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Elaine Vigneault: 15 Ways to tbe Vegan on the Cheap

nobody@vox.com(Elisa) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:30:40 -0700

Elaine has a great, practical guide for those who fear being veg*n is too expensive. I do hear this argument a lot, not from people who are actually trying to be veg*n, but usually from people making a socio-economic argument for the sake of it :)

Here it is: 15 Ways to be Vegan on the Cheap

Thanks Elaine!

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Interesting stats on race and veg*nism

nobody@vox.com(Elisa) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:09:08 -0800

Thanks to Elaine V.

Sometimes you see stats and realize you yourself have bought into stereotypes.

I would not have guessed that a higher percentage a greater percentage of Hispanic-Americans and African-Americans were veg*ns than Caucasians. And I have no reason for it except, I fear, buying into the whole "vegetarianism is white privilege" thing.

But as Elaine succinctly states: "People who say “vegetarianism is white privilege” are just trying to silence vegetarians. Because it’s just NOT true."

Thanks Elaine.

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Other people are saying way smarter things about that "dating dilemma" article than I!

nobody@vox.com(Elisa) — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:44:10 -0700

I slacked off on commenting about the recent NY Times article that urged women to order steak so they'd make a good impression on a man (blech!!)

Sure, I linked to Maria's post about it and commented on her post, but I didn't offer too much commentary.

I offer a little more commentary in my comments over on Liz Rizzo's BlogHer post about it.

Her post also has links to others talking about it, including my personal fave: Elaine Vineault's post: How Offensive Can The NY Times Be? Let Me Count The Ways…

I am proud, however, that I've coined a new term: Carni-normative

Based on the term "heteronormative" which was tossed around a bit post-BlogHer '06.

i.e. assuming that carnivorous behavior is the norm and is therefore the only behavior worth mentioning or referring to.

Consider it my contribution to this non-debate about how lame that article was, whether your a veg*n or not!

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