May 17th
445 notes
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you are not on top of the food chain, your choices aren’t on par with lions eating zebras, a vegan diet is neither unhealthy nor expensive, there is no such thing as vegan privilege, it doesn’t matter if you’ve always eaten animals, hunting isn’t noble, fishing isn’t either, you are not an inuit, humans are not carnivores, you’re canines don’t mean shit, veganism is not racist or classist, cows do not need to be milked, plants are not sentient, plant-based protein is easy to come by, it is not your right, it is not a personal choice, the (phyto)estrogen in soy is not dangerous, dead animals are not healthy - every nutrient you need comes from plants, animals are sentient and thus feel pain - there is no denying that, the soy monocultures you are thinking of are actually fed to livestock not vegans, no, you can not love animals while killing and eating them, respecting an animal after you’ve murdered it doesn’t mean shit and neither does using every part of the animal, intersectionality does not negate veganism, veganism is not a belief and it sure as fuck is not dogmatic, vegans are making a difference, intelligence does not matter - sentience does, breeding someone for the purpose of eating them is not an ethical justification, buying local isn’t more sustainable or more ethical than veganism, taste does not matter, taking “good care” of them before you kill them does not make it ok, yes, cows are raped, no, capitalism does not need to be smashed first, human problems are not more important, if you are concerned about migrant worker exploitation - stop eating meat, no, there is no humane way to kill, rape, exploit or enslave, if your mom won’t cook vegan for you - fucking do it yourself, no a vegan diet is not hard or unhealthy, no, vegetarianism isn’t fucking good enough, meat does not make you manly.

i’ve heard it all before and none of this selfish bullshit is valid. you’re making excuses.
you are lying to yourselves and you are killing the planet and everyone living on it. animals don’t exist for your convenience.

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Seitanpancake (via queenteatime)

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May 17th
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supervegan:

To become vegan is not to subscribe to a belief system; it is to eradicate previously held, often dogmatic, belief systems and to replace them with opinions and behaviors based on information that can be scientifically and morally substantiated.

(via queenteatime)


May 17th
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May 15th
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astrophobe:

I mean I’m absolutely an optimist and I love people but it hasn’t escaped my notice that time and time again we invent these indescribably wondrous machines and deeply powerful ways of understanding and describing the world and then so many of us do nothing but exploit them for self-interest and personal gain. We have won nothing until we vanquish the part of ourselves which puts us and our akin ahead of everybody else. We have accomplished nothing until we universalize human goodwill


May 15th
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this urn will turn you into a tree after you die

seapeny:

rainbow-road-to-happiness:

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You can choose what kind of tree you want to become

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Idk I just find this beautiful 

just imagine cemeteries looking like this

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a forest of living, changing, beautiful trees. I think a tombstone holds much more finality in death than a tree. It’s like you are living on symbolically through something greater than yourself.

this is a serious post about how much I want this. I’ll make sure my family knows.

(via checkyourprivilegebecausekankri)


May 15th
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May 14th
312 notes
veganhophead:

veganhophead:

Sticker idea I’ve been playing withIf it’s someone else’s slogan already, let me know.If you’d buy it, also let me know. 

For sale on ebay now $3.50a percentage of the profits will go to Red Radio or Our Hen House
May 14th
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gnostic-forest:

I wish majority of people would fuck off
May 14th
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May 13th
4,903 notes
"We are told “no,” we’re unimportant, we’re peripheral. “Get a degree, get a job, get a this, get a that.” And then you’re a player, you don’t want to even play in that game. You want to reclaim your mind and get it out of the hands of the cultural engineers who want to turn you into a half-baked moron consuming all this trash that’s being manufactured out of the bones of a dying world."
Terence McKenna  (via universeobserver)

(Source: fluctuatin, via spiralight-of-venus)


May 13th
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May 12th
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marinelandanimaldefense:

Captivity is about separation and exclusion. It is about the destruction of families and communities. For wild caught animals, many watch their parents and family killed in front of them at a young age so that they won’t be able to put up a fight to defend them from capture. For the animals bred in captivity at Marineland, those parents routinely watch as their offspring suffer and die in infancy.
 There are no heart warming stories for Mother’s Day at Marineland. There are endless sad stories, but none may be more pressing and sad than that of Kiska. Marineland’s last remaining Orca, Kiska was wild caught from Iceland in the 1980’s. At Marineland, Kiska is the longest serving resident and she has seen dozens of Orcas come and go - and estimated 14 other Orcas die. Of those 14, 5 of them have been her own children. The oldest surviving just 6 years. Since the removal of Ikaika back to SeaWorld she has spent her days alone. Ex-trainers have spoken publicly about their concern for her and Marineland itself have gone on public legal record establishing their concern for the health of their lone Orca held in solitary. Kiska’s story is the story of captivity. She has survived, but at what cost? Her life has been painfully sad, she is alone and completely dependent upon humans - humans who are only interested in her as an “asset.” There is no human need to hold other animals in captivity. There is no human need to gawk at or to turn other animals into mere commodities and spectacles. We will fight to remove Kiska and all of the other animals at Marineland and to ensure no more captives for John Holer! Photo Credit: Natalie Lucier
May 10th
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4 Great Vegan Starter Kits/Guides:

soycrates:

Enjoy! Why not go vegan, or help someone go vegan today?

(via fuckyeah-animalrights)


May 10th
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May 10th
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