I'm Christian, well - more so agnostic, and I became curious to see how many christian vegans there were out there, as I raaarely find any. Anyways, for those of you who are Christian / Theistic who are looking for a fellow theist's experience being vegan or going through the changes,  I thought this would be an interesting article to link here ( Read more... )

yesterday was my 5 years veganversary ( Read more... )

This isn't really a pep talk per se, but many of the posts here are about how difficult it is to be vegan in a nonvegan world. Thought I'd share my experiences.
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a friend is moving away for school, so we decided to get lunch together before she leaves ( Read more... )

hello. i'm a new vegan. ok well i was bored in class yesterday and someone in front of me had a peta (maybe?) handout about pigs/cows/chickens etc. It was so horrible - i became determined to become vegan ( Read more... )

For some reason, I checked my LJ calendar, and discovered that my first use of LJ was in July, 2002.  That made me wonder how long I'd been part of
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ok so ive posted before that at my job i get the usual crap about what i eat and my beliefs when it comes to animals.i do not throw it out there what im all about, or try and make ppl understand bc i deal with hunters and all meat eaters.my bf,whos a veg also works at the same place(different department), and deals with the same thing.the thing is ( Read more... )

I've got an advice question for all of you long-timers ( Read more... )

So, I have a question. Why don't vegans trust other vegans to be competent? I see time and time again people coming onto this community, mentioning a food that can be vegan or non, and getting a billion responses saying "OMGZ that's not vegan, what's wrong with you!" Do we really all have that little faith in each other ( Read more... )

Denial Makes the World Go Round

Varieties of denial include inattention, passive acknowledgment, reframing and willful blindness.
By BENEDICT CAREY
Published: November 20, 2007

For years she hid the credit card bills from her husband: The $2,500 embroidered coat from Neiman Marcus. The $900 beaded scarf from Blake in Chicago. A $600 pair of Dries van ( Read more... )