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
“Black as night, sweet as sin.”
― Anansi Boys
― Anansi Boys
“I made the choice to be vegan because I will not eat (or wear, or use) anything that could have an emotional response to its death or captivity. I can well imagine what that must feel like for our non-human friends - the fear, the terror, the pain - and I will not cause such suffering to a fellow living being.”
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“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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“Elsewhere the paper notes that vegetarians and vegans (including athletes) 'meet and exceed requirements' for protein. And, to render the whole we-should-worry-about-getting-enough-protein-and-therefore-eat-meat idea even more useless, other data suggests that excess animal protein intake is linked with osteoporosis, kidney disease, calcium stones in the urinary tract, and some cancers. Despite some persistent confusion, it is clear that vegetarians and vegans tend to have more optimal protein consumption than omnivores. ”
― Eating Animals
― Eating Animals
“Let's start a new tomorrow, today.”
― Anansi Boys
― Anansi Boys
Once Upon a River Readalong #OnceUponaReadalong
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This February (2021) I'll be hosting a readalong of Diane Setterfield's Once Upon a River, an amazing novel by my favourite modern author, Diane Sette ...more
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