Emi Leese Ⓥ
@emilialeese.bsky.social
Author of book and host of podcast "Think Like a Vegan". Re-wilder with the award-winning http://birchfieldhighlands.org. Also a public speaker, magazine editor and corp finance lawyer. Visit emilialeese.com and https://emilialeese.substack.com she/her
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Emi Leese Ⓥ
@emilialeese.bsky.social
· Apr 15
The farming of animals is an obsolete tradition that denies living creatures the right to dignity, freedom, and comfort. It also severely harms workers and the climate. The practice must end. by @emilialeese.bsky.social
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Against Animal Farming
The farming of animals is an obsolete tradition that denies living creatures the right to dignity, freedom, and comfort. It's also destroying the climate and the lives of industry workers. For these r...
www.currentaffairs.org
My piece in @currentaffairs.bsky.social. I’m super proud of this one and honoured to have it in such a first rate publication
Important update! Think Like a Vegan is now published by Wilton Square Books! After a wobble, fate came to the rescue and we’ve got a new publisher. Available in print, ebook and audiobook wherever you buy books and from your local library
October 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Important update! Think Like a Vegan is now published by Wilton Square Books! After a wobble, fate came to the rescue and we’ve got a new publisher. Available in print, ebook and audiobook wherever you buy books and from your local library
What if animal rights and human dignity are one fight? My talk for Grow Civic in north of Cyprus explores the systemic links between human & animal exploitation in agriculture and the path to shared liberation.
Watch on my YouTube channel
Watch on my YouTube channel
Animals Like Us: Exploring Shared Struggles Across Species
YouTube video by Think Like A Vegan
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October 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
What if animal rights and human dignity are one fight? My talk for Grow Civic in north of Cyprus explores the systemic links between human & animal exploitation in agriculture and the path to shared liberation.
Watch on my YouTube channel
Watch on my YouTube channel
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A very moving talk by @rimona-afana.bsky.social about the #genocide , #ecocide & long-term consequences in Gaza for people, other animals & the environment. Essential listening for people who care. Host: @emilialeese.bsky.social
Ep. 27: Why vegans should care about genocide/ecocide in Gaza
Podcast Episode · Think Like a Vegan · 10/10/2025 · 38m
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October 11, 2025 at 8:32 AM
A very moving talk by @rimona-afana.bsky.social about the #genocide , #ecocide & long-term consequences in Gaza for people, other animals & the environment. Essential listening for people who care. Host: @emilialeese.bsky.social
The victims of Israel's war on Gaza we aren't talking about 🕊️. Ep 27 of Think Like a Vegan podcast is live. Researcher Rimona Afana exposes the hidden cost: the deliberate destruction of the natural world and nonhuman animals. Streaming now on all platforms @rimona-afana.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The victims of Israel's war on Gaza we aren't talking about 🕊️. Ep 27 of Think Like a Vegan podcast is live. Researcher Rimona Afana exposes the hidden cost: the deliberate destruction of the natural world and nonhuman animals. Streaming now on all platforms @rimona-afana.bsky.social
Alan Watson Featherstone has spent a lifetime listening to the 🌏. He reframes rewilding not as a technical process but as a restoration of relationship. We discuss why healing land is a radical act of hope and how a single tree contains a future forest. Remember w us our place in the living world
October 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Alan Watson Featherstone has spent a lifetime listening to the 🌏. He reframes rewilding not as a technical process but as a restoration of relationship. We discuss why healing land is a radical act of hope and how a single tree contains a future forest. Remember w us our place in the living world
Capitalism didn't just commodify animals - it turned suffering into an industry. Meet John Sanbonmatsu, and his incendiary new work The Omnivore's Deception
So begins the new season of my Think Like a Vegan podcast
Streaming on all platforms & YouTube
So begins the new season of my Think Like a Vegan podcast
Streaming on all platforms & YouTube
September 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Capitalism didn't just commodify animals - it turned suffering into an industry. Meet John Sanbonmatsu, and his incendiary new work The Omnivore's Deception
So begins the new season of my Think Like a Vegan podcast
Streaming on all platforms & YouTube
So begins the new season of my Think Like a Vegan podcast
Streaming on all platforms & YouTube
This never gets old. My book for sale at @strandbookstore.bsky.social in NYC and in some great company! Go get your copy and support indi bookstores. Or request Think Like a Vegan from your local library
April 19, 2025 at 7:17 AM
This never gets old. My book for sale at @strandbookstore.bsky.social in NYC and in some great company! Go get your copy and support indi bookstores. Or request Think Like a Vegan from your local library
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Trans women are women,
trans men are men,
and that’s that.
trans men are men,
and that’s that.
April 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Trans women are women,
trans men are men,
and that’s that.
trans men are men,
and that’s that.
It’s fantastic to be included in, and work with the outstanding editors of, @currentaffairs.bsky.social
The farming of animals is an obsolete tradition that denies living creatures the right to dignity, freedom, and comfort. It also severely harms workers and the climate. The practice must end. by @emilialeese.bsky.social
www.currentaffairs.org/news/against...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/against...
Against Animal Farming
The farming of animals is an obsolete tradition that denies living creatures the right to dignity, freedom, and comfort. It's also destroying the climate and the lives of industry workers. For these r...
www.currentaffairs.org
April 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
It’s fantastic to be included in, and work with the outstanding editors of, @currentaffairs.bsky.social
My piece in @currentaffairs.bsky.social. I’m super proud of this one and honoured to have it in such a first rate publication
The farming of animals is an obsolete tradition that denies living creatures the right to dignity, freedom, and comfort. It also severely harms workers and the climate. The practice must end. by @emilialeese.bsky.social
www.currentaffairs.org/news/against...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/against...
Against Animal Farming
The farming of animals is an obsolete tradition that denies living creatures the right to dignity, freedom, and comfort. It's also destroying the climate and the lives of industry workers. For these r...
www.currentaffairs.org
April 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
My piece in @currentaffairs.bsky.social. I’m super proud of this one and honoured to have it in such a first rate publication
🐠 It’s no prank! Today, first of April is the North American launch date for Think Like A Vegan. You can now buy it wherever you buy books, ask your library to carry it or listen on audiobook. Or come to one of my events in NJ - River Road Books on 3 April or the New Jersey Vegan Market on 6 April
April 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
🐠 It’s no prank! Today, first of April is the North American launch date for Think Like A Vegan. You can now buy it wherever you buy books, ask your library to carry it or listen on audiobook. Or come to one of my events in NJ - River Road Books on 3 April or the New Jersey Vegan Market on 6 April
Hey North America! Think Like a Vegan paperback is dropping soon. And I’ll be doing an author event on 3 April at River Road Books. Come say hi and pick up your copy. Tix here bit.ly/3Fl7Odc
March 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Hey North America! Think Like a Vegan paperback is dropping soon. And I’ll be doing an author event on 3 April at River Road Books. Come say hi and pick up your copy. Tix here bit.ly/3Fl7Odc
New Jersey vegans and vegan curious! Come to my Think Like A Vegan author talk at River Road Books on 3 April. I’m super excited author, journalist, filmmaker and old friend Mike Farragher will be my host. Or come say hello at the New Jersey Vegan market on 5 April. Tix here bit.ly/3Fl7Odc
March 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
New Jersey vegans and vegan curious! Come to my Think Like A Vegan author talk at River Road Books on 3 April. I’m super excited author, journalist, filmmaker and old friend Mike Farragher will be my host. Or come say hello at the New Jersey Vegan market on 5 April. Tix here bit.ly/3Fl7Odc
Once again I joined The Animal Rights Show. I had a great time talking about rewilding and ethical challenges. Thanks for having me on again. Check it out www.youtube.com/live/587i6S0...
Animal Rights Show | Think Like A Vegan # 2
YouTube video by Roger Yates
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March 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Once again I joined The Animal Rights Show. I had a great time talking about rewilding and ethical challenges. Thanks for having me on again. Check it out www.youtube.com/live/587i6S0...
New Jersey folks!!! Come to my book even on 3 April at River Road Books in Fair Haven. Get your copy of Think Like A Vegan and let's have a chat. NJ author and filmmaker Mike Farragher will be hosting. I'm so looking forward to it. Please spread the word! Get tix here bit.ly/3Fl7Odc
March 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
New Jersey folks!!! Come to my book even on 3 April at River Road Books in Fair Haven. Get your copy of Think Like A Vegan and let's have a chat. NJ author and filmmaker Mike Farragher will be hosting. I'm so looking forward to it. Please spread the word! Get tix here bit.ly/3Fl7Odc
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I recently appeared on Skeptic Magazine's The Michael Shermer Show to discuss ethical theory and the moral status of humans, animals, and AI systems. It was an interesting and wide ranging conversation - thanks for having me on @michaelshermer.bsky.social!
Who Counts? Ethics in the Treatment of Animals and AI
About this episode:
Michael Shermer and Jeff Sebo explore moral philosophy, focusing on animal rights, sentience, and consciousness. They discuss the definitions of morality, ethical pluralism, and t...
www.skeptic.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I recently appeared on Skeptic Magazine's The Michael Shermer Show to discuss ethical theory and the moral status of humans, animals, and AI systems. It was an interesting and wide ranging conversation - thanks for having me on @michaelshermer.bsky.social!
Vegans in NJ - save these dates! Think Like a Vegan book events: 3 April I’ll be at River Road Books in Fair Haven from 7pm. You can pre-order books from River Road for that event. And on 6 April I’ll be at the Vegan in NJ Market and I’ll have a few copies for sale! So looking forward to this
Emilia Leese Author Talk & Signing
River Road Books opened in 2006 with the goal of bringing a community of readers together. Our book selections are cultivated with great care. Whether it's a familiar classic or the latest title by a ...
www.riverroadbooks.net
March 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Vegans in NJ - save these dates! Think Like a Vegan book events: 3 April I’ll be at River Road Books in Fair Haven from 7pm. You can pre-order books from River Road for that event. And on 6 April I’ll be at the Vegan in NJ Market and I’ll have a few copies for sale! So looking forward to this
Big news! My piece “No More Animal Farming” is live in @currentaffairs.bsky.social — a must-read for all! Art by Kasia Kozakiewcz. Use code *FriendsofCA* for 25% off to explore more amazing content, from fossil fuel myths to Taylor Swift
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March 6, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Big news! My piece “No More Animal Farming” is live in @currentaffairs.bsky.social — a must-read for all! Art by Kasia Kozakiewcz. Use code *FriendsofCA* for 25% off to explore more amazing content, from fossil fuel myths to Taylor Swift
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I'm thrilled my piece "No More Animal Farming" is included - right at the front!!! - in the latest print issue of @currentaffairs.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I'm thrilled my piece "No More Animal Farming" is included - right at the front!!! - in the latest print issue of @currentaffairs.bsky.social
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None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.
February 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.
Love some syndication!! Thank you @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social !!!
If You Believe in Social Justice, You Believe in Veganism
While in Delhi late one evening, on the drive back to the hotel after a terrific meal in a Kashmiri restaurant, our taxi stopped at a traffic light in the
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February 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Love some syndication!! Thank you @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social !!!
I had a lovely chat on all-creatures.org w Mariquita Solis last week. We talked about Think Like A Vegan, Birchfield Forest Rewilding and much more. Thanks to Mariquita for being a great host and everyone who stopped in and shared some absolutely lovely thoughts www.youtube.com/live/Eb65wv5...
Meet Emilia Leese, Think Like a Vegan
YouTube video by All Creatures
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February 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I had a lovely chat on all-creatures.org w Mariquita Solis last week. We talked about Think Like A Vegan, Birchfield Forest Rewilding and much more. Thanks to Mariquita for being a great host and everyone who stopped in and shared some absolutely lovely thoughts www.youtube.com/live/Eb65wv5...
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One of my best friends is from a sleepy, wealthy small town in the south-west of Germany. He said, so many of my parents’ neighbours are rich and bored, with little to complain about, and they’ve radicalised themselves at dinner parties and online. In their aimlessness, they’ve bonded over hate.
This isn’t some rant saying “Germany has learned nothing from its past” - the reality is more subtle than that. Middle-class Germans live and travel with an incredible amount of ease and comfort, and they just got…sleepy. Many of them dismissed the far-right’s rage as just another set of complaints.
Just filed an article about the upcoming German elections (out on Sunday) and what strikes me is how timid much of the institutional pushback against the far-right has been. Some people have distinguished themselves but for the most part it’s just been really complacent - really disappointing.
February 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
One of my best friends is from a sleepy, wealthy small town in the south-west of Germany. He said, so many of my parents’ neighbours are rich and bored, with little to complain about, and they’ve radicalised themselves at dinner parties and online. In their aimlessness, they’ve bonded over hate.
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Animal agency indeed! "..the role of animals in shaping Earth's landscapes is much more significant that previously recognised. From beavers creating wetlands to ants building mounds of soil, these diverse natural processes are crucial, yet we risk losing them as biodiversity declines."
“Nearly 30% of the identified species are rare, endemic, or threatened, meaning vital geomorphic processes could cease before their full significance is understood.”
🌱🐋🧪🌎 #STS
🌱🐋🧪🌎 #STS
Animals as architects of Earth: First global study reveals their surprising impact
Animals are not just inhabitants of the natural world -- they are its architects. A new study has revealed how hundreds of species shape the landscapes we depend on, from vast termite mounds visible f...
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February 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Animal agency indeed! "..the role of animals in shaping Earth's landscapes is much more significant that previously recognised. From beavers creating wetlands to ants building mounds of soil, these diverse natural processes are crucial, yet we risk losing them as biodiversity declines."