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Corrie Wren

Dr. Corey Lee Wrenn is Senior Lecturer of Sociology at the University of Kent and a leading vegan feminist sociologist specializing in human-animal studies and the animal rights movement.

Sep 3, 2025

17:13
Again, it's the cat is a symbol for cultural anxieties about wild and uncontrollable women.
17:20
If you look at some of these postcards and posters, you can see that the cat will be somewhere in the picture to signal to the viewer that this is a domestic space in crisis because usually the cat is scared or jumping because there's chaos in the home.
17:35
And a very prominent one is just a picture of a sweet little kitten with a big old bonnet with the plumage wanting the votes.
17:43
So they had the suffragette banner around them.
17:46
The whole picture is about this kitten.
17:47
And so you're forced to really consider this linkage between women and infantile, silly little animals who have no business voting.
21:02
But in March this year, Donald Trump described himself as the fertilisation president.
21:08
It's typical of authoritarian governments to try and encourage as much procreation as possible.

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