Sunday May 22, 1:00-2:30 PM EDT

“In this lively, accessible, and provocative collection, Aph and Syl Ko provide new theoretical frameworks on race, advocacy for nonhuman animals, and feminism. Using popular culture as a point of reference for their critiques, the Ko sisters engage in a groundbreaking analysis of the compartmentalized nature of contemporary social movements, present new ways of understanding interconnected oppressions, and offer conceptual ways of moving forward expressive of Afrofuturism and Black veganism.” (from the back cover)Each essay in this collection merits lengthy discussion, so for this book club meeting, in order to be able to delve deeper and grapple with the issues presented, we would like to focus on these chapters:

Please also read the Author’s Notes and Foreword as an introduction to the essays.To prepare for the discussion, we ask that you:

1. Read some or all of the selected chapters.
2. Find a quote from the book that really means something to you–maybe it made you think in a new way, or expressed something that is especially meaningful to you. We will ask you to share the quote with the group and why it is important to you or why it stood out.
3. Bring questions about something from the reading that you do not understand and want to explore further.

To get the book:

• Borrow it from your local library–if they don’t own it, request it through inter-library loan (and also request that the library purchase it!)
• Purchase it used:
  • Thrift Books: https://www.thriftbooks.com/browse/?b.search=aphro-ism#b.s=mostPopular-desc&b.p=1&b.pp=30&b.oos&b.tile
  • Abebooks: https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&cm_sp=SearchF-_-home-_-Results&tn=aphro-ism
• Purchase it new through a local, independent bookseller: Indiebooks: https://www.indiebound.org/
• It is also available for Kindle and as an audiobook.

Learn more about Aph Ko and her work at her website Black Vegans Rock.
For more information about Syl Ko and her work, check out this interview: Asibey, Andreann & Gemma McNeil, “A seat at the table with Syl Ko: a discussion on Black veganism.” The McGill Daily, January 16, 2018.

For a taste of the issues explored in the book, take a look at this interview with both authors: Gueraseva, Julie, “Interview with Aph Ko and Syl Ko: The writers and activists on the entanglements of race, species and gender.” Laika Magazine, 12/13/2019