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Alex Melonas Live Guest Chat
Alex Melonas’ Announcement
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Alex Melonas ARZone Live Guest Chat
Alex Melonas became interested in "animal rights" while an undergraduate at the University of Utah, primarily as a result of his belief that he could refute the arguments contained in PETA literature. He was wrong. He became a vegetarian for a number of years before turning vegan.
Alex has written essays for Change.org, The Scavenger, his partner’s personal blog That Vegan Girl, and various other vegan-oriented blogs criticizing the premise of “human special-ness.” He also participated in Eric Prescott’s web-series “I’m Vegan.” Alex supposes that the words "abolitionist vegan" describe him, if those words mean “someone who is skeptical that use per se is ethically justified.” But if "abolitionist vegan" means someone who accepts the criticism that "new welfarism," as a practical matter, is useless or worse yet, harmful, to the end of ending animal use, then he respectfully demurs, finding his knowledge in the matter as yet incomplete.
Alex did his graduate work at American University in Washington, DC, earning a master's of science in public affairs. He also holds degrees in political science and sociology from the University of Utah. While in DC, Alex worked as legislative fellow in the legislative department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars on Capital Hill, where he primarily focused on sexual assault, and women's-specific health care needs. He is currently a PhD student in political theory at Temple University.
Alex welcomes the opportunity to engage ARZone members on a range of topics, from his philosophy, his work in women’s issue, to his advocacy in general.
This is an event for which questions must be submitted to ARZone prior to Midnight GMT, Wednesday 8 June via email to Carolyn@ARZone.net.
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Last updated by Carolyn Bailey Jun 7, 2011.
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