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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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
My piece in @currentaffairs.bsky.social. I’m super proud of this one and honoured to have it in such a first rate publication
My piece, “The Political Left and the Overlooked Power of Veganism: Toward a Marxist-Animal Liberationist Framework for Ecological Revolution” has just been published in the Animal Studies Journal. Read it here www.uowoajournals.org/asj/article/...
The Political Left and the Overlooked Power of Veganism: Toward a Marxist-Animal Liberationist Framework for Ecological Revolution
This paper critically examines the marginalisation of veganism within leftist or progressive political discourse, particularly through the lens of Marxist theory, in the context of the Anthropocene. W...
www.uowoajournals.org
February 1, 2026 at 6:08 PM
My piece, “The Political Left and the Overlooked Power of Veganism: Toward a Marxist-Animal Liberationist Framework for Ecological Revolution” has just been published in the Animal Studies Journal. Read it here www.uowoajournals.org/asj/article/...
Happy to see this. The video for my talk on the Left & Veganism I delivered at the International Animal Rights Conference in Luxembourg in Sept 2025 is now available on IARC’s YouTube channel. Perfect summary companion to my paper published by the Animal Studies Journal
youtu.be/dT4tKCgiKJ8
youtu.be/dT4tKCgiKJ8
The political left and the overlooked power of veganism - Emilia Leese [IARC2025]
YouTube video by International Animal Rights Conference
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February 1, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Happy to see this. The video for my talk on the Left & Veganism I delivered at the International Animal Rights Conference in Luxembourg in Sept 2025 is now available on IARC’s YouTube channel. Perfect summary companion to my paper published by the Animal Studies Journal
youtu.be/dT4tKCgiKJ8
youtu.be/dT4tKCgiKJ8
Emilia A Leese (@emileese)
New post! On the UK gov’t biodiversity loss report
substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:06 PM
That first time you told a child, “Because I said so.” ✋ Where does that instinct for control really come from?
Episode 31 of Think Like a Vegan podcast is live. Activist and scholar Amanda Williams dismantles the idea of adult supremacy, the unseen hierarchy shaping our first lessons in power
Episode 31 of Think Like a Vegan podcast is live. Activist and scholar Amanda Williams dismantles the idea of adult supremacy, the unseen hierarchy shaping our first lessons in power
February 1, 2026 at 6:04 PM
That first time you told a child, “Because I said so.” ✋ Where does that instinct for control really come from?
Episode 31 of Think Like a Vegan podcast is live. Activist and scholar Amanda Williams dismantles the idea of adult supremacy, the unseen hierarchy shaping our first lessons in power
Episode 31 of Think Like a Vegan podcast is live. Activist and scholar Amanda Williams dismantles the idea of adult supremacy, the unseen hierarchy shaping our first lessons in power
Ever wonder what animal activism really looks like from the inside? 🍁
My new episode is live! 🎙️ Ep 30 of Think like a vegan features researcher Dr. Ceallaigh MacCath-Moran spending time deep in vegan and animal rights communities in Canada.
Streaming on all podcast platforms & on my YouTube channel
My new episode is live! 🎙️ Ep 30 of Think like a vegan features researcher Dr. Ceallaigh MacCath-Moran spending time deep in vegan and animal rights communities in Canada.
Streaming on all podcast platforms & on my YouTube channel
February 1, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Ever wonder what animal activism really looks like from the inside? 🍁
My new episode is live! 🎙️ Ep 30 of Think like a vegan features researcher Dr. Ceallaigh MacCath-Moran spending time deep in vegan and animal rights communities in Canada.
Streaming on all podcast platforms & on my YouTube channel
My new episode is live! 🎙️ Ep 30 of Think like a vegan features researcher Dr. Ceallaigh MacCath-Moran spending time deep in vegan and animal rights communities in Canada.
Streaming on all podcast platforms & on my YouTube channel
Reminder: pick up a copy of Think Like a Vegan for yourself, a new or longtime vegan, a vegan-curious person or even an anti-vegan! The book is now in paperback, available worldwide wherever you buy books, also in ebook and audiobook, and has a new publisher, @wiltonsquare.bsky.social 🎁
December 4, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Reminder: pick up a copy of Think Like a Vegan for yourself, a new or longtime vegan, a vegan-curious person or even an anti-vegan! The book is now in paperback, available worldwide wherever you buy books, also in ebook and audiobook, and has a new publisher, @wiltonsquare.bsky.social 🎁
Just dropped Ep 29 of Think Like a Vegan podcast which will recalibrate your understanding of veganism. I talk with the brilliant Roger Yates—sociologist & animal rights firebrand. He unpacked veganism’s radical history as a philosophy of TOTAL liberation. It’s not what you’ve been sold. It’s bigger
December 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Just dropped Ep 29 of Think Like a Vegan podcast which will recalibrate your understanding of veganism. I talk with the brilliant Roger Yates—sociologist & animal rights firebrand. He unpacked veganism’s radical history as a philosophy of TOTAL liberation. It’s not what you’ve been sold. It’s bigger
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
Reposted by Emi Leese Ⓥ
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
Reposted by Emi Leese Ⓥ
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
Reposted by Emi Leese Ⓥ
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 ...
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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