Nonhuman Consent
I was lucky enough to be raised vegan. I always had a strong connection and empathy for animals, and my veganism was very special and important to me. As I got older, I found that my views on non-human rights fitted into a wider set of politics and beliefs about how I think society should be — that ‘might does not make right’, and that vulnerable individuals should be protected not exploited. It led to an interest in reading more widely about social justice issues such as feminism, and understanding how non-human rights advocacy fits into these theories.
I have always drawn, and growing up it often focused around my anger at how animals were treated. I did an art foundation course where I discovered illustration for the first time, and fell in love with how words and image become intertwined and complementary to one another; I went on to study illustration at Falmouth University.