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Tag: veganism

  • On Cows Milk At A Vegan Event

    First off, a statement. I do not consider being a vegan to being in any way comparable to being a member of an discriminated against group, be that persons who are non-white, female, gay or bisexual, trans-gendered, or members of a minority religion. However, for someone such as myself who by virtual of being a…

  • The Parable of the Regency Anti-Slavery Campaigner and the Regency Health Freak

    I’m a vegan, and here’s the thing: people who, for perceived health reasons, follow a plant-based diet and then refer to themselves as vegans – when they’re not, not really – kind of annoy me. Why? The Parable of the Regency Anti-Slavery Campaigner and the Regency Health Freak Imagine it’s the 1810s. Slavery is legal…

  • Ways To Piss Off Vegans: #1

    Imagine you’re at a wedding reception, say, sat at a table that consists entirely of single people and couples who’ve only just been introduced to each other. And imagine that the following conversation were to occur: Person 1: [To Person 2] Do you ever watch that Sunday morning discussion show thing on BBC1? Person 2:…

  • Nothronychus: My New Vegan Hero

    Yesterday, we watched the sixth and final episode of the BBC’s Planet Dinosaur. Entitled “The Great Survivors”, the episode featured one dinosaur I’d not previously heard of, Nothronychus (Wikipedia entry). It instantly became my new vegan hero. Why? Well a clip on the BBC’s website explains: CLIP: Although a close relative of the meat-eating tyrannosaurs,…

  • You Know, If Jesus Had Owned A Jesus Phone…

    …he might have been able to think of a dish a little more imaginative than fish on bread. Last Saturday I downloaded, for the very reasonable sum of £1.79, a new app for my iPhone: Vegan Recipe Finder by VegWeb.com. (I found it by accident, by clicking on the “New Apps” page in the AppStore…

  • My God! It’s Full of Cakes!

    Last weekend my other half and I took the dog for a long walk down the sea front to Hove Actually (old joke: Brightonians refer to Hove as “Hove Actually” because if an inhabitant of Hove is asked if they come from Brighton, they invariably reply, “Hove, actually”) and ended up having breakfast at Heather…