Office by Alex Penny
My name is Emily. I'm a vegan and aspiring ESL teacher living in Little Rock, Arkansas. This is where I share things that, well, I'd like to share.
I never knew :(
UDDER FLAMING/SINGEING
One of the torturous practices “dairy” cows are forced to endure for humans’ taste buds is udder and belly hair removal. Dairy farmers claim that hair removal is a vital process to improve udder cleanliness and reduce bacteria and that udder flaming/singeing is a “humane” way to accomplish this. Udder singeing is further described as a way to remove hair “quickly and painlessly, using a 6” cool flame, eliminating the need to clip udders manually.”* The cows in UDDER SINGE demonstration video appear to disagree with the claim that it is painless: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0LzliJzoXs
While some dairy farmers flame the udders when they are full of milk, some flame them after the cows have been milked.
*www.animart.com/uddersinge
● The truth about the dairy industry (including organic): www.humanemyth.org/happycows.htm
● The truth about the goat dairy industry (including organic): http://tinyurl.com/copkql3
● YOUR GUIDE to VEGANISM: www.tinyurl.com/d4spyjd
(via vegetathiest)
Yeah, that’s definitely a problem. Here they’ll just tell you that they don’t have room. But there are several shelters in my area and a couple different animal rescue/re-homing non-profits.
Probably one of the steps to the plan should be to keep a list of contact numbers for all the animal services in your area.
1. Keep small animal carrier, can of cat food, and old towel in trunk at all times.
2. Rescue strays/small animals when encountered and transport them to appropriate animal services center or veterinarian if possible.
(Of course, don’t be a hero, and abort mission if animal seems even slightly dangerous/aggressive and call animal control)
3. Keep animal control number in glovebox at all times.
(I just keep on finding myself in situations were an animal, usually an injured cat, is hanging out near my home or work place and I’m the only one who’s going to do anything about it.)
Anyone else have any thoughts?
Please, don’t support companies that test on animals.
Here is a list of cruelty-free cosmetic companies.
After making a delicious vegan breakfast (faux sausage, tofu scramble, and broccoli) you read the packaging and realize that you’re in danger of getting TOO MUCH PROTEIN.
this is what you’re eating.
This is what I think about when someone asks me if I’m bothered by others eating meat in front of me.
“…I’m not going to flip the table over or anything, but yes. Yes, it is sickening.”
Hostility Towards Vegans
I have the pig drawing on a t-shirt from Colleen Patrick-Goudreau’s clothing shop (http://www.compassionatecook.com/merchandise). I love it so much :D
(Source: fuckyeahveganlife)
people bitch about veganism being a white privilege/exclusively upper, upper middle and middle class, and white.
what about all of the vegans of color?
http://vegansofcolor.wordpress.com/
http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=4438&catId=5
http://veganricans.blogspot.com/2008/11/vegan-pastelon-ripe-plantain-casserole.html
http://likeawhisper.wordpress.com/tag/terry-hope-romero/
http://afrodaddy.com/food/10-great-websites-black-vegetarians-vegans
http://blactivegan.wordpress.com/2006/12/06/the-soul-of-holistic-health-repost/
http://africanvegans.com/2010/06/21/shoutout-to-great-black-vegans-of-our-time/what about all of the vegans of the lower class?
http://vegansaurus.com/post/288158015/guide-to-eating-vegan-raw-organic-and-cheap
http://vegansofcolor.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/vegans-eat-like-the-poor-people-of-the-world/
http://www.good.is/post/is-it-cheaper-to-be-vegan-vegetarian-or-a-meat-eater/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathy-freston/eat-vegan-cheap_b_840191.html#s257906&title=Shop_Seasonal_
what about all of the people who eat a vegan diet because it’s the only option that they have? and the “vegan” foods that originated in other countries?
tempeh- indonesia
seitan- china
tofu- china
soy milk- china/japan
almond milk- region stretching from the iberian peninsula to east asia
rice milk/horchata- spain
(all from wikipedia)
not to mention all of the ethnic food that is vegan or easily vegan.are you going to disregard these people (as they are often used to) and pretend they don’t exist (as they are often used to) because you need an argument to justify your selfish diet? are you going to assume that these people are incapable of recognizing the benefits of veganism and making decisions that benefit themselves, others, animals, and the environment?
as someone who grew up in a poor, rural area and lives below poverty/on and off food stamps, i find it so frustrating when people accuse vegans of class and white privilege. i don’t think i could afford to eat meat and cheese and eggs if i wanted to. not to mention that the quality (both health and taste) of cheap animal products is awful, and i probably eat a lot healthier as a vegan than i would trying to eat a cheap omnivorous diet.
(via fuckyeahveg)
(Source: debilitating, via pureveganimagination)
YES.
Fantastic news, milk production is also suffering in Britain, where the number of cows in the dairy herd has fallen 7.3% (142,000 dairy cows) in the last five years. (x)
NOT MAKING A DIFFERENCE MY ASS.
Good, its funny when carnist say being vegan does not make a difference, hmm this proves you wrong, and me being a hundred times healthier than what i was when i was a meat eater/vegetarian, i think that’s proof enough <3
(Source: butterflygrace, via fiercexx)
Hey, I understand that people have differing views on things. And hey, you can be a vegan/vegetarian whatever you want. There’s nothing wrong with that, at all.
It becomes a problem when you start forcing your ideas and beliefs onto other people.
So stop doing that.
Stop trying to make people feel bad for eating meat just because it’s offensive to you.
LOL You think I’m offended, think about how offended the animals are!
