Scoop" asked, What does defacing a billboard that features #JacindaAdren w/ a dead #possum say? It says the #sexualpoliticsofmeat is alive & well in NZ. //www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2008/S00187/defacing-billboard-of-jacinda-ardern-with-dead-possum-what-does-it-say-about-us.htm /1
Killing animals and using them to represent hostile feelings toward women is nothing new. It's just more visible when the woman the dead animal is used against is #jacindaardern the Prime Minister of NZ. /2
Also a reminder of the status of #possums as pests in New Zealand, explored in a paper by Ally Mccrow-Young, Tobias Linné, and Annie Potts. To lower a woman's status or objectify her, use #animals that have already been "lowered" in status. researchgate.net/publication/33… /3
How #misogyny works. Anti-abortionists perpetuate #anthropocenterism; #controlofwomen; and perpetuate the #sexualpoliticsofmeat.
"The speciesism of Homo sapiens is perhaps nowhere more pronounced than in the protestation about the fate of the human conceptus and zygote, while the sentiency of the other animals is declared morally irrelevant because they are not human beings" bloomsbury.com/us/neither-man…
"Some have a definition of meaningful life that's so broad as 2 encompass a newly fertilized egg yet so narrow that it does not consider fully-grown animals w/ well developed nervous systems & social sensibilities." from my article #abortion #animalrights bloomsbury.com/us/neither-man…
The meat industry and animal agriculture promote an #AntiMeToo perspective. Latest example is #Randy's from Sheffield with its #WeinsteinBurger. But, remember, this normalization is very normal for meat advertisements, Randy's is just more overt. #sexualpoliticsofmeat
Here's a link. thetab.com/uk/sheffield/2…
And their statement (found here: thestar.co.uk/news/randy-s-m… ) in which people who protest are "sensitive" shows how strong the normalization of rape culture is.
