#veganism
It’s 2015. ALMOST 2016. I can’t take ANY “activist” seriously if they aren’t vegan. I can’t take ANY “movement” seriously, if it’s not SIMULTANEOUSLY campaigning for veganism and animal rights. The lowest form of civility on this planet is that which we extend to animals; I mean, human rights are important and they DEFINITELY need improvement–but AT LEAST we don’t have to worry about being LITERALLY raised for slaughter and eaten by a species that’s sharing this planet with us. AT LEAST we don’t scoop up homeless humans and euthanize them if their owners don’t claim them after a few weeks. AT LEAST we don’t have our skins LITERALLY peeled from our screaming, bleeding bodies, where we’re then thrown into a pile of other, skinless, blood and shit-soaked humans, writhing and crying and begging for death. AT LEAST we aren’t killed JUST so someone can make an ash tray out of our hands, or cut off our noses to make piano keys or get an erection. AT LEAST we don’t have our arms sliced off and our bodies discarded, just so someone else can eat shitty soup.
I mean, this list goes on and on and, again: I UNDERSTAND THAT WE FACE AN EGREGIOUS AMOUNT OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS FROM CORPORATE GOVERNMENTS THAT KEEP US AS WAGE SLAVES AND KILL US IN THE STREETS WITHOUT RECOURSE…
But you can’t say that you’d rather trade places with a chicken.
You can’t HONESTLY or INTELLIGENTLY say that you’d rather be a buffalo.
Because, when you can be LEGALLY slaughtered and eaten–served up at the table for celebrations ALL AROUND THE WORLD–there’s no greater SYSTEMIC threat to your existence and there’s NO HOPE for your survival.
So smack on whatever bumper stickers you want and scribble anything you’d like on your protest sign; but, if you aren’t ACTUALLY LIVING what you preach, about compassion and equality and fairness and justice, by living a VEGAN lifestyle and DEMANDING animal liberation alongside whatever your cause is, then YOU are JUST AS BAD as the oppressors you are trying to overthrow, because YOU–like your oppressors–haven’t dedicated yourself to being a voice and a champion for the MOST oppressed individuals on this planet, so YOU–like your oppressors–will continue to inflict the damage and terror and torture that you so desperately want to avoid, upon others who–despite their appearances–are not so different from you.
Ryan Phillips is an animal rights activist and the artist behind Art From a Vegan Heart.
Image with kind permission from Chantal Poulin-Durocher.
Russell Wendell Simmons is an American entrepreneur, record executive, writer, and film producer.
He is a supporter of Farm Sanctuary, an organization working to end cruelty to farm animals and has been vegan since 1999.
Image with kind permission from Sue Coe.
http://www.artnet.com/artists/sue-coe/
Henry Spira (19 June 1927 – 12 September 1998) was a Belgian - American animal rights advocate, regarded by some as one of the most effective animal advocates of the 20th century.
Image with kind permission from Roger Olmos.https://rogerolmos.carbonmade.com/
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Image with kind permisssion from Dina Farris Appel.
https://www.dinafarrisappel.com/https://www.facebook.com/dinafarrisappelart/
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Image - Vegan Vibes. Shop Cruelty Free. Proceeds donated to Mercy For Animals.
Image: Simple Happy Kitchen.
Image with kind permission from World of Vegan.
Commercial layer hens have been genetically selected to lay a very high number of eggs and are therefore highly susceptible to poor bone strength and osteoporosis.
Osteoporosis is related to a nutritional imbalance, level of egg production, and the birds’ inability to move and keep their muscles and bones healthy.
The formation of eggshells requires the deposition of calcium. Since eggs are laid at a very high rate, this leads to a loss of bone calcium.
Osteoporosis is an end result of this process and is a widespread problem in commercial hens. It can result in an increased susceptibility to poor bone health and bone fractures.
With thanks to the HSPCA, Compassion in World Farming & Twyla Francois.
“Stolen Bones” with kind permission from Twyla Francois.
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Image with kind permission from In the Soulshine. https://inthesoulshine.com/
do you still think vegan food is boring?
