"Pop culture has made the community look like barefoot hippies who can’t get a job. Or over-the-top aggressive people who shout “meat is murder!” at restaurant chefs. Or that they’re malnourished and annoying and should just stop shoving their lifestyles down people’s throats." - ACCURATE
"If someone refuses food because they’re on a diet to lose weight or it’s a new fad (looking at you, keto), no one questions them or gets offended. " - I feel this way with alcohol in the US. It's the default to drink in social situation and if you DON'T (without the reason/excuse of being pregnant), people judge you. It's weird to me...
"just can’t make the switch because of their lifestyle, where they live, their finances, or health issues" - Thank you for shouting this out. Being vegan by choice is a privilege.
"But I’m keeping with it and making progress! " - YAYYYYYYYY!!! YOU CAN DO IT!!!!
I love that you are easing your way back into it, in a way that feels good to you physically. Maybe you'll just become pescatarian after exploring. Maybe you'll be all in on all meat. Maybe you'll go back, but no matter what, you're trying things and being intentional. I love that for you :)
Oh my gosh yes! It's so true with alcohol! Especially here in Wisconsin where it's normal to binge drink all the time. I've gone month stretches without alcohol just as a trial thing or I didn't like how it felt anymore and some of the pushback was so weird.
Yeah being vegan is SO HARD for so many reasons. I tried veganuary two times and failed within a week both times lol. Vegetarianism is a lot less difficult and oftentimes cheaper but even that is still a privilege. People really need to calm down about it cause if everyone cut meat out just a little bit, we'd be in a much better space than trying to make people give things up completely.
"Pop culture has made the community look like barefoot hippies who can’t get a job. Or over-the-top aggressive people who shout “meat is murder!” at restaurant chefs. Or that they’re malnourished and annoying and should just stop shoving their lifestyles down people’s throats." - ACCURATE
"If someone refuses food because they’re on a diet to lose weight or it’s a new fad (looking at you, keto), no one questions them or gets offended. " - I feel this way with alcohol in the US. It's the default to drink in social situation and if you DON'T (without the reason/excuse of being pregnant), people judge you. It's weird to me...
"just can’t make the switch because of their lifestyle, where they live, their finances, or health issues" - Thank you for shouting this out. Being vegan by choice is a privilege.
"But I’m keeping with it and making progress! " - YAYYYYYYYY!!! YOU CAN DO IT!!!!
I love that you are easing your way back into it, in a way that feels good to you physically. Maybe you'll just become pescatarian after exploring. Maybe you'll be all in on all meat. Maybe you'll go back, but no matter what, you're trying things and being intentional. I love that for you :)
Oh my gosh yes! It's so true with alcohol! Especially here in Wisconsin where it's normal to binge drink all the time. I've gone month stretches without alcohol just as a trial thing or I didn't like how it felt anymore and some of the pushback was so weird.
Yeah being vegan is SO HARD for so many reasons. I tried veganuary two times and failed within a week both times lol. Vegetarianism is a lot less difficult and oftentimes cheaper but even that is still a privilege. People really need to calm down about it cause if everyone cut meat out just a little bit, we'd be in a much better space than trying to make people give things up completely.