Vegan commentary from an abolitionist perspective in the form of articles and jokes from a world where we must hypocritically convince aliens not to dine on us.
Inspired by the currently-trending Twitter topic, #30WaysToMakeAGirlSmile. This is slightly tongue-in-cheek for those of you with your Serious Hats on all the time. Make her feel safe by not exploiting other females for their milk. Girls get nervous when they think you’re going to steal their breastmilk. Acknowledge that enslaving female animals
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Even if you still eat meat, deviating even once from the social norms is going to get you reactions like this. If you have no interest in going vegan, then at least try eating a conspicuously vegan meal a few times in mixed company. For instance, vegetable fajitas when everyone else is having cow [...]
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Fresh from Obvious Pile, “Color additives are an inexpensive way to simulate absent fruit or vegetable ingredients, make white bread look more like whole wheat, or make sugary cereals more appealing to young children, according to CSPI.” The result is that people eat garbage they might not normally eat because the garbage doesn’t look
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This recipe makes about 14 large (~10cm diameter, ~2cm thick) patties. You need: For nutrition and texture: 2C lentils 2C quinoa A bunch of rolled oats A box of wheat gluten (you won’t need the whole box, but measurements vary based on taste) Flavors: Garlic salt More salt An onion How to Do Stuff: Assuming [...]
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Spoiler alert. Season 2, Episode 5 of Battlestar Galactica is called, “The Farm.” Kara Thrace wakes up in a ‘hospital’ which turns out to be a breeding ground run by Cylons. She is asked by a woman prisoner to cut the power and kill her, because she “can’t live like these. We’re baby machines.” Kara [...]
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Quoted in The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, I find this inspiring and moving. There are deep connections between the state of earth’s animals and earth’s human animals. Omnis mundi creatura quasi liber et pictura nobis est in speculum; nostrae vitae, nostrae mortis, nostri status, nostrae sortis fidele signaculum. All the world's creatures,
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Inspired by the currently trending #Top10Lies Twitter hashtag, here are the ones I hear most about vegan diets, motives and vegans themselves. “Veganism is expensive.” I build muscle on $4 a day. Grains, legumes, beans, veggies, etc., are incredibly affordable and nearly all the recipes can be cooked quicker than you can drive to a [...]
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Some want to assert that because animals have “no interest in the future,” or “no concept of the future,” it is morally acceptable to enslave and kill them. Robber Barons We can say killing someone steals their future. Stealing from an individual, whether or not they have a sense of the loss, is still stealing [...]
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Ignore the fact that the photo is mostly potatoes. That is only because I ate the broccoli faster than the lens could capture light. Lots of protein, B12 + other vitamins, and cancer-fighting greens in this one! Sauce Ingredients 1/3 cup unsweetened non-dairy milk (soy, rice, hemp, whatever you like) 1/2 block of silken tofu [...]
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Awesome as a side with vegan sloppy Joe sandwiches, or as a filling quick snack. Ingredients 2 cups (total) shredded broccoli, carrots and cabbage. 1/2 cup (or more of your prefer) Vegenaise or cashew-based vegan ‘mayo’ 1 tablespoon lemon juice 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 1 teaspoon celery seed 1 teaspoon garlic salt Instructions Put
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@iti_maki It's different for men, especially in the US. If you don't have a steak in your face at every meal, you're under scrutiny. 41 min 22 sec ago
Embedding some popular tweets here: http://t.co/7dm4UmRy Thanks, @Twitter, for the cool embed feature. 47 min 19 sec ago
@iti_maki Well sometimes we all have to dine with coworkers and distant relatives. :) 48 min 1 sec ago
#EverNotice you sit down to eat, and every meat eater at the table double-checks to ensure everyone else is eating meat, too. 1 hrs 12 min ago
@MiwaRiveC132 Thank you! No, I'm just a chef for my family. Anyone can cook #vegan meals like I do. I have a day job and lots of hobbies. :) 3 hrs 21 min ago
Top Cosmetic Companies Quietly Resume Cruel Animal Testing http://t.co/6UUMDki79 hrs 50 min ago
Forgot to mention apples in that previous recipe tweet. 11 hrs 5 min ago
@stevedrees Yes sir 100%! I am currently going blind and all of my fingers and toes fell off because I did not have cow milk at lunch. 11 hrs 10 min ago
Cut cilantro, cucumber, tomato, avocado, shredded cabbage, carrot, squeezed a lemon over it, sprinkled some salt. #10minLunch11 hrs 33 min ago
@Harpista Yeah the trick is to pat them really dry before adding your flavors. Nutrition yeast is flaky and not a powder like baking yeast. 1 days 4 hrs ago
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