Apr 22, 2020
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This week on ChickPeeps, Evy
speaks to Dr.Melanie Joy, PhD., about managing relational conflict
between vegans and non vegans, and the social conditioning that
makes the majority of society resistant to embracing veganism. A
harvard educated psychologist, international speaker and author,
Melanie has long been exploring the question of what makes a person
ready to learn about veganism, and this episode she speaks about
the importance of vegan allies in this movement, how vegans
activists can suffer from secondary traumatic stress disorder, and
the self care practices that are essential to being a lifelong
activist. Also on this episode...
- Dr.Joy discusses the idea of being ‘ready’ for
veganism and encourages vegan activists to focus their efforts on
the ‘low hanging fruit’.
- The
perspective shift that happens when you go vegan - ‘You don’t see
different things, you see the same things differently.’
- The
balance between being extremely sensitised to the plight of animals
and being measured and relatable as an activist.
- ‘When
you look at the major problems of the world, these are not problems
that exist because people are too sensitive; they exist because
people aren’t sensitive enough.’
- Moral
perfectionism - Melanie discusses what she sees as the shadow side
of being a conscientious person, and why it sets the movement
back.
- Why
self care is fundamentally important to being an effective
activist.
- Is
bearing witness to animal slaughter a moral obligation for
activists?
- ‘The
animals don’t need a movement of walking trauma survivors. The
animals need a movement of healthy, self-connected, resilient
individuals who are not going to burn out and who are going to be
able to be their advocates for the long haul.’
- What
is Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder and how it materialises in
vegans.
- What
is carnism?
- Has
‘carnist’ become a pejorative used to describe meat-eaters in vegan
circles?
- What
is a vegan ally and how we can ask our loved ones to be that for
us.
- The
importance of relational literacy in the vegan
movement.
- What
can vegans do better to communicate our message?
- ‘Vegan activists are doing an amazing job.’
Dr.Melanie Joy encourages us all to pause and acknowledge the
progress we’ve made!
- ‘Give
yourself permission to love non vegans even if you don’t love what
they do.’
Links:
Explore more of Dr.Melanie Joy’s
work at Carnism.org.
Read more of Dr.Joy’s other work
on MelanieJoy.org
Follow Beyond Carnism on
Facebook, Youtube, Instagram and Twitter.
Follow Dr.Melanie Joy on
Instagram and Facebook.
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