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Owen Gunden

What we'd like to see more of

For AVA 2022, we're handing out postcards that list some of the types of things we're excited to fund (see below). This post elaborates...

Owen Gunden

Positive expectancy advocacy

So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers. - Bible, Acts 16:5 My career has been in high-frequency and...

Owen Gunden

Yin liberationism

What can you accomplish? [...] Generally, you overestimate what you can accomplish when you have a passion for a good idea. And you...

Owen Gunden

Why not? Animal welfare edition

Why not focus on welfare reforms? The main arguments I can see for working on welfare as opposed to liberation work are: (1) it's good...

Owen Gunden

Why liberation?

I use the term liberation in order to contrast with other types of work done on behalf of animals, such as animal welfare or animal...

Owen Gunden

Why strength?

We don't have the power yet to make the types of changes that we wish to make. Imagine what kind of power we would need to have in order...

Owen Gunden

On terminology: liberationism

As activists, we often debate whether veganism is a good term or concept to be promoting. The critique says that by centering ourselves...

Owen Gunden

Why culture?

I'm going to argue that a focus on human culture is necessary and illuminating on our path to achieve liberation. It's also a good...