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Susan Griffin, a Leading Voice of Ecofeminism, Is Dead at 82

Kim Stallwood @kimstallwood.bsky.social · 1d

Please join me at the Vine Virtual Book Club to discuss my book, 2025: The Year of Topsy, on Sunday, October 26, at Noon (LA) or 3 pm (NY) or 7 pm (London). Please register to confirm your attendance and receive a free PDF of my book. vinesanctuary.org/vine-book-cl...

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Kim Stallwood @kimstallwood.bsky.social · 2d

I’m sorry to read about the passing of Susan Griffin in today’s New York Times. Two of her books, Woman and Nature and Made from This Earth, made a profound impact on me when I read them in the 1980s. In the UK, both are published by The Women’s Press. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/b...

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‘Veggie burgers’ could be off EU menu as MEPs back renaming plant-based foods

Kim Stallwood @kimstallwood.bsky.social · 3d

‘Veggie burgers’ could be off EU menu as MEPs back renaming plant-based foods, reports The Graun. Proponents say move would strengthen position of farmers in supply chain but critics dismiss it as ‘hotdog populism’.
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Proponents say move would strengthen position of farmers in supply chain but critics dismiss it as ‘hotdog populism’

Kim Stallwood @kimstallwood.bsky.social · 7d

The last in my series of five articles looking back on interviews with authors of books about animal rights and vegan living. Today's theme is Narrative. Books with strong narratives of social justice for animals embedded in them. kimstallwood.substack.com

Thousands take legal action over ‘widespread pollution’ of three UK rivers

Kim Stallwood @kimstallwood.bsky.social · 7d

This is an EXCITING development: Thousands take legal action over ‘widespread pollution’ of three UK rivers, reports The Graun. Environmental group seeks damages from Welsh Water and two chicken producers, alleging responsibility for pollution in Wye, Lugg & Usk. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Environmental group seeks damages from Welsh Water and two chicken producers, alleging responsibility for pollution in Wye, Lugg and Usk

Kim Stallwood @kimstallwood.bsky.social · 7d

Apologies!

Kim Stallwood @kimstallwood.bsky.social · 7d

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Kim Stallwood @kimstallwood.bsky.social · 8d

BIG SHOUT OUT to the latest issue of the online animal rights magazine, Animal Culture. The latest issue features ecofeminist Carol J Adams, animal behaviourist Marc Bekoff, and bird and wildlife rescue. www.patreon.com/c/animalcult...

Kim Stallwood @kimstallwood.bsky.social · 9d

49 years ago this month, I began my international career in animal rights by becoming the campaign’s organiser (2nd f/t employee)of Compassion In World Farming. After 2 years as a vegetarian, prompted by working in a chicken slaughterhouse, I became a vegan at the beginning of 1976.

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Kim Stallwood @kimstallwood.bsky.social · 9d

One looks with admiration. The other is inspired. Which is which doesn’t matter. la lutte continue

Labour faces legal scrutiny after allowing chickens to be carried by legs

Kim Stallwood @kimstallwood.bsky.social · 15d

Today Labour PM Keir Starmer speaks party's annual conference, I regret necessity to share this Graun report on relaxation of law about chickens. "Labour faces legal scrutiny after allowing chickens to be carried by legs." Labour must do better on many fronts. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Practice was forbidden under EU law, but secondary legislation came into force in July permitting it in England, Wales and Scotland

Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds

Kim Stallwood @kimstallwood.bsky.social · 16d

Today is the fifth anniversary of the Kim Stallwood Archive at The British Library. I recall how I persuaded the library to recognise the importance of animal rights and the value of my archive to be made publicly available to scholars, authors, advocates, and the public. kimstallwood.substack.com

Kim Stallwood @kimstallwood.bsky.social · 16d

Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds, reports The Graun. Sentient Media reveals that less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as a source of carbon emissions. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions

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Kim Stallwood @kimstallwood.bsky.social · 21d

Topsy Dreams of Home Part Three. Imagining What Topsy Would Say. The baby elephant, who became Topsy in the United States, learns from her mother about why humans are their greatest danger. "They always smell of tobacco, alcohol, and death." kimstallwood.substack.com

Kim Stallwood @kimstallwood.bsky.social · 23d

Elephant Appreciation Day is today, 22 September 2025. Of course, every day deserves to be Elephant Appreciation Day. And every day, our compassion for animals leads us to live as vegans to help all animals, people, and the Earth. Read for free my dream for elephants at kimstallwood.substack.com.

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Kim Stallwood @kimstallwood.bsky.social · 27d

From animals in research to animals on racetracks, animal festivals to animals in agriculture, animals are exploited by the billions across the world. Read about my interviews with authors who exposed animal abuse and campaigned for animal liberation. kimstallwood.substack.com

Kim Stallwood @kimstallwood.bsky.social · Sep 15

140 years ago today, the first animal international superstar, the male African elephant called Jumbo, was accidentally struck and killed by a train in St. Thomas, Ontario. Learn more about the Topsy Project at kimstallwood.substack.com.

Kim Stallwood @kimstallwood.bsky.social · Sep 15

Mary, a female Asian elephant, toured the USA with the Sparks World Famous Circus. An industrial derrick hung Mary at a railyard in front of 2,500 plus people on September 12, 1916. She killed her keeper, who beat her after she picked up a watermelon during circus parade. kimstallwood.substack.com

Kim Stallwood @kimstallwood.bsky.social · Sep 10

Topsy Dreams of Home Part Two. Imagining What Topsy Would Say. The baby elephant, who became Topsy in the United States, learns from her mother in a Southeast Asia jungle about the Elephant Mind. kimstallwood.substack.com

Kim Stallwood @kimstallwood.bsky.social · Sep 7

Goodbye, Misty, the most-watched cat in the world. You had a glossy black coat with a white chest, matching white socks on your front feet, and a splash of white on your nose. kimstallwood.substack.com

‘They’re beautiful’: 13-year-olds lead audacious project to save harvest mice in Devon

Kim Stallwood @kimstallwood.bsky.social · Sep 4

From Sue Coe to Zoe Weil via pattrice Jones, read about my interviews with these and other authors and their books about social justice. kimstallwood.substack.com

Kim Stallwood @kimstallwood.bsky.social · Aug 28

‘They’re beautiful’: 13-year-olds lead audacious project to save harvest mice in Devon, reports The Graun. Read the article to learn why harvest mice are at risk. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Spurred into action by the species’ threatened future, two best friends embarked on a project to release 250 of the animals in Devon

A moment that changed me: I gave up meat at 16 – and learned how to say no

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Kim Stallwood @kimstallwood.bsky.social · Aug 27

Topsy Dreams of Home Part One. Imagining What Topsy Would Say. The baby elephant who became Topsy dreams of growing up in the jungle in Southeast Asia. kimstallwood.substack.com

Kim Stallwood @kimstallwood.bsky.social · Aug 27

Interesting article in The Graun by best-selling author, Adele Parks. She writes about how her decision to become a vegetarian at 16 taught her to take decision-making seriously throughout her life.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

I’d grown up as a people-pleaser, finding self-worth in others’ approval. But the bafflement and hostility I faced in the 1980s taught me to live on my own terms