“Animals Deserve Gender Pronouns, Too” | NPR: “A group of more than 80 people with an interest in animal welfare, including Dr. Jane Goodall, have signed a letter calling on the editors of the Associated Press Stylebook to change their guidance so that animals in news stories would be identified as ‘she/her/hers and he/him/his when their sex is known, regardless of species, and the gender-neutral they, or he/she, or his/hers when their sex is unknown.’”
“From ‘Pet’ To ‘Fish’: Are You Using Speciesist Language?” | Plant Based News: Alternatives to potentially speciesist language, including: companion vs. pet, fishes vs. fish and cows vs. cattle, he/she/they vs. it, who vs. which, farmed animals vs. farm animals, cutting off tails vs. tail docking, and slaughterhouse vs. meat processing plant.
“Putting Language on a Meat-Free Diet” | Conscious Style Guide: Questioning sayings and expressions like beating a dead horse, meat on the bone, bringing home the bacon, and pork-barrel politics.
“Since When Did Animals Become Synonymous With Our Grief?” | Literary Hub: “By anthropomorphizing animals, we’re making assumptions about their inner lives, elevating ourselves as a model species, and reducing them to our inferiors.”
