THE EMPATHS: Are vegans just weak people?
In a society that allows you to be caring and empathetic towards animals, feeling nothing, or worse, feeling happy or excited at seeing an animal…
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‘Kinship’: Journey of animal advocate looking for hope, finds the precipice of a quiet revolution
Questioning whether his lifelong compassion for animals has made a difference, a filmmaker travels the world to meet those remaking our relationship…
NOT ENOUGH: Rethinking what ‘leading by example’ really means for animals
Avoiding animal products is one essential expression of veganism. But so are speaking up, educating others, challenging harmful norms, and supporting…
FULL OF BEANS: What if veganism isn’t ‘collapsing’?
The recent UK sales numbers show that there has been a 4.3% decrease in the number of units of plant-based alternatives sold and a 1.8% decrease in…
‘Free Luna’: An animal rights activist’s journey living inside a farrowing cage
The documentary 'Free Luna' follows animal activist Michelle during her three-week, 24/7 protest inside a farrowing cage outside the National Gallery…
The Purity Test That Hurts Animals: When veganism turns into ideology
When a guardian demands that a cat eat plants to satisfy a human standard of purity, the animal stop being recognised as a distinct, respected…
R.I.P. Peter Max: Legendary artist, lifelong vegan, and animal rights advocate is dead
No animal was too big or too small for Peter Max’s consideration. He told Vegetarian Times magazine, 'If I see a bug crawling on the floor, I rush to…
‘Ironbound’: Upcoming documentary highlights vegan strength and physique athletes
At its heart, the documentary 'Ironbound' is a study of strength – not just physical, but ethical and mental. The film explores how a plant-based…
Fashion council president placed on leave after assaulting animal rights protesters at fashion week
The CEO and president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America said he will voluntarily take a leave of absence after he was captured on video…
DOMINION: Humans kill kill kill, while blindly killing themselves
An animal’s death is fast and visible — a kill floor, a truck, a plate, over in a day. A customer’s death is slow and invisible — engineered cravings…
THE EYES HAVE IT: Stop looking at the vegan, look your victim in their eyes instead
When a vegan challenges animal exploitation, the conversation often moves away from the individual being exploited. Suddenly, the discussion becomes:…
THE HORROR: Moral distance, self-deception and the ethics of looking away
It is common to think of ignorance as simply not knowing something. A lack of information. But there’s an important difference between not having…
THE NUMBERS GAME: Why telling people how bad factory farming is doesn’t always work
The knowledge gap about factory farming is very, very real. But simply telling people about how big the problem is won’t move them to act. Seeing the…
CORE IDEA: Veganism as the ritualized disruption of the ideology of ‘human supremacy’
We should rethink the assumption that veganism must be tied to the aim of increasing aggregate welfare and/or to a strict condemnation of flesh…
Humans Misclassified: Rediscovering our dietary evolutionary path
Humans are primates misclassified by a false debate. The question remains: if neither omnivore nor herbivore truly defines us, what could our design…
The Parrot Paradigm: Why modern excuses for carnism fail the reason test
To break free from the matrix of inherited habits and manufactured consent requires a deliberate, courageous act of intellectual rebellion. So long…
‘The Beast & The Shepherd’: What happens when a shepherd can no longer bear the fate of his own animals?
In a remote corner of rural France, a shepherd grows deeply attached to his lambs and struggles with the prospect of sending them to slaughter. Torn…
‘Mommy’ Un-Dearest: Are vegan influencers a necessary evil?
Creating social media content shouldn’t be every single vegan’s main form of activism, but vegan influencers do have an important role in helping…