I am an abolitionist vegan who is passionate about rights for humans and other animals. I firmly believe that sentience-the ability to experience sensations and have perspective-is the only moral baseline necessary for according a living being the basic right to bodily integrity and to life itself.
I do not support PETA, HSUS, or other offensive/insensitive welfarist organizations. I advocate the abolition of exploitation and violence, rather than the regulation of it. I am vegan, because no sentient being should be forcibly used as a resource. I am pro-choice, because funnily enough, that includes women!
Recommended books:
An Unnatural Order; The Dreaded Comparison; Eternal Treblinka; Whipping Girl; How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America; Making a Killing; Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog?