Former student Madison helps Jean to unpack the previous episode with Heather and Georgia. Equally as passionate, Maddy shares from her perspective the structural and systemic challenges for non-human species in our anthropocentric society. Recognition of the exploitation of non-human animals as a social injustice and ways we could do things differently without much effort are explored. Madison’s embodied account of her experience as a social worker and animal rights activist using critical animal studies to educate people in her everyday life is refreshing and provides a beginning point for practitioners to start educating themselves and others to think critically about this space.

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BeTJ1eqPlaVnjlxy3Ad_fEQ3ukJGpvs1z_LsXdyqWr4/edit?usp=sharing

Key references:

Climate Council. (2021, June 15). Agriculture’s contribution to Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/australia-agriculture-climate-change-emissions-methane/

Rothgerber, H. (2013). Real men don’t eat (vegetable) quiche: Masculinity and the justification of meat consumption. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 14(4), 363–375. https://doi.org/10.1037/a003037

Vegan Australia. (2023). What we do. https://www.veganaustralia.org.au/what_we_do

Yang, Y. (2020). What’s hegemonic about hegemonic masculinity? Legitimation and beyond. Sociological Theory, 38(4), 318-333.  https://doi.org/10.1177/0735275120960792

Keywords: green social work, anthropocentrism, ecology, patriarchy, capitalism, socially conscious action, structural change, mass production, rural and remote social work, masculinity and meat, animal assisted therapies, hegemonic discourse.

Music by Boe Toweh