Daily Challenge: Going Vegan!

UPDATE:

Hi everyone,

As I mentioned previously in the praxis post I wanted try to go vegan. I have been wanting to do this for a long time, mostly because of my love for animals. This class has added to this reason because of connections animals and women in a patriarchal society (Both are oppressed, objectified, and sexualized). Before taking this class, I never made this connection. So by going vegan, I am supporting animals and women!

The first few days were difficult to eliminate traces of dairy (minus eggs and butter). Going strictly vegan was very difficult so I wasn’t too hard on myself if I accidently consumed something. It’s going to be a process and its not quiet the perfect routine, but I’ll get there. It was easy to eliminate products that test on animals and are made of animals because I’m already accustomed to avoiding and boycotting this.

Overall, I am glad I tried this and will continue to work towards a vegan lifestyle because of its many benefits to everyone in the world.

-Cheers!

 

I am saying goodbye to food with any traces of animal products. No more cage free eggs, butter, chocolate, or cheese for this lady! I have been wanting to do this for awhile now and after the vegetarian ecofeminism assignment, I’ve been slowly transitioning by limiting any consumption of these things. Even though I have been a vegetarian for many years now, I’ve never strictly avoided dairy and eggs, but its time. I feel guilty whenever I eat dairy and its nearly impossible to find a company that is ethically sourced. I don’t want to support the speciation and oppression of cows anymore.

I think some of the challenges I’ll face will occur while ingredient checking or while going out to dinner. My plan is to be aware of everything I consume…Grocery shopping tomorrow, should be interesting! I’ll make sure I report next week. This is going to be a great experience for me and I’m happy to be helping animals in the process! I am excited to try some vegan recipes and hopefully I’ll be able to find a tasty vegan cheese.

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4 thoughts on “Daily Challenge: Going Vegan!

  1. Hi Holly,

    Great idea! I have decided to cut meat out of my diet, but I am still struggling to go completely vegan. It is so hard, because it is not just your diet but its your lifestyle that you have to change- food, clothes, even GLUE uses animal products!! I am the type of person who doesn’t like to go half way, so if I want to resist against the consumption of animals I want to do it right. So, I am feeling very guilty right now only cutting meat out of my diet. I even just bought a wool hat and didn’t realize until after that its not vegan friendly! Making the change to veganism will definitely be hard for me, but I have never felt the urge to do it more than right now because of this class. This class has changed my perspective on the world in so many ways, how has it changed yours? I think your decision to go vegan is one example, but what else? Good luck and I am excited to see how this goes for you!!

    Victoria

  2. Victoria,

    That’s wonderful that you went vegetarian. Don’t be hard on yourself over the wool hat. I’ve done this before. It’s important for us to recognize these things because it will allow us to learn and grow. It’s be a very slow transition for me going vegan and its been a learning process. For instance, I didn’t realize that as a vegan you cannot consume local and ethical honey. I just never thought about it until yesterday when I was on pinterest looking at recipes and transition advice. If you’re interested, and use purses or bags, I’d like to suggest switching to cork bags rather than leather. I have a purse made by CORKOR that I’ve owned for 2 years and its still in good condition. Its beautiful, well made, sustainable (tree is not cut down), and I get loads of complements.

    I agree, this class has opened my eyes!

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