Exploring the rarely discussed dynamic of pethood, Aiyana Goodfellow speaks of reimagined relations between species, starting with the seedlings, expanding into the roots and blossoming into growth. The relationships we have with animals that are 'colonised into pethood' reveal the kind of humans we really are.
The book focuses on the idea of pethood as well as the four roots of the radical companionship praxis — affirming animals, respect and relationships, consent and communication and animal futurism. The words and phrases Animal Futurism, animal accomplices, animals colonised into pethood and radical companionship are all coined by Aiyana and expanded on in the book.
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Author(s): Aiyana Goodfellow
Publisher: Active Distribution
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 88
Introduction - 4
Chapter One: Seedlings
Defining Anti-Speciesism - 7
What is Animalisation? - 10
Patriarchy & Pethood - 11
The Ends Reclaim the Roots - 19
Politically Queer, Politically Animal - 23
Animal Accomplices - 24
We Are Utopia - 29
What Makes Companionship Radical? - 31
Chapter Two: Roots
Affirming Animals - 34
Respect & Relationships - 39
Consent & Communication - 45
Animal Futurism - 61
Chapter Three: Growth
What is Love? - 69
Kinds of Violence - 71
Care: Community & Sanctuary - 74
The Grief That Lives Underneath Trauma - 78
Joy in the Face of Death - 80
This is NOT a Conclusion... - 83
Acknowledgements - 85
About the Writer - 86
About ‘The Radical Companionship Project’ - 86
