Serrin Rutledge-Prior
@serrinrp.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Fellow in Animal Ethics at Queen's University | thinking, reading, talking and writing about animal politics, green advocacy, and liberalism | North London is red ❤️🤍
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Multispecies Legality
Cambridge Core - Legal Philosophy - Multispecies Legality
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🥁Introducing🥁... My book-length account of why animals (and probably trees and rivers, too) should be able to sue us. Featuring: covergirl Kristy, who escaped the greyhound racing industry to enjoy a life of comfy couches, long walks, and peanut butter snacks. Enjoy! 😀🐕🌲🏔️
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AASA is very excited to announce that the winner of the inaugural round of the Siobhan O' Book Prize is Yamini Narayanan for the incredible book Mother Cow Mother India (Stanford UP, 2023)! url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/GCu8CL7EwM...
Mother Cow, Mother India | Stanford University Press
India imposes stringent criminal penalties, including life imprisonment in some states, for cow slaughter, based on a Hindu ethic of revering the cow as sacred. And yet India is among the world's lead...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
AASA is very excited to announce that the winner of the inaugural round of the Siobhan O' Book Prize is Yamini Narayanan for the incredible book Mother Cow Mother India (Stanford UP, 2023)! url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/GCu8CL7EwM...
Congrats to my fantastic PhD student, Will Salkeld, for his recent publication in Environmental Values! In the paper, he highlights the Martu people's fire-stick farming, arguing that restoring practices like these can be a form of environmental moral repair: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Care and moral repair: Restoring historical land-caring practices - William Salkeld, 2025
Do we have an obligation to restore historical land-caring practices as an act of moral repair? Recently, Almassi has put forward ecological restoration as a fo...
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October 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Congrats to my fantastic PhD student, Will Salkeld, for his recent publication in Environmental Values! In the paper, he highlights the Martu people's fire-stick farming, arguing that restoring practices like these can be a form of environmental moral repair: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
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“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
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Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
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October 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
September 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Now on the Oxford University Press website, complete with cover: Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka's Animals and the Right to Politics, the long-awaited sequel to 2011's Zoopolis.
An expected release date of 11 December. Just in time for Christmas!
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An expected release date of 11 December. Just in time for Christmas!
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September 4, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Now on the Oxford University Press website, complete with cover: Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka's Animals and the Right to Politics, the long-awaited sequel to 2011's Zoopolis.
An expected release date of 11 December. Just in time for Christmas!
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
An expected release date of 11 December. Just in time for Christmas!
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Join us September 12 for the 4th annual Normactivity Online Workshop, with four talks on 🐘 animal normativity 🐒, and dedicated to the memory of Frans de Waal, who launched the field. Speakers: Sarah Brosnan @lgruen.bsky.social Pier Francesco Ferrari, Phillip Kitcher. Register 👉 tinyurl.com/5akaw2j6
September 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Join us September 12 for the 4th annual Normactivity Online Workshop, with four talks on 🐘 animal normativity 🐒, and dedicated to the memory of Frans de Waal, who launched the field. Speakers: Sarah Brosnan @lgruen.bsky.social Pier Francesco Ferrari, Phillip Kitcher. Register 👉 tinyurl.com/5akaw2j6
August 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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My paper ‘Animal Rights, Moral Motivation, and the Experience of Wonder’ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... has just been published at @the-joap.bsky.social In it, I argue for fostering a sense of wonder at individual nonhuman animals, & for making this the basis of a reverence-based respect.
Animal Rights, Moral Motivation, and the Experience of Wonder
Despite being strong, arguments for animal rights often fail to motivate. One reason for this is that rights are associated with concepts, such as respect, that are difficult to apply to nonhuman ani...
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August 8, 2025 at 7:57 AM
My paper ‘Animal Rights, Moral Motivation, and the Experience of Wonder’ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... has just been published at @the-joap.bsky.social In it, I argue for fostering a sense of wonder at individual nonhuman animals, & for making this the basis of a reverence-based respect.
Hannah Arendt, telling it like it - literally, currently - is.
July 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Hannah Arendt, telling it like it - literally, currently - is.
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What a time for CBS to cancel Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” and blame it on a “purely financial decision”: variety.com/2025/tv/news...
CBS to Cancel ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Citing ‘Financial Decision’
CBS said it planned to cancel Stephen Colbert's Late Show after next season, citing the weakening finances of late night
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July 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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...even your emotions have an echo... in so much space... #transferwindow
A video in which James daydreams on the Arsecast Extra.
James daydreaming - from Arsecast Extra 648. Animated by @poorlydrawnarsenal
YouTube video by Arseblog
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July 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
...even your emotions have an echo... in so much space... #transferwindow
🥁Introducing🥁... My book-length account of why animals (and probably trees and rivers, too) should be able to sue us. Featuring: covergirl Kristy, who escaped the greyhound racing industry to enjoy a life of comfy couches, long walks, and peanut butter snacks. Enjoy! 😀🐕🌲🏔️
tinyurl.com/55myb64k
tinyurl.com/55myb64k
Multispecies Legality
Cambridge Core - Legal Philosophy - Multispecies Legality
www.cambridge.org
June 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
🥁Introducing🥁... My book-length account of why animals (and probably trees and rivers, too) should be able to sue us. Featuring: covergirl Kristy, who escaped the greyhound racing industry to enjoy a life of comfy couches, long walks, and peanut butter snacks. Enjoy! 😀🐕🌲🏔️
tinyurl.com/55myb64k
tinyurl.com/55myb64k
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In England “wood with beaver facets [were found] in multiple human constructions, along with extensive networks of ancient beaver dams and channels that had been integrated into prehistoric settlements.”
A fascinating piece by Sarah Newman on how animals inspired culture 🦫
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A fascinating piece by Sarah Newman on how animals inspired culture 🦫
aeon.co/essays/did-a...
Did animals provide the blueprints for human culture? | Aeon Essays
Prehistoric humans didn’t create art and architecture out of nothing. They took inspiration from the nonhuman world
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June 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
In England “wood with beaver facets [were found] in multiple human constructions, along with extensive networks of ancient beaver dams and channels that had been integrated into prehistoric settlements.”
A fascinating piece by Sarah Newman on how animals inspired culture 🦫
aeon.co/essays/did-a...
A fascinating piece by Sarah Newman on how animals inspired culture 🦫
aeon.co/essays/did-a...
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Despite warnings from the law enforcement not to attend today’s No Kings rally after this mornings shooting of Minnesota lawmakers with the killer on the lose, the No Kings Rally is happening at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.
June 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Despite warnings from the law enforcement not to attend today’s No Kings rally after this mornings shooting of Minnesota lawmakers with the killer on the lose, the No Kings Rally is happening at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.
No kings! No tyrants!
June 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
No kings! No tyrants!
Some very excellent pro-animal signage found on a recent trip to NYC that emphasises animals' subjectivity - rather than just their capacity to suffer. Kudos to @peta.org 👏🏼💚🐔🐦
June 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Some very excellent pro-animal signage found on a recent trip to NYC that emphasises animals' subjectivity - rather than just their capacity to suffer. Kudos to @peta.org 👏🏼💚🐔🐦
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What a bunch of bloody legends! ❤️🤍
May 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
What a bunch of bloody legends! ❤️🤍
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ARSENAL ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE
May 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
ARSENAL ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE
May 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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IN NEW ISSUE: Animal political theory - @serrinrp.bsky.social argues rights can be attributed to animals under the will theory a well as the interest theory & that legal protections can enable the autonomy of animals too. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/RAdVRR4
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com
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May 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
IN NEW ISSUE: Animal political theory - @serrinrp.bsky.social argues rights can be attributed to animals under the will theory a well as the interest theory & that legal protections can enable the autonomy of animals too. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/RAdVRR4
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com
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Are you writing on animals and (non)violence? Are you interested in getting it published in the Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence?
If so, I have brilliant news for you: I'm putting together a Special Issue on Animals and (Non)violence!
Details here: brill.com/fileasset/do...
#polisky #animalsky
If so, I have brilliant news for you: I'm putting together a Special Issue on Animals and (Non)violence!
Details here: brill.com/fileasset/do...
#polisky #animalsky
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April 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Are you writing on animals and (non)violence? Are you interested in getting it published in the Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence?
If so, I have brilliant news for you: I'm putting together a Special Issue on Animals and (Non)violence!
Details here: brill.com/fileasset/do...
#polisky #animalsky
If so, I have brilliant news for you: I'm putting together a Special Issue on Animals and (Non)violence!
Details here: brill.com/fileasset/do...
#polisky #animalsky
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Visit Tottenham. Because anything would be better than Visit Rwanda. Sign the petition here. #GunnersForPeace www.gunnersforpeace.co.uk
GUNNERS FOR PEACE
Arsenal is a great club. We have standards. Which is why Visit Rwanda needs to end.
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April 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Visit Tottenham. Because anything would be better than Visit Rwanda. Sign the petition here. #GunnersForPeace www.gunnersforpeace.co.uk