Aphro-ism: Essays on Pop Culture, Feminism, and Black Veganism from Two Sisters - Softcover

Ko, Aph; Ko, Syl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 159056555X ISBN 13: 9781590565551

Publisher: Lantern Publishing & Media, 2017

Synopsis

In this lively, accessible, and provocative collection, Aph and Syl Ko provide new theoretical frameworks on race, advocacy for nonhuman animals, and feminism. Using popular culture as a point of reference for their critiques, the Ko sisters engage in groundbreaking analysis of the compartmentalized nature of contemporary social movements, present new ways of understanding interconnected oppressions, and offer conceptual ways of moving forward expressive of Afrofuturism and black veganism.

About this title

About the Author:

Aph Ko is a writer and indie digital media producer. She is the founder of Black Vegans Rock and co-author of Aphro-ism: Essays on Pop Culture, Feminism, and Black Veganism from Two Sisters. Aph also served as the Associate Producer for the documentary Always in Season, which won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury award for Moral Urgency at the Sundance Film Festival in 2019.

Syl Ko studied philosophy at San Francisco State University and the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill. She is currently working on a book exploring Wittgensteinian "forms of life" defenses of animal use, taking into account the racialization of the animal.

Review:

The bold wisdom of Syl and Aph Ko is timely and crucial. They help us re-think the concept of the human and the animal, calling on scholars and activists to truly understand taxonomies of power. Their feminist sensibilities encourage a deconstruction of Eurocentric understandings of race and species that changes the terms of debates about both. --Lori Gruen, author, Entangled Empathy

Aphro-ism is a triumph for anti-racist and animal rights activism! Aph and Syl have created a brilliant framework through which we can integrate all aspects of anti-oppression work. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in dismantling systems of oppression! --Brenda Sanders, Open the Cages Alliance

Now, more than ever, is the time to engage in critical thinking and an honest consideration of what is. Reading the work of Aph Ko and her sister Syl within the pages of Aphro-ism will build the perfect foundation needed for activists or anyone wanting to end the oppression of all, by not being the oppressor of one. --Seba Johnson, Olympian, activist, and vegan since birth

About this edition

• Publisher: Lantern Publishing & Media
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 159056555X
• ISBN 13: 9781590565551
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 202