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Book Review
How to Create a Vegan World: A Pragmatic Approach Written by Tobias Leenaert Summary & Review by Beth Quick I recently finished Tobias Leenaert’s provocative, challenging, and inspiring book How to Create a Vegan World: A Pragmatic Approach. (Lantern Books, 2017)....
VEGAN CNY YEAR IN REVIEW: 2022
At the end of 2019, I wrote a “Year in Review” piece brimming with optimism. I noted then, that 2019 had been rough in a lot of ways (see: toxic tweets, resurgent anti-Semitism, racism, misogyny, gun violence, eco-crisis, etc.) I noted, though, that really great...
I’ve Got 99 Problems and Protein Ain’t One
Protein is one of the largest dietary concerns which arise for people considering going vegan. Concerns and fears are typically rooted in common misguided beliefs: social conditioning which is based on falsehoods and health and nutrition stemming from at least a...
Book Review
anism in an Oppressive World: A Vegans of Color Community Project, edited by Julia Feliz Brueck, is an eclectic work that includes essays, poetry, reflections, and interviews from vegans of color.
Reflections on White Meat:Eating Animals and the Alt-Right
White Meat:Eating Animals and the Alt-Right by Christopher Sebastian. General Summary of discussion held at Cornell University on February 27th, 2020 For those of you that were interested but couldn’t make it to Cornell Thursday night for the talk, “White Meat: Eating...
Book Review
Walking With Peety: The Dog Who Saved My Life by Eric O’Grey (with Mark Dagostino), 2017, Grand Central Publishing Reviewed by Linda DeStefanoReview translated by Rob English I love this book! It’s a true account by the author, who was morbidly overweight,...
Book Review – en español
CAMINANDO CON PEETY: el perro que me salvó la vida por Eric O'Grey (con Mark Dagostino), 2017, Grand Central Publishing Opinión de Linda DeStefanoTraducida al español por Rob English. ¡Yo amo este libro! Es un relato verdadero del autor, uno que tenía un sobrepeso...
Vegan CNY’s Year In Review
In a lot of ways, 2019 was rough. Kids in cages. Toxic tweets. The lowest of low-brow politics. Shootings. The Amazon on fire. Everything else on fire. Resurgent anti-Semitism. Bigotry and misogyny on full display. A growing gulf between the haves and...
The House Passed PACT
Last week, following the US House of Representatives unanimous vote passing the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, I was asked what I thought about the law. Truth is, when I was asked, I had no idea what I thought about it. I'd heard some vague buzz about it,...