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Tag Archives: ethics
Veganuary – is it a game changer?
Note: For the purpose of this blog, the term plant-based is used to describe items composed entirely of plants. This is to differentiate from those unscrupulous suppliers that disingenuously use the term to describe products which contain animal derivatives but … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy
Tagged big brand, campaign, consumer demand, diet, ethics, fad, festival, food festival, health, human, lifestyle, plant based diet, plant-based, plant-based eating, profit, respect, rights, supermarket, veganism, Veganuary, victims
8 Comments
Thoughts on avoidable harm and being veganish
I can’t count how often I’ve seen declarations from people who claim to be vegan despite indulging in some form of avoidable use of members of other animal species. However before I go any further I must stress the word … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Celebrity culture
Tagged avoidable, celebrities, celebrity, Cruelty, dog, ethics, fur, harm, non-vegan, nonveganism, veganish
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Nothing less than veganism
Last night was a landmark for There’s an Elephant in the Room on Facebook. Becoming vegan August 2012, when I first became vegan, began a time of discovery; a new age in an unfamiliar landscape. Most new vegans will have … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Awakening to veganism, Festivals
Tagged advocacy, awakening, ethics, harm, justice, nonviolence, petitions, rights, speciesism, truth, vegan, veganism, victims, violence
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Heading in the direction of being vegan / Stuck in a loop
‘…or if we can’t be vegan we can at least head in that direction.’ I’ve seen so many variations on that theme as a comeback to the call to be vegan that appears in almost every piece I write. Today … Continue reading
Posted in Awakening to veganism
Tagged advocacy, awakening, cheese, Chickens and eggs, commodification, compassion, consumer demand, Cruelty, dairy, ethics, harm, health, justice, slaughter, vegetarianism, violence, welfare
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Claiming exceptions
‘That’s not true. That just happens on factory farms. It doesn’t happen on all farms‘. This depressingly common statement appeared recently on a friend’s page in response to a post. It’s been lingering on my mind ever since because variations … Continue reading
Posted in Addressing resistance to change, Advocacy, Exceptions
Tagged advocacy, chickens, Chickens and eggs, commodification, compassion, consumer demand, Cruelty, dairy, ethics, exceptional circumstances, harm, health, human superiority, humane, justice, milk, nonviolence, resources, respect, rights, sentience, slaughter, speciesism, truth, vegan, veganism, victims, violence
20 Comments
Speciesism
Originally posted 6 August 2014, revised and links updated 22 January 2018 Speciesism is a pervasive form of prejudice, taught to us all in our earliest years, that blinkers humans into the mistaken belief that we are so much more … Continue reading
Posted in Speciesism, What is ...?
Tagged breastfeed, Chickens and eggs, consumer demand, Cruelty, dairy, ethics, harm, human superiority, justice, petitions, prejudice, sentience, Single Issue Campaigns, slaughter, speciesism, Torture, vegan, veganism, victims, violence, welfare, welfarism
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‘Personal choice’ – remembering a lesson
This year, I’ve decided to revise and re-publish some of my favourite blogs from previous years. This is the first of these, prompted because the claims of ‘personal choice’ still make monotonous and regular appearances in comments threads everywhere. Originally … Continue reading
Posted in Addressing resistance to change, Advocacy, Awakening to veganism
Tagged advocacy, body parts, Chickens and eggs, commodification, Cruelty, dairy, domination, ethics, harm, injustice, justice, personal, personal choice, reproductive systems, resources, sentience, speciesism, vegan, veganism, victims, violence
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What is veganism – a reminder
In recent days, I’ve seen many comments on posts and pages making suggestions about how to be more persuasive about veganism; how to make it more ‘appealing’. ‘You should be telling people to watch < film about human health>’; ‘You … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Terminology, What is ...?
Tagged advocacy, Chickens and eggs, commodification, dairy, diet, environment, ethics, health, human superiority, justice, milk, sentience, vegan, veganism, victims
18 Comments
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