Bird's-Eye Views
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Roosters, emus, ducks, and pigeons flutter through the pages of this engaging and accessible collection of quirky essays by a feminist activist and scholar writing from the grounds of an animal sanctuary founded by LGBTQ people with disabilities. Topics include ableism, activism, anarchism, animal liberation, capitalism, climate change, consciousness, direct action, ecofeminism, emotion, eros, imagination, identity, language, logic, psychology, queerness, racism, sexism, speciesism, surrealism, systems thinking, veganism, and wildlife. Readers will learn about and from birds and other animals, encountering sometimes surprising intersections among the sources of social and environmental problems. Most importantly, readers will will end this whirlwind tour of "other-wise" ideas more in tune with the natural world and better able to understand and solve problems caused by human error.
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- Intro
- Introduction
- I. BIRD'S-EYE VIEWS
- 1. Property, Profit and (Re)Production
- 2. Harbingers of Silent Spring
- 3. Angry Emus
- 4. Mocking Birds
- 5. The Persistence of Pigeons
- 6. Beyond Despair
- II. ECOLOGICAL ANALYSES
- 7. Free As a Bird
- 8. Kiwi Surrealism
- 9. Fighting Cocks
- 10. Animale
- 11. Queer Eye on the EA Guys
- III. QUEERING ANIMAL LIBERATION
- 12. Conquistadors of the Senses
- 13. Eros and Eco-Defense
- 14. Queer Eros in the Enchanted Forest
- 15. Becoming More Queer
- IV. DIRECT ACTION GETS SATISFACTION
- 16. All-City Rent Strike
- 17. Mothers with Monkeywrenches
- 18. Stomping with Elephants
- 19. I Know Why the Caged Birds Scream
- 20. "Let's Put on a Show!
- V. ALLSORTS
- 21. The African "Queen
- 22. 13 October 2000
- 23. The Power of Grassroots Movements
- 24. Honk for Peace
- 25. Truth Against Trash
- 26. Gays at War
- 27. The Turtle Talk
- 28. Axioms
- 29. In Defense of Actual Animals
- 30. Peacocks, Parakeets, and the Two Sides of Style
- 31. Selfies and Sanctuaries
- 32. Dodos and "Dodos
- 33. Otherwise
- Afterword
- Acknowledgements
