Sunaura "Sunny"Taylor (born March 21, 1982) is an American academic, painter, writer and activist fordisability andanimal rights. She currently resides inOakland,California, and is assistant professor in the department of environmental science, policy and Management at theUniversity of California, Berkeley.^[1]

A professor atUC Berkeley, Taylor earned her PhD in American Studies fromNew York University. Her book,Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation won the 2018American Book Award. She has published in both academic and popular outlets.^[2]

Taylor's work has been displayed in theSmithsonian and in other important galleries across the United States.^[3] She is the recipient of a 2008 Joan Mitchell Foundation Award. In 2004, she received the Grand Prize in theVSA arts Driving Force juried exhibition for emerging disabled artists.^[4][5] A portion of her work deals with animal rights issues, as Taylor is anabolitionistvegan.^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

Taylor was born witharthrogryposis, and uses a wheelchair.^[11] She is active in theSociety for Disability Studies and has participated in marches for disability rights.^[10][12] Her work on the disability rights movement has appeared in theMarxist magazineMonthly Review,^[13] and herSelf Portrait with TCE was the first full-color image ever printed in the publication's long history. She has been featured onAll Things Considered onNational Public Radio,^[14] and theGeorgia Public Broadcasting seriesState of the Arts. Her work has also been featured frequently inFlagpole Magazine in her home town,Athens, Georgia.

Taylor argued her position against animal products in her February 17, 2009 article, "Is It Possible to Be a Conscientious Meat Eater?"^[15] and again in her March 29, 2011 article, "Why There's No Such Thing as Humane Meat,"^[16] both published onAlterNet.

She is also the sister of the filmmakerAstra Taylor,^[17] and appeared in her 2008 filmExamined Life alongside philosopherJudith Butler.^[18]

• Taylor, Sunaura (2017).Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation. The New Press.ISBN 978-1620971284.
• Taylor, Sunaura (May 2024).Disabled Ecologies: Lessons From a Wounded Desert. University of California Press.ISBN 9780520393066. Retrieved4 August 2024.

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• Sunaura Taylor atIMDb

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