Why am I vegan? What does being vegan mean for my life and my actions? What kind of a vegan do I want to be? Why am I writing this blog? What do I want it to be?
In the past few weeks, as I’ve been busy arranging many other parts of my life, I’ve also [...]
Posts Tagged ‘purity’
On Freaking Out and Looking Forward
Posted in About Veganism, tagged freaking out, on blogging, purity, vegan at heart, Vegan Outreach on July 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Dear Vegan at Heart,
Posted in Letters & Articles, tagged perfection, purity, vegan at heart on July 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was forwarded this email recently–I’m not sure where it’s from, but I really appreciated the message. Even though I do consider myself vegan, I often feel that I’m not as perfect a vegan (or person) as I could and should be. Especially for perfectionists, it’s easy to get distracted by what you aren’t, and [...]
Veganizing!
Posted in A Vegan Life, tagged baby steps, cosmetics, purity on April 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m working on shifting all my cosmetics & toiletries over to vegan-friendly brands. As I’ve mentioned earlier, this is a slow process for me, because I can see myself getting completely overwhelmed and obsessed over the idea of “purification,” and I definitely don’t want that to happen. So I’m just doing it a little at [...]
All the Small Things
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged picky, purity on April 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Often, when I am with friends or at a party or something, I get offered a non-vegan snack or desert–most people get that I don’t eat cheese, but they forget that there are also plenty of animal products in cookies, muffins, snack foods, etc. My first reaction is automatically ‘No-it’s not vegan, so I won’t [...]
Vegan Purity
Posted in About Veganism, tagged awareness, baby steps, purity on March 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When you start to think about all the animal products in your everyday life that are non-vegan, you can get totally overwhelmed: meat, milk, cheese, eggs…but also leather, fur, feathers, wool, and things like gelatin, lecithin, honey, not to mention all the cosmetics and toiletries that are tested on animals. Literally, there are animal [...]
