Joan Dunayer
Non-human rights writer
Non-human rights writer
Joan Dunayer, a vegan since 1989, is a writer whose work focuses on non-human rights. Her articles and essays have appeared in magazines, journals, college textbooks, and anthologies. She is the author of Animal Equality: Language and Liberation (2001) and Speciesism (2004). Dunayer deÞnes speciesism as the failure, on the basis of species membership or species-typical characteristics, to accord any sentient being equal consideration and respect. She advocates legal rights to life, liberty, and property for every sentient being.
