When I'd announced I was going to travel the world, the initial support from friends had lasted only until they'd realised I was serious. Then it had transformed into snide jokes and comments about how I'd be home
“Ethical veganism results in a profound revolution within the individual; a complete rejection of the paradigm of oppression and violence that she has been taught from childhood to accept as the natural order. It changes her life and the lives of those with whom she shares this vision of nonviolence. Ethical veganism is anything but passive; on the contrary, it is the active refusal to cooperate with injustice”
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“Black as night, sweet as sin.”
― Anansi Boys
― Anansi Boys
“Being vegan is easy. Are there social pressures that encourage you to continue to eat, wear, and use animal products? Of course there are. But in a patriarchal, racist, homophobic, and ableist society, there are social pressures to participate and engage in sexism, racism, homophobia, and ableism. At some point, you have to decide who you are and what matters morally to you. And once you decide that you regard victimizing vulnerable nonhumans is not morally acceptable, it is easy to go and stay vegan”
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“Veganism is not about giving anything up or losing anything; it is about gaining the peace within yourself that comes from embracing nonviolence and refusing to participate in the exploitation of the vulnerable”
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“If slaughterhouses had glass walls, the whole world would be vegetarian.”
― Linda's Kitchen: Simple and Inspiring Recipes for Meals Without Meat
― Linda's Kitchen: Simple and Inspiring Recipes for Meals Without Meat
Once Upon a River Readalong #OnceUponaReadalong
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