I have been vegan now for over three years. It was nearly an overnight process and I have never once looked back. No exaggeration – I went from eating rare steak one day to being disgusted by it the next. Vegan followed vegetarian after a mere few months. I like to say “the switch flipped”. […]
Six Frustrating Vegan Stereotypes
It’s so much easier when vegans are stupid, isn’t it? When they are annoying, loud, smelly and weird. How good life for a meat-eater must be, when vegans come along that live up to the biggest stereotypes? When a vegan comes along wearing a PETA t-shirt, being severely underweight, with bags under their eyes, holding […]
See Things for What They Actually Are
Cruelty has many faces. Evil, big businesses have many aliases. Unethical behavior takes many sneaky disguises, often as lovely-looking, innocent things we are surrounded by in every day life. If you want to succeed as a vegan, one of the best (and scariest) things to tackle is seeing things as they actually are and not […]
Will I Only Date Vegans?
Should vegans only date other vegans? I honestly get asked this question a lot. “Would you ever date someone who ate meat??” I obviously won’t speak for every vegan out there, but for me personally – will I only date vegans? No. Absolutely not. How hypocritical would that be? If a meat-eater said to me: […]
Magic of a Humble Lemon
Last week, I was on shift with one of my favorite co-workers, chatting, gossiping and trying to enjoy spending Friday night serving pints to the Manchester public. But, the poor thing was stopping every five minutes to blow her nose and rub it raw with yet another tissue. I felt so bad for her, and […]