#veganism

[forestraine]

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[superhoeva]

white vegans kill me man. if you’re gonna talk about the horrors of the meat industry—which is completely valid—you also gotta talk about the very present exploitation throughout the process of fruits, vegetables, and other vegan options ending up in our stores/shopping carts/on our plates. (for example: the guatemalan genocide can be directly traced back to the ufco wanting to keep land from indigenous guatemalans so that the company could continue to grow fucking bananas.) we also have to talk about the inaccessibility of vegan options when it comes to poor communities, food desserts, incarcerated people, people with severe allergies (hey there!!!), dietary needs/restrictions and more. we also have to talk about the ancient, passed down practices of indigenous populations. we also have to talk about how many are quick to post videos of animals facing violence (which is, again, valid) but have stayed quiet/mute on the ongoing genocides around the world… ones that have also affected animals they care about.

just because there’s a “cruelty-free” label doesn’t mean there wasn’t suffering involved.

[jareckiworld]

Stephanie Temma Hier — Sparks and Tremors (oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture, 2021)

[pomegranateuser]

in light of billie eilish’s “hot take” about veganism, I’d just like to say I am so sick and tired of non-indigenous people using our communities and practices as an excuse, to hide behind their own shame when really they don’t give a shit about indigenous peoples. they don’t talk about us in any other aspect besides this one and it’s only to cover their own backs. indigenous communities that have to hunt for their own food for survival is very different than going into a supermarket and buying packaged meat. these communities have quotas, they use every part of the animal, and they are responsible for taking care of most of our ecosystem. any good, intersectional vegan knows this and understands that it would be very colonial of them to go into these spaces and try and change that. saying this, there are a lot of indigenous people who are vegans and they are largely ignored because it doesn’t fit their narrative of the “noble savage” which is also a racist view of indigenous people.

[shamebats]

"Veganism is anti-Indigenous" is a talking point non-Indigenous people use to avoid accountability, and it's literally the noble savage trope. It assumes we all hunt and fish, erasing Indigenous vegans, plant-based traditions, AND the fact that the meat and dairy industry is actively destroying Indigenous lands, waters, and food systems. Using us as a shield while buying your meat from the grocery store is tokenism. We're not your excuse.

Tiktok post by @ hiililylani (she/her).

"But what about-" what about them? Are YOU them? Is that YOUR case? If not, then stop using them as an excuse for why you walk past the black beans, tofu, lentils, and other affordable plant-based protein options in your grocery store to get your overpriced ground beef from a corporation that's destroying the Amazon rainforest to mass produce the cows yall can't stop eating.

[vegspoblr]

"I could be vegetarian but not vegan!"

Then go vegetarian!!!

"I couldn't go vegan, I love cheese too much"

Then go vegan except for cheese!!

"I'd go vegan but I just can't live without (non-vegan brand of cookies)"

Then go vegan except for that non vegan brand of cookies!!!!!

Ultimately everyone should have veganism as their end goal, but you NEED to start somewhere! You cannot achieve any goal if you just do nothing!

[isleypig]

Well I suppose if you compare a vegan who only eats deep fried almonds in palm oil drenched in agave who buys new pleather jackets all the time and imports that from the other side of the planet with a carnist who only eats local poultry from a family farm and sews their own clothes then the vegan could be worse for the environment. I just don’t think that’s the actual dichotomy