veganism

What to Say When Someone Asks You Why You Are a Vegetarian

Hello,

On a very good vegan blog I read I saw this bag the other day:

Good idea, but I found these reasons extremely annoying.

These seem like bad ways to explain why you are vegan to someone.  It would seem you are just being holier than thou and not giving any truly good reasons.

However, on another great blog, I found this excellent list called “101 Reasons Why I’m a Vegetarian” by Pamela Rice. And this list is amazing!

I for one have always struggled with answering the question “oh so why are you a vegetarian…is it for health reasons or animal rights reasons?”. I never know what’s the best response….. this is a hard question to answer on the spot.

Truly there are 101 reasons to be a vegetarian and the main one is one I can’t really articulate because it just seems so obvious. Killing animals is terrible.

Anyway, I always admire people who can articulate their reasons better than I can. Ingrid Newkirk, head of PETA, is one gal whose responses to questions like this I’ve always admired.

Anyway, thought I’d share this article (it’s great) and hope you find it interesting!

I leave you with this adorable pic of farm animals. The diversity of animals is amazing and I’m sure I could learn so much from each one. Unfortunately I have never gotten to know a cow, pig, sheep or chicken that well, but I’d like to.

LOL. Feeling a bit loopy tonight.

Have a great night!

Fantastic Portraits of Farm Animals - Rob Macinnis
 

Vegan Doc Martens Have Arrived

A while back ago I wrote a post about what appeared to be floral vegan doc martens. Since the uppers were fabric and the sole rubber I unfortunately assumed. A kind commenter informed me of my error and others kindly informed me that they had contacted doc martens customer service and been told about an upcoming vegan line.

Well, it’s here.

Though it is only four styles, high and low, in red and black, this is a most promising and happy development, for animal loving doc marten fans.

They call it the Vegan 1460. Find them here:

VEGAN 1460

VEGAN 1460

Vegan 1461

VEGAN 1461

VEGAN 1461

 

I think I prefer the black boot version. Which do you prefer?

Now for a fashion inspiration board:

What do Doc Martens make you think of?

The thing that comes to my mind is My So Called Life and 90s grunge style. Digging deeper I find that the shoes are THE shoe for both grunge style and punk style, popularized by Kurt Cobain, Eddie Vedder, and also The Who, The Clash and The Sex Pistols.

Here is a good blog post about doc martens to learn more.

kurt cobain

Matt Dillion in Singles

Angela Chase in My So Called Life

pete townshend

Pete Townshend of The Who

Sid Vicious of The Sex Pistols

Alexa Chung interviewing the villainous Olivia Palermo

SO…

Questions, Comments….

Refutations…….

Let me know!

-Tor