March 2011
The Consumer Goods - Civilizing Mission
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jamesxvx-deactivated20110422 asked: All thanks to you man! Thanks for getting me started!
8 Cheap Ways to Eat Vegan (You Don't Have to be... →
pandacake:
Eating vegan is about choosing to disengage from an industry that makes us sick, abuses animals, pollutes the planet, and squanders precious resources. The true cost of eating animal protein is higher than you can imagine…
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“Being vegan is offensive to people who eat animals. When people meet vegans,...”
– Gary Smith (via veganruckus)
NIAGARA VEGAN GUIDE 2010! →
For those who still haven’t seen it. This was the second year I put together a guide for Niagara. This year is full of color photos which means it hasn’t seen itself printed very often, however, it has been passed around quite a bit on the internet and that makes me really happy.
xo,
Dylan
The Informed Vegan: Concentration Camp For... →
theinformedvegan:
The Kiev Zoo is under fire and they don’t seem to mind. Since new management took over in October of 2010, nearly half the animals (over 250 to be exact) have died or mysteriously disappeared. Local Kiev animal rights activists say, “it’s no longer a zoo, it’s a concentration camp for…
The Informed Vegan: Calculate The Hidden Water You... →
theinformedvegan:
National Geographic Online has an amazing new water calculator on their website to help educate on how much fresh and irrigated water it takes to make a meal.
The calculator looks at all sorts of products you wouldn’t normally think of as water hogs. It reveals some of the…
Foolish & Invincible: Why is cultural... →
constantrage:
Cultural appropriation is harmful because it is an extension of centuries of racism, genocide, and oppression. Cultural appropriation treats all aspects of marginalized cultures (also known as targets of oppression) as free for the taking. This is the same rationale that has…
gnargoyle-deactivated20120429 asked: Thank you for existing and doing everything you do.
I fucking love chickpeas.
Speciesism:
billymitchell:
a prejudice or attitude of bias in favor of the interests of members of one’s own species and against those of members of other species.
e.g. exploitation of animals.
Interview with Glenn Gaetz (Canada Revenue Agency:... →
Conflict Gypsy - Launched Today - Immediately the... →
GO HERE AND KEEP REFRESHING THE PAGE. WATCH... →
collegeahistory asked: I've booked marked it so if I ever do end up with money again I can order one - expect photos of me show casing it on tumblr (:
The Informed Vegan: Is Soy Suitable For Men? →
theinformedvegan:
The question “is soy suitable for men?” was posed recently to the resident health expert at Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper. Seems like a dumb question yet one that is asked more often than you would think.
The expert explained to the confused questioner that:
“a study…
I don't miss the person I used to be.
Species Privilege and Dumpster Diving...Reply #2
http://tommyxvx.tumblr.com/
“Very fair points in this post, expanding on one aspect of my aversion to freeganism. Though, I also think there needs to be some consideration of what options someone has at that moment and weigh the effects of the reverence issue of snubbing human meat when non-human animal meat would have been acceptable against the economical, social and environmental...
collegeahistory asked: I'd love to get my hands on one of the shirts (The Vegan Police - until every cage is empty) but the links aren't quite taking me to finding out how to get hold of one.
Keep up the good work - fantastic blog/ethos/fight.
Keep up the good work - fantastic blog/ethos/fight.
For any of you fucks who repost Lierre Keith... →
“The current model of “class-mobility” reinforces separatism and a...”
– -Megan Lee: “Maybe I’m Not Class-Mobile; Maybe I’m Class-Queer”, from the anthology Feminism For Real: Deconstructing The Academic Industrial Complex of Feminism. Quoted at Racialicious, March 8, 2011.
This spoke to me deeply. I’m not sure if I agree with every bit of it- and I certainly want to...
Species Privilege and Dumpster Diving...Reply #1
http://josephxkendrick.tumblr.com/
“You’re thinking about it purely in the sense that it is to do with money. It’s more about the fact that it’s just going to waste and will be chucked in landfill if it isn’t used.
I don’t eat the produce which contains animal products I find because most of it is junk food but I’ll eat the bread I get even if it may have milk or eggs as...
Species Privilege and Dumpster Diving.....
As is my want, I saw a hot topic play out poorly on my dashboard this week and I would like to interject on my own terms. First some defintions.
Specieism: Discrimination based solely upon species membership.
Species Privilege: Similar to White Privilege, Male Privilege, etc. This is the privilege extended to those who benefit from speciesism. i.e. the dominant, or oppressive species.
Human...
