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Why Top Chef Makes Me So Mad

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Throughout the entire show, the judges and contestants always refer to their meats as the "protein." Vegetarians and vegans know that you get protein from vegetables. I have yet to see an episode featuring vegetarian cooking. Vegetarians are far more predominant than people who go to snooty French restaurants.

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Lessons Learned From 4 Years of Animal Person, Part 2

Animal Person

From the vegan equals vegetarian discussion, to the nonviolence does or doesn't include property damage, to certain abolitionists deciding that they are in fact the only real abolitionists, it has gotten comical. You might want to refer to omnivores as "corpse munchers." But I'm not referring to them. It makes no sense!

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On Scheduling Epiphanies. and Coral Snakes

Animal Person

One of the reasons I do this is to see what others are saying about veganism (both good and bad), vegan food, their vegan friends and family members, and of course, about going vegan (I've already seen a handful of #in2010 references to going vegan). Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. You can probably guess why.

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On Vegan Grenades

Animal Person

You know those jokes that you get a minute later that are referred to as joke grenades? I do know people who became vegan (also after watching " Earthlings ") who are now vegetarians, pescetarians and run-of-the-mill omnivores. Someone who goes from vegan to vegetarian to eating cows isn't really in a position to judge anyone.

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On Talking With Veterinarians About Vegan Food

Animal Person

I had to make exactly the same meal for her every day, so I moved to using Natural Balance Vegetarian kibble (note that the canned version is not vegan due to the animal source of Vitamin D3). Tags: Books Current Affairs Ethics Food and Drink Gray Matters.

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On "The Age of Stupid"

Animal Person

I think those are the only references to diet. And in the pre and post show (that I saw), even in the interviews with the celebrities who are known vegetarians (I know, I know, they're not vegans.), Tags: Activism Current Affairs Film climate change film review The Age of Stupid veganism.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

The tiresome Hitler was a well-known vegetarian comment is included in this segment, but I found it irksome long before that. Authors who referred to their animals by given names were instructed to use a string of letters and numbers instead." Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. Part III: Pepper Goes to Washington.