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We want to send so much love to @farmsanctuary for their 30th anniversary❤️ The most beautiful thing anyone can do is give love and compassion without expecting anything in return, though anyone who spends time with animals knows that loving them changes your life in ways you can't even imagine. A huge thank you to Gene Baur and everyone who works and volunteers at Farm Sanctuary for everything they have done.

EARTHLINGS is the single most powerful and informative documentary about society’s tragic and unforgivable use of nonhuman animals, narrated by Joaquin Phoenix with soundtrack by Moby. Directed by Shaun Monson, this multi-award winning film by Nation Earth is a must-see for anyone who cares about nonhuman animals or wishes to make the world a better place.

I nostri nipoti un giorno ci chiederanno: "Dov'eri tu durante l'Olocausto degli animali? Che cosa hai fatto per fermare questi crimini orribili? A quel punto, non potremo usare la stessa giustificazione per la seconda volta, dicendo che non lo sapevamo. - Helmut Kaplan #vegan #vegangirl #vegantattoo #veg #veganism #antispeciesism #animalliberation #freeanimals #unchained #stopaninalabuse #ink #inked #inkedgirl #tattoo #tattoos #girlswithtattoos #purplehair #nails #like4like #likeforlike

Look at that cat, shaking his legs due to fear of all the bombs. Cannot walk anymore. Animals cannot hide their feelings. Imagine what Palestinians feels inside. Babies, children, mentally handicapped or handicapped people in general like blind and deaf people, elderly.

Where are you vegans and animal rights activist who supports israel?Perhaps the animals from Palestine are lower than animals in your country. Make some excuses. But, it's not my business.

That cat like others in palestine is traumatized for life.

That cat is lucky. He cannot hunt anymore since his limbs are paralyzed. Other animals like him will starve to death if they are not taken care of by humans. Thanks Israel and America

If you're in the UK and considering uni options, University Challenged is a good resource for checking which instituions engage in animal research and the kind of research they are engaged in. You may also find it useful for activism.

1) Try to see if there are any vegan online communities for your country/region. They might share resources and you can find friends there.

2) Would be good if there are any resources on checking the ingredients/testing or sharing products that someone's checked. The thing is, others often don't understand the nuances of veganism, so you can't trust the word "vegan" on the package. Are they confusing vegan and vegetarian? Veganism and healthy dieting? Do they care about insect products? (mainly carmine, honey and beeswax). Did they really check everything, even small components? (some dyes can be based on gelatin, some ingredients may come from either plants or animals, bacterie may be raised on animal product substances, D3 is often made from lanolin (wool fat/grease)). Sometimes they think that a little bit of animal products in ingredients is no big deal (and I'm not talking about traces) :/

Even certificates aren't always trustworthy. For example, some organisations may still give certificates for cosmetic products sold in my country, but a local vegan organisation's founder reached out to them to confirm how they check testing on animals/animal products... and they said they don't know enough to check that 🥴

Vegan brands make mistakes too, and also you don't always know how thorough they are.

But it depends. If you have a vegan certification organisation that's trustworthy, it's good. Where I am, we have a non-profit organisation that has a website with confirmed vegan products, they're pretty thorough and I trust them. They're only working towards actually being able to certify profucts though.

3) Yeah btw, this applies to restaurants and cafés too :( One time a café here released something with tofu, even advertising it with "here you go, vegans, we made something for you!"... the sesame seed sauce contains some eggs snd dairy, of course...

Usually what you see on menus is just a description and not the full ingredients list

4) However, veganism has levels. It's easy to exclude some obviously non-vegan products like meat, dairy, eggs, honey, leather and wool, but I understand that emailing the manufacturers to ask if their beta-carotins have gelatin as a base or no is much more of a hussle. Especially if you don't have trustworthy vegan certificates or a community that confirms things. Even regular sugar in countries like US or Japan may be made using bone meal. Testing is also hard to check (where I am we sometimes email manufacturers and ask for documents of the tests, but they far from always send them)

Plus, there are things people don't usually try to find out the vegan status on. Are your printer inks vegan? Pens? Pencils? Glue? Paper? That local vegan org did begin checking stationary and even some house building/renovation supplies, but who usually cares about this? Some things might be tested on animals by law, and some of them you can't replace (for example, medicine. Please don't try to exclude/replace actual medicine. You may choose some that don't contain animal products like lactose or gelatin, but only do that if you have options and your doctor approves or smth)

So, accept that we live in a carnist world and that it's almost impossible to not use any products involved in animal exploitation. What you're doing is good, and you should not give up - the more veganism grows, the more vegan stuff there is. Take veganising your life at your own pace, just do your best :3 It is still doing a lot.

5) Speaking of positivity, it's good to realize that veganism is not just restrictions or sadness over animals' treatment. It is also community. The joy when you realize you are trying your best to oppose treating animals like people's belongings or objects. I really felt proud of myself when I switched to making my own detergent (all household chemichal products must be tested on animals where I live :/)

6) Traces/may contain ≠ actual ingredients. You can still avoid foods with them if you want though, just understand the difference between a product that actually contains animal ingredients VS a product that is manufactured near ones.

7) B12 is needed. Supplement it if you don't eat many products fortified with it. I have Natrol strawberry ones, they're tasty and you can take them without water, they dissolve. With taking ~ 1 dose per 1.5 weeks it should last 2-3 years :3

8) Peanut butter jelly sandwiches are my main dessert, they fill that role well

9) You can search for some apps with plant-based recipes. That's how I found lentil burgers that I now make often (it was from EatMorePlants, I think)

10) Find something for the savoury/umami taste. Letting go of cheese may be hard, but know you can get similar feelings with stuff like nutritional yeast, soy sauce or taste enhancing additives. I often make Caesar, and honestly, garlic + vegan mayo fills the sauce role pretty well and even reminds me a little of cheese (I also add tumeric and curry spices mix)

11) Don't be too harsh with yourself if you find out you've been using sonething non-vegan you could've avoided. We make mistakes sometimes, and that's ok

12) There are some vegans you can follow here (like @vegance, @oediex or @acti-veg (I've seen you've been recommended that blog alredy), there are also sometimes lists of people to follow). But also anti-vegan views on tumblr are quite popular 😔

13) btw there's also a discord server, I'll maybe search for the invitation post after this

14) feel free to dm/ask me any questions, if you want :3

15) thank you for showing interest 💚

Think I’m finally going to go up another level of lesbianism and try to commit to being vegan. Any tips and tricks are welcome 🙏🏽

1) beekeeping is still exploitation of animals, and vegans are people against animal exploitation. It is humans taking what animals make and using that for our own consumption and to make a profit. It is people deciding that they are free to take what animals worked to make. Bees living under a beekeeper are still livestock, which leads to

2) Ok, the first point is more of a politics/morality high matter, so let's talk more welfarism-adjacent stuff

- if bees consent... why do you need a protective suit and a smoke machine. It seems that bees do, in fact, not like other creatures taking their honey. They even have a reputation for this. They have stingers and even die while using them... to sting whatever creatures are trying to mess with their hive;

- the fact that they stay does not mean that they understand that their honey will be taken. They are bees, they don't sign contracts and they cannot foresee that staying in this cosy place will lead to a human eventually taking their honey;

- also who says people don't take as much honey as they want... we live in a capitalist society with everything being pushed to make a profit;

- it will be replaced with a sugary syrup/substance... oh hey, if, apparently, honey can be replaced by that for bees, maybe we should replace honey with that for humans 😯 oh, is it not the same? why is it acceptable to give it to bees then;

- regarding bees being able to leave. Yeah, cutting the queen's wings so it can't lead the hive off is a practice. Also you'll find guides online telling you how to prevent swarming. You know, when a part of a hive wants to leave, it's the bees' way of reproduction. And guides on how to catch wild bees. People do, in fact, prevent them from leaving;

- bees make honey to survive the winter. Speaking of which, btw, discarding hives for winter and just buying new bees for the new season might be cheaper than sustaining the bees the whole time, so some people do that too.

Honestly... honey is one of the easiest things to abandon as a vegan. There are plenty of syrups you can use. You can even make your own stuff from sugar and dandelions! I should try making that in August when they bloom again

isn't honey always vegan? because bees basically consent to being beekept, make more honey than they need, and can leave if they want to? /gen

according to my little knowledge on bees, I do believe that bees are able to produce more honey than they need. however, bees are not always kept kindly. the conditions are often not in the best interest of the bees themselves. some vegans will eat honey from beekeepers that they know do their due diligence to protect bees, and aren't focused on extracting honey. but many vegans just wanna be distanced from consuming animals & their by-products, as much as they're practically able to, so that they can detach from engaging in exploitative dynamics between humans and other animals.

making fun of vegans/people who care about animals in general is just another form of boring edgy humor that i would hope most socially conscious minded people would renounce. if a vegan is being bigoted/an asshole then absolutely call them out on it but if you think its funny to mock someone expressing earnest compassion for the life of another sentient being then i truly do not understand you and think you are probably not a very good person.

So today in my anthropology class, a guy said that if we were in a handmaid’s tale type situation where lots of the human race was infertile, we should do artificial insemination instead of rape and I hopped on the mic to tell him that forced pregnancy, no matter where the sperm comes from, is a form of torture and that women’s bodies aren’t public resources and all 150 people on the zoom were like 👀

Acknowledging that animals are living beings with desires, most importantly the desire to not be killed, is not anthropomorphism.

Saying that animals deserve to live lives beyond being a product for humans to consume is not anthropomorphism.

Acknowledging that animals want to be happy and safe is not anthropomorphism.

my feminism and my veganism are inextricably linked and i refuse to feel shame about that. the horrific treatment of female animals is a special hell that is directly related to their sex. cows go through repeated insemination to keep milk flow going and go through the trauma of losing their calves over and over again and you want to tell me that that isn't a female specific oppression?

Acknowledging that animals are living beings with desires, most importantly the desire to not be killed, is not anthropomorphism.

Saying that animals deserve to live lives beyond being a product for humans to consume is not anthropomorphism.

Acknowledging that animals want to be happy and safe is not anthropomorphism.