What Cultural Studies Teaches Us: Reflections on Billie Eilish’s Animal Advocacy and the Patterns of Discourse
Camoya Evans, co-founder of Wild We Stand, unpacks how public conversations can blur the real roots of injustice and fracture solidarity. Using cultural studies theory, she reveals how debates about animal exploitation often splinter into polarised, individual battles, diverting attention from the broader social and historical picture. Her piece urges us to embrace a more nuanced, collective advocacy that unites differences and digs into the deeper forces shaping our world. T
Tap on the Glass
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Announcement: Tap on the Glass Writing Contest
We are launching our new digital journal, TAP ON THE GLASS, with an ESSAY CONTEST. This is the first in a series of writing competitions. Throughout the summer, we will hold several competitions welcoming writing across a variety of formats. Essays, poems, and short fiction–each will add a new branch to our journal. Come autumn time, pieces from each branch will form the matter of our first print edition. During this particular contest, we’re looking for essays responding to
Camoya Evans
Apr 273 min read
Reimagining Conservation and Creativity with Dr Jessica Bell Rizzolo: Linking Policy, Wonder, and Ethics for Animal Welfare - Part Two
Camoya Evans continues interviewing Dr Jessica Bell Rizzolo, an interdisciplinary researcher whose work spans wildlife tourism, wildlife trade, and conservation policy. Moving from activism to academia, Dr Rizzolo emphasises the agency and social lives of animals and calls for new conservation frameworks that restore ecosystems and animal agency. She explores the complexities of captivity and wildlife tourism, highlighting the need for animal welfare literacy and transparent,
Camoya Evans
Feb 239 min read
