Experiments Family Tagged Vegan 
Animal Person
MAY 28, 2009
Image via Wikipedia I found The Goode Family disappointing on the vegan side. One complaint many of us have with "liberals" and "progressives" is that they tend to leave veganism and animal rights out of their sphere of concern. Is The Goode Family Good for the Environment? Is The Goode Family Good for the Environment?
Animal Person
JANUARY 18, 2010
Friends or family members who are not devoted to the environmental cause can become irritated by life choices they view as ostentatiously self-denying or politically correct. Problems arise when the individuals in the family (or couple) are at different points in their awareness of actions and purchases that affect the environment.
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Animal Person
NOVEMBER 21, 2009
My husband has two friends (a male/female couple) who are transitioning from vegetarian to vegan and I also have two friends (both women) who are transitioning from omnivore and all are dreading Thanksgiving. The conversations with family and friends have already begun about "Turkey Day." I don't know, maybe 20 years of experience.
Animal Person
NOVEMBER 18, 2010
Thanksgiving 2010 will be Baby Sky's first, and our opportunity to introduce her to the notion that our family doesn't eat animals (not to mention that other historical story we'll be correcting). The two objections to a vegan Thanksgiving that I hear most often are: It's our tradition and Because it tastes good. It's our tradition.
Animal Person
MAY 23, 2010
I've officially been blogging for four years (1,329 posts and 5,441 comments) today, and as I (re)ponder whether I will continue, I'd like to present some lessons I've learned about blogging, veganism, people, "the movement," language and. Lesson #6 Vegans have a bad reputation. I want people to see my family as "normal."
Animal Person
FEBRUARY 19, 2010
Is it true that the least I can do is support the engineering of animals who experience less unpleasantness than they would have had they not been engineered that way? What about being torn from your family? That action is to opt out and go vegan. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Language. What about boredom and frustration?
Animal Person
FEBRUARY 26, 2010
Not the day, the film, where Bill Murray experiences the same day over and over again. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Food and Drink Language animal rights chicken slaughter language Sara Lipka The Atlantic veganism. There are few animal rights stories in the news. That's respect. Photo from Flickr user gunp0wder.
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