Food. A researcher from Rennes denounces the invisible violence of “carnist culture”

With her thesis on the “invisible violence of American fast food restaurants”, researcher Rachel Lapicque offers a manifesto against the culture of meat consumption and for veganism. Interview.

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According to you, what we eat is a political act before being a matter of taste?

Indeed, I am for raising awareness of the political dimension of food. We will often think that the person who abstains from eating animal flesh does so by taking a position and that, in contrast, those who eat meat, eggs, and cheese do not take a position. Which is absurd. However, as we are immersed in a “carnist” culture which is hegemonic, the fact of choosing to eat meat may seem less political.

What is this “carnist culture”?

It's a term that was coined by the writer Melanie Joy….