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Chapter 17 shares the journey of a white cishet man, Jeff Blatnick (US), who was compelled to go vegan when faced with life-threatening health problems. He describes his journey from deep arrogance and self-serving ignorance—his birthright in Montana man-culture—to anymal activism, then on to a more general/intersectional concern for social justice.
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Jeff would like to thank Dr. K (Lisa Kemmerer) for her mentorship, patience, and lifetime of work for anymals, as well as other local activists, and also his sister, JL Fields, and the Easy Vegan Podcast, Marla Rose, Andria Lonye Thomas, Ari Solomon and the Vegan Ari Show, Jasmin Singer, Mariann Sullivan, and Our Hen House Podcast, Aryenish Birdie and Encompass, Christopher-Sebastian, Dr. A. Breeze Harper, Aph Ko, Syl Ko, and The Montana Racial Equity Project. He commented, “I truly owe everything to them and I am honored to be able to have an opportunity to share my story with so many people.”
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Blatnick, J. (2023). When the Rite of Passage Is Wrong: One White Man’s (Ongoing) Journey from Toxicity to Anymal Activism/Social Justice. In: Oppressive Liberation. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15363-1_17
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