Barbara J King
Barbara J King is emerita professor of anthropology at William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. She is the author of seven books, most recently How Animals Grieve (2013), Personalities on the Plate: The Lives and Minds of Animals We Eat (2017) and Animals’ Best Friends: Putting Compassion to Work for Animals in Captivity and in the Wild (2021).
Written by Barbara J King
Animals
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Human exceptionalism imposes horrible costs on other animals
We owe it to other animals and to ourselves to resist human exceptionalism. Accepting their inner lives is the first step
by Barbara J King
Animals
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My cancer scars map the pain of animals held in research labs
The scars on my body are a constant reminder of why I’ve turned from scholarship on animals to agitating for animals
by Barbara J King