Comments on: Riding in Cars with Boys (On Going Vegan)

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Book Review: The Kind Diet | Feed Me I'm Cranky — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:16:05 +0000

[...] was reading Alicia’s book when I decided to try out veganism. Alicia writes the way my friends and I talk/text/write — a lot of rhetorical questions and [...]

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What Reality T.V. Taught Me About Veganism | Feed Me I'm Cranky — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:53:07 +0000

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By: Elina

Elina — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:54:20 +0000

Oh and Merry Christmas!!!!

By: Elina

Elina — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:44:01 +0000

I think I would be totally miserable if I “went vegan” but it sounds like you’re passionate about it, so I’m sure you’ll succeed. I think it’s totally fine to bring your own feast. Maybe some of your family will even as a result eat a few more veggies

By: Bronwyn

Bronwyn — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:44:56 +0000

I love to do the baking for Christmas. I usually make something chocolaty.

I’m not sure how I feel about the whole vegan thing. I honestly eat a lot of vegan meals (a lot of raw meals when it comes down to it.) but I still do drink milk, eat cheese (WAY TOO MUCH) and eggs, oh and honey I guess.

There seems to be two reasons for being vegan, health or animal love. I think any sort of diet restriction, if done for the wrong (and I think the wrong reasons varies person to person) reasons, can be problematic, even to the point of being considered (at the very least) disordered eating. But I think as long as the veganism doesn’t cause a different disbalance, then it’s fine. I really don’t know how I feel about it. I’ve heard a lot of people say anything from being vegetarian to vegan is a disordered eating, and I’ve heard people say becoming vegan saved their lives.

By: Jody - Fit at 52

Jody - Fit at 52 — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:20:46 +0000

I look forward to seeing you grow thru this new process. Hope you have/had a wonderful Christmas!!!! Sorry about bf not feeling good!

My fav treat anythime of year.. COOKIES and fresh baked bread!

By: Annabel

Annabel — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:20:41 +0000

I’m sort of against categorical norms in a holistic sense, but it’s a conundrum — in order to explain what I’m trying out, it’s easier to give it a label. But to put it most simply, being vegan entails abstaining from animal products in everything from glue to clothing to everything in between. I can’t make that level of commitment yet. I’m simply testing the waters on the vegan food front. Does that make sense?

By the way, I would never not call myself something because an idiot calls herself the same thing. If that were the case, I could never even open my mouth!

Thanks for the thought-provoking comment! Happy holidays!

By: nakedthoughts

nakedthoughts — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:57:26 +0000

I understand your concerns. And their may be more to it than this that I don’t know about. That said I think not calling yourdelf vegan because PETA is exploitative, is like not calling yourself a feminist because sarah palin thinks she is a feminist.

It seems you have other concerns as well, but I thought i’d throw that out there.