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Social Justice Synonyms #13: “Pig” and other Speciesist Terms

Filed under Animal Rights, Feminism, Race and Racism, Social Justice Synonyms · January 15th, 2015 · 4 comments

By Wilson Wong

This week’s SJS article examines the harms of speciesist language – and why we shouldn’t propagate it even if animals can’t understand us.

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