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Holding the Proverbial Line
For those just arriving to this website, Framing Speciesism is a research activism blog written by me, Emily Major, that seeks to explore how we ‘frame’, or think about, animal species. The current project focuses on the framing of the brushtail possum in Aotearoa New Zealand, which is the subject of my doctoral research at theContinue reading “Holding the Proverbial Line”
‘Blacks Rd Possum’: Woman Meets Hungry Joey
For those just arriving to this website, Framing Speciesism is a research activism blog written by me, Emily Major, that seeks to explore how we ‘frame’, or think about, animal species. The current project focuses on the framing of the brushtail possum in Aotearoa New Zealand, which is the subject of my doctoral research atContinue reading “‘Blacks Rd Possum’: Woman Meets Hungry Joey”
‘Possum Purge’: To Cleanse and Purify
‘purge’ from Latin purgare, to “cleanse, make clean; purify” Etymological Dictionary Every year, Paparoa School, an elementary school in Northland, New Zealand, runs a ‘Possum Purge’ fundraiser. The event, referred to as a ‘Gala Day’ is heralded as an opportunity for the community to come together and win some prizes. These prizes are given for variousContinue reading “‘Possum Purge’: To Cleanse and Purify”
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