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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Plant-based sales are falling. Investment has plummeted. Animals killed keeps rising. AI factory farming. And the strategy stays the same: be pragmatic, be palatable, don't ask for too much. We don't need softer edges. We need an ethical spine. 🎧 Ep 37 of Think Like a Vegan podcast now live

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Join me in reading Think Like A Vegan in November, hosted by Arihanta Institute. I will lead you through four weekly sessions starting 2 November, including four live Q&As each Friday from 9am-10am PT. Everyone can participate by signing up for the class. I hope you’ll join me to THINK together

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

S5 of Think Like A Vegan begins with Jordi Casamitjana and his new book, Why Vegans Don't: A philosophical guide to vegan behaviour. In part 2, listen to TLAV’s music maestro, Matthew Gerstenberger. Streaming now on all platforms and on YouTube

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

If you’re attending International Animal Rights Conference either in person or online, my slot is tonight! Come and hear my update about Birchfield Forest Rewilding, afaik the only large-scale vegan Rewilding project in the UK and one of the few in Europe. ar-conference.org/registration

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Eesti Vegan Selts @eestiveganselts.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Loomad on paljude toodete koostisosade nimekirjas, aga muidu on kõik sellega seonduv ruumist justkui imeväel kustutatud. @emilialeese.bsky.social viib meid oma esseega Itaaliasse, Colombiasse ja Inglismaale ning uurib, mida meie mälestamise viisid paljastavad. vegan.ee/uudised-blog...

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Kohad, kust loomad läbi käivad – Eesti Vegan Selts

Emilia Leese'i essee uurib, kuidas meie mälestamise viisid paljastavad, keda me leiname ja kelle elu me kunagi kaotuseks ei pea.

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Wrapping up S4 of Think Like a Vegan w Gregory Tague on Forest Sovereignty: true association isn't about transactional exchanges, but about the net result of sustainability for the entire ecosystem. Streaming on all podcast platforms and on YouTube

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

"Kill one species, cause an explosion in another." Vasile Stănescu on the violent paradox of "invasive species management." James Stănescu: The militarized language of invasion ecology ("alien," "enemy," "eradication") isn't neutral. Ep 34 of Think Like a Vegan streaming on all platforms and YouTube

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Talking about Animals & Disasters with Altamush Saeed on Ep 33 of Think Like a Vegan. 👉 Listen wherever you stream podcasts and on YouTube. Buy the book from your favourite bookseller, listen on audiobook or ask your library to carry it

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I’m so grateful to receive messages like this. It’s satisfying and it’s moving too. It’s a recognition of one’s work and, more importantly, of the book’s central message Think Like a Vegan - published by Wilton Square Books - available worldwide, wherever you buy books and on audiobook

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Pigeons are "pests." Elephants are "nuisances." Deer are "overpopulated." What if the problem isn't them, but the story we tell about them? Ep 32 of Think Like a Vegan is live w Claudia Hirtenfelder, host of The Animal Turn and a geographer who maps the relationships between humans and other animals

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I really enjoyed this walk and talk with @jordiwasp.bsky.social Check it out! And thanks for inviting me Jordi!!

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Jordi Casamitjana @jordiwasp.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Here is the latest's episode of my YouTube series "Walking with Vegans to Get Tea," this one with @emilialeese.bsky.social , author of the book "Think Like a Vegan" youtu.be/nAgpyTWjNfw?... #vegan #veganism #ethicalvegan

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When She Understood What Dairy Truly Is, it Hit Her Like a Tonne of Bricks

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Happy to see this. The video for my talk on the Left & Veganism I delivered at the International Animal Rights Conference in Luxembourg in Sept 2025 is now available on IARC’s YouTube channel. Perfect summary companion to my paper published by the Animal Studies Journal youtu.be/dT4tKCgiKJ8

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The political left and the overlooked power of veganism - Emilia Leese [IARC2025]

YouTube video by International Animal Rights Conference

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

That first time you told a child, “Because I said so.” ✋ Where does that instinct for control really come from? Episode 31 of Think Like a Vegan podcast is live. Activist and scholar Amanda Williams dismantles the idea of adult supremacy, the unseen hierarchy shaping our first lessons in power

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Ever wonder what animal activism really looks like from the inside? 🍁 My new episode is live! 🎙️ Ep 30 of Think like a vegan features researcher Dr. Ceallaigh MacCath-Moran spending time deep in vegan and animal rights communities in Canada. Streaming on all podcast platforms & on my YouTube channel

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Reminder: pick up a copy of Think Like a Vegan for yourself, a new or longtime vegan, a vegan-curious person or even an anti-vegan! The book is now in paperback, available worldwide wherever you buy books, also in ebook and audiobook, and has a new publisher, @wiltonsquare.bsky.social 🎁

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Just dropped Ep 29 of Think Like a Vegan podcast which will recalibrate your understanding of veganism. I talk with the brilliant Roger Yates—sociologist & animal rights firebrand. He unpacked veganism’s radical history as a philosophy of TOTAL liberation. It’s not what you’ve been sold. It’s bigger

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Important update! Think Like a Vegan is now published by Wilton Square Books! After a wobble, fate came to the rescue and we’ve got a new publisher. Available in print, ebook and audiobook wherever you buy books and from your local library

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

What if animal rights and human dignity are one fight? My talk for Grow Civic in north of Cyprus explores the systemic links between human & animal exploitation in agriculture and the path to shared liberation. Watch on my YouTube channel

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Animals Like Us: Exploring Shared Struggles Across Species

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Time is Sliding @timeissliding.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

A very moving talk by @rimona-afana.bsky.social about the #genocide , #ecocide & long-term consequences in Gaza for people, other animals & the environment. Essential listening for people who care. Host: @emilialeese.bsky.social

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Ep. 27: Why vegans should care about genocide/ecocide in Gaza

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

The victims of Israel's war on Gaza we aren't talking about 🕊️. Ep 27 of Think Like a Vegan podcast is live. Researcher Rimona Afana exposes the hidden cost: the deliberate destruction of the natural world and nonhuman animals. Streaming now on all platforms @rimona-afana.bsky.social

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Alan Watson Featherstone has spent a lifetime listening to the 🌏. He reframes rewilding not as a technical process but as a restoration of relationship. We discuss why healing land is a radical act of hope and how a single tree contains a future forest. Remember w us our place in the living world

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Capitalism didn't just commodify animals - it turned suffering into an industry. Meet John Sanbonmatsu, and his incendiary new work The Omnivore's Deception So begins the new season of my Think Like a Vegan podcast Streaming on all platforms & YouTube

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

This never gets old. My book for sale at @strandbookstore.bsky.social in NYC and in some great company! Go get your copy and support indi bookstores. Or request Think Like a Vegan from your local library

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Trans women are women, trans men are men, and that’s that.

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

It’s fantastic to be included in, and work with the outstanding editors of, @currentaffairs.bsky.social

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

My piece in @currentaffairs.bsky.social. I’m super proud of this one and honoured to have it in such a first rate publication

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

🐠 It’s no prank! Today, first of April is the North American launch date for Think Like A Vegan. You can now buy it wherever you buy books, ask your library to carry it or listen on audiobook. Or come to one of my events in NJ - River Road Books on 3 April or the New Jersey Vegan Market on 6 April

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Hey North America! Think Like a Vegan paperback is dropping soon. And I’ll be doing an author event on 3 April at River Road Books. Come say hi and pick up your copy. Tix here bit.ly/3Fl7Odc

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

New Jersey vegans and vegan curious! Come to my Think Like A Vegan author talk at River Road Books on 3 April. I’m super excited author, journalist, filmmaker and old friend Mike Farragher will be my host. Or come say hello at the New Jersey Vegan market on 5 April. Tix here bit.ly/3Fl7Odc

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Once again I joined The Animal Rights Show. I had a great time talking about rewilding and ethical challenges. Thanks for having me on again. Check it out www.youtube.com/live/587i6S0...

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Animal Rights Show | Think Like A Vegan # 2

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

New Jersey folks!!! Come to my book even on 3 April at River Road Books in Fair Haven. Get your copy of Think Like A Vegan and let's have a chat. NJ author and filmmaker Mike Farragher will be hosting. I'm so looking forward to it. Please spread the word! Get tix here bit.ly/3Fl7Odc

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Jeff Sebo @jeffsebo.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I recently appeared on Skeptic Magazine's The Michael Shermer Show to discuss ethical theory and the moral status of humans, animals, and AI systems. It was an interesting and wide ranging conversation - thanks for having me on @michaelshermer.bsky.social!

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Who Counts? Ethics in the Treatment of Animals and AI

About this episode: Michael Shermer and Jeff Sebo explore moral philosophy, focusing on animal rights, sentience, and consciousness. They discuss the definitions of morality, ethical pluralism, and t...

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Vegans in NJ - save these dates! Think Like a Vegan book events: 3 April I’ll be at River Road Books in Fair Haven from 7pm. You can pre-order books from River Road for that event. And on 6 April I’ll be at the Vegan in NJ Market and I’ll have a few copies for sale! So looking forward to this

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Emilia Leese Author Talk & Signing

River Road Books opened in 2006 with the goal of bringing a community of readers together. Our book selections are cultivated with great care. Whether it's a familiar classic or the latest title by a ...

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Big news! My piece “No More Animal Farming” is live in @currentaffairs.bsky.social — a must-read for all! Art by Kasia Kozakiewcz. Use code *FriendsofCA* for 25% off to explore more amazing content, from fossil fuel myths to Taylor Swift shorturl.at/EjrtQ

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

I'm thrilled my piece "No More Animal Farming" is included - right at the front!!! - in the latest print issue of @currentaffairs.bsky.social

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.

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Emi Leese Ⓥ @emilialeese.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I had a lovely chat on all-creatures.org w Mariquita Solis last week. We talked about Think Like A Vegan, Birchfield Forest Rewilding and much more. Thanks to Mariquita for being a great host and everyone who stopped in and shared some absolutely lovely thoughts www.youtube.com/live/Eb65wv5...

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Meet Emilia Leese, Think Like a Vegan

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

One of my best friends is from a sleepy, wealthy small town in the south-west of Germany. He said, so many of my parents’ neighbours are rich and bored, with little to complain about, and they’ve radicalised themselves at dinner parties and online. In their aimlessness, they’ve bonded over hate.

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Angela Cassidy @angecass.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Animal agency indeed! "..the role of animals in shaping Earth's landscapes is much more significant that previously recognised. From beavers creating wetlands to ants building mounds of soil, these diverse natural processes are crucial, yet we risk losing them as biodiversity declines."

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Unbound @unboundsocials.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

'If you believe in social justice, you believe in veganism.' Learn how veganism isn't just a diet: it's a moral obligation. Discover the parallels between exploiting sentient beings for food and historical human injustices. Read more: buff.ly/3CHhvlg @emilialeese.bsky.social

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If You Believe in Social Justice, You Believe in Veganism

Eating animal products is analogous to the oppressive and unjust actions by powerful humans upon other humans.

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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Three days from now....

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