Beefing over beef is a distraction the climate movement can’t afford
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Lately, it seems like forgoing red meat has become an unfortunate proxy for environmental credentials.
Epicurious, for example, just announced that it will no longer publish articles or recipes with beef in a decision it calls, “not anti-beef but rather pro-planet.” And then there are headlines like “Why do some green activists eat meat?”
Meat-eating, meanwhile, has become a sort of symbol for climate denial. There are Twitter wars swirling around whether Biden’s climate ambitions will infringe on Americans’ right to eat burgers (his actual climate proposals would not).
Simpson College has announced that author Mikki Kendall will deliver the annual Women in America Lecture today at 7pm as part of Simpson’s Women’s History Month. Kendall is author of the New York Times-bestselling book “Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot” as well as a diversity consultant and renowned speaker, with essays being featured in national publications. The Women in America Lecture was created in 1990 to be the keynote event for Women’s History Month at Simpson College. The sponsors for this year’s lecture are the Women’s and Gender Studies program, the John C. Culver Public Policy Center, Social Justice Studies and the Black Student Union. The lecture will take place at 7pm, find information on registration below.
Simpson College has announced that author Mikki Kendall will deliver the annual Women in American Lecture tomorrow at 7pm as part of Simpson’s Women’s History Month. Kendall is author of the New York Times-bestselling book “Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot” as well as a diversity consultant and renowned speaker, with essays being featured in national publications. The Women in America Lecture was created in 1990 to be the keynote event for Women’s History Month at Simpson College. The sponsors for this year’s lecture are the Women’s and Gender Studies program, the John C. Culver Public Policy Center, Social Justice Studies and the Black Student Union. The lecture will take place at 7pm, find information on registration below.
The online panel discussion features:
Carolette Norwood, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology and assistant department head of the Department of Women s, Gender and Sexuality Studies and director of the social justice program at the University of Cincinnati.
Djanna Hill, Ed.D., chairperson of the Department of Community and Social Justice Studies and professor of teacher education at William Paterson University.
Treva Lindsey, Ph.D., associate professor of women s, gender and sexuality studies at The Ohio State University. Black women and feminist-identified persons have been doing this social justice work without acknowledgement for far too long, Norwood tells WVXU. One of the reasons this discussion is important is because it gives recognition; it calls the names of Black women who have been and who are currently in the trenches doing socially just advocacy work.
Author Mikki Kendall to deliver Women in America Lecture at Simpson College Monday, March 8, 2021 10:56 AM Mikki Kendall, author of “Hood Feminism: Notes From the Women That a Movement Forgot,” will deliver the annual Women in America Lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday. The virtual event is free and open to the public via Zoom; pre-registration is required and available online. “Hood Feminism” features a collection of essays arguing that the modern feminist movement has failed to address the needs of all but a few women. The book received the Chicago Review of Books Award and was named a best book of the year by BBC, Time magazine and Bustle magazine. The Women in America Lecture was created in 1990 as a keynote event for Women’s History Month at Simpson College; a complete schedule of events is available at www.simpson.edu/WHM2021.