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Lazarus Taxa, Natalie Mau Apr 2023

Lazarus Taxa, Natalie Mau

Poetry MFA Theses

Lazarus Taxa explores the process of extinction in various forms-- physically, emotionally, relationally, spiritually, and more. However, this thesis also explores the idea of extinction being less of an end and more of a rebirth or rediscovery.


Not Another Plant-Based Documentary: A Critical Review Of Eating Our Way To Extinction, Melissa Plisic Jan 2023

Not Another Plant-Based Documentary: A Critical Review Of Eating Our Way To Extinction, Melissa Plisic

Animal Studies Journal

Despite mounting evidence that industrial animal agriculture is a formidable force of climate change and mass extinction, many humans remain impervious to this knowledge. Eating Our Way to Extinction is a timely documentary that takes this issue head on. This film review is guided by Alexandra Juhasz’s explanation of media praxis as ‘an enduring, mutual, and building tradition that theorizes and creates the necessary conditions for media to play an integral role in cultural and individual transformation’ (299). Eating Our Way to Extinction attends to some of the most popular strawman arguments against veganism and is widely accessible. That being …