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Lisa Kemmerer is a philosopher-activist and professor in the United States, known internationally for her work on behalf of the disempowered. Her activism and scholarship focuses on animal liberation, where she works largely at the crossroads between speciesism and other social justice concerns—feminism, heterosexism, and classism—often focusing on ethics (especially environmental ethics and religious ethics). She has nearly one hundred publications (largely journal articles, anthology chapters, and encyclopedia entries), and is the author/editor of nine books.

Anymal Kemmerer coined the term anymal (a contraction of “any” and “animal,” pronounced like “any” and “mal”), to refer to all individuals who are of a species other than that of the speaker/author. This means that if a human being uses the term, all species except Homo sapiens are indicated. If a chimpanzee signs “anymal,” all species (including human beings) will be included except chimpanzees. Using the term “anymal” avoids the use of “animal” as if human beings were not animals; dualistic and alienating references such as “non” and “other”; and cumbersome terms such as nonhuman animals and other-than-human animals. (see “Verbal Activism: ‘Anymals’” in Society and Animals 14.1 (May 2006): 9-14 or visit http://www.lisakemmerer.com/Articles.html