PinnedJonathan DicksteinThe Obscenity of HopeWhich is more obscene, optimism or hope?Jan 11, 2021Jan 11, 2021
Jonathan DicksteinDo Humans Eat Animals To Cope With Meaninglessness?Perhaps there is a much darker reason behind the persistent opposition to animal-free productsApr 26, 20211Apr 26, 20211
Jonathan DicksteinThe Ism of VeganismBetter to locate your identity elsewhereJul 12, 2020Jul 12, 2020
Jonathan DicksteinTheir body, Their voice: Animal abuse in Modern Yoga GastropoliticsTranscript and slides from a talk presented at a conference titled “Abuse in Yoga and Beyond: Cultural Logics and Pathways for the…Jun 14, 2020Jun 14, 2020
Jonathan DicksteinYoga communities must live the fight against factory farmingNow more than ever practitioners have to stop fueling the engine of mass violence that is industrial animal agricultureApr 17, 2020Apr 17, 2020
Jonathan DicksteinBefore They Were Food: Wasting and Weaponizing Animals in Yoga GastropoliticsPresented on 11.24.2019 at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion (Yoga in Theory and Practice Unit)Nov 27, 2019Nov 27, 2019
Jonathan DicksteinThere Is No Perfect Side To TakeHow the Aidan Cook/Kamala Harris incident exhibits the complexites of human and nonhuman allyshipsJun 20, 2019Jun 20, 2019
Jonathan DicksteinMay Only Some Beings Be Happy and Free: Reflections on a recent interviewNot long ago I interviewed four senior yoga teachers to see if any shared one of my recurring observations. As hoped and expected, the…Feb 21, 2019Feb 21, 2019
Jonathan Dickstein“Meeting Them Where They Are”problems with taste-based advocacyOct 30, 2017Oct 30, 2017
Jonathan DicksteinRethink Your Understanding of VeganismAnimal justice advocates can’t rely on veganism to communicate animal oppression as a social justice issue.Jul 15, 20171Jul 15, 20171