tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710373573705518216.post4161896174642074072..comments2024-03-13T05:37:09.433-07:00Comments on A (soy) Bean: Vegan Friends, Gifts, and ActivismAbby Beanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03060920122127099172noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710373573705518216.post-10520422176008368582011-12-31T06:00:02.937-08:002011-12-31T06:00:02.937-08:00What we're aiming for is a sea change, a parad...What we're aiming for is a sea change, a paradigm shift.<br /><br />Vegan potlucks and giveaways are a part of building the world we want to see - a world full of peacableness, cooperation, sharing, and non-exploitation. Creating a positive, loving vegan culture is a creative and empowering thing, and it helps recharge our batteries from 'fighting the good fight' against all that is exploitive and violent.<br /><br />I see nothing wrong with that!<br /><br />Thanks for this post. Have a wonderful New Year, full of deliciousness and hope!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710373573705518216.post-75331840129702703652011-12-29T15:50:10.031-08:002011-12-29T15:50:10.031-08:00Thank you all for your accolades, support, and ins...Thank you all for your accolades, support, and insight; the comments are my favorite part of this blog! I am proud to know all of you and to be on the same side. xoxoAbby Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03060920122127099172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710373573705518216.post-36829042927759389842011-12-29T12:05:03.175-08:002011-12-29T12:05:03.175-08:00This was an EXCELLENT post and I'm so pleased ...This was an EXCELLENT post and I'm so pleased to have my goodies in it. :) I'm also blushing at the compliments. When I come run in NYC, I'll have to bring you a big thing of caramels. LOL.<br /><br />I do a lot of baketivism and we do food giveaways and get folks trying vegan noms. I've helped at events where we grilled vegan meats and gave them out at a huge festival, once to predominantly male paintballers out at the paintball field and to tailgaters, all with excellent results.<br /><br />I also do protests and have leafletted but I'm shy and I HATE leafletting (I'm TERRIBLE at it)... so I choose to focus other places. Mostly by doing free illustration and design work for local AR groups. I've done flyers, brochures and the local vegan boutique sells buttons I illustrated and designed (which is SOOOO COOOOL).<br /><br />My personality leans more towards things like sharing food, recommending books, recipes and websites, commenting and educating online. Things like that. I did write an essay that will be published in a book(!) of AR essays, too. I favor the quiet and the more one on one activism since I'm socially anxious and timid. <br /><br />We need all of us working to our own strengths and just living our lives as happy, healthy and proud vegans. Each of us makes more ripples than we can even really know, just by living vegan and being ourselves.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610627483132195390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710373573705518216.post-10126477772973316762011-12-29T11:53:58.548-08:002011-12-29T11:53:58.548-08:00We all eat and we all give/receive gifts. We were ...We all eat and we all give/receive gifts. We were going to do those things anyway, whether we are vegan or not. <br /><br />There's no conflict between eating vegan cupcakes and other types of activism. One doesn't take the place of the other.<br /><br />I know there are some activists now who object to vegan potlucks and vegan social events, but we are going to socialize anyway. Is it so wrong to socialize with other vegans? <br /><br />And I don't think the socializing replaces or interferes with activism. I would even argue that it enhances activism because we feel supported in our beliefs and our veganism. <br /><br />Sure, there are some people who just go to potlucks and would never be caught dead at a protest, but those people weren't ever going to attend a protest anyway. Don't blame the potlucks.Veganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06867928749393717523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710373573705518216.post-46275080054105446192011-12-29T10:27:49.802-08:002011-12-29T10:27:49.802-08:00Wonderful!
I have been vegan myself for over 20 y...Wonderful!<br /><br />I have been vegan myself for over 20 years and cannot tell you the number of people who have gone vegan due to the delish foods they've tried...either through me making them or through them using the recipes from my books and blog. <br /><br />It's a stealth method for sure...but I really believe to my core that it works! What better way to make someone want to stick with a positive change than to help them ENJOY it?? Power on, vegan foodies!! : )Quintessence Challishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12681659811038110292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710373573705518216.post-91742703329041486252011-12-29T10:02:39.679-08:002011-12-29T10:02:39.679-08:00Excellent post, and thank you for sharing!!Excellent post, and thank you for sharing!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710373573705518216.post-78253698375018230532011-12-29T09:56:40.202-08:002011-12-29T09:56:40.202-08:00Love this post and agree so much that activism can...Love this post and agree so much that activism can take so many forms...and all are needed and should be supported. Keep on keepin' cupcake!hopefullyvegannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710373573705518216.post-57031969631137766182011-12-29T09:50:53.967-08:002011-12-29T09:50:53.967-08:00Activism takes different forms for different peopl...Activism takes different forms for different people. You are definitely exposing people to the vegan life style and taking away the "what do vegans eat" aspect of people's doubts. Very few people can even hear the message of veganism if they don't first see that it just isn't that hard to be vegan. Well done!Gone Pie Vegan Bakeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06635379969362809589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710373573705518216.post-55116147774069367212011-12-29T08:52:52.861-08:002011-12-29T08:52:52.861-08:00really great post, Bean!really great post, Bean!anynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710373573705518216.post-8151174140036572552011-12-29T08:52:17.000-08:002011-12-29T08:52:17.000-08:00Great Post. You forgot to mention that the pint of...Great Post. You forgot to mention that the pint of pumpkin "which needs no introduction" was a gift! <br /><br />While I wouldn't say that your nutrition inspires me you continue to be an inspiration ;)BYOLhttp://bringyourownlentils.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710373573705518216.post-59555983136636993652011-12-29T08:48:57.191-08:002011-12-29T08:48:57.191-08:00In conversation with a good friend a few years ago...In conversation with a good friend a few years ago, I realized that until animal liberation actually happens we have no idea what type of activism actually is most affective. Until then we have to keep trying anything that seems affective. <br /><br />That said, I know from studying social movements and in particular abolition, that we need to make the goals of our movement more mainstream before they can really have a massive social impact. As such, getting arrested and committing various acts of terrorism doesn't seem like the best way to change peoples hearts and minds.Anthonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710373573705518216.post-75765838627517041362011-12-29T03:10:50.505-08:002011-12-29T03:10:50.505-08:00I think the movement needs a variety of types of a...I think the movement needs a variety of types of activists because you never know what issue will bring someone over to "our side." <br /><br />When I went vegan it was all about health and diet and had very little to do with animals. Clever vegan cooks and chefs pulled me into the movement. As time went on I also learned more about the ethics of veganism and I firmly plant myself in the ethical vegan camp now. But I wouldn't have gotten there without fabulous food activists. <br /><br />Great post!JL goes Veganhttp://jlgoesvegan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710373573705518216.post-91686484789635686862011-12-28T19:00:50.369-08:002011-12-28T19:00:50.369-08:00Very, very nice post. I'm not as vocal as I sh...Very, very nice post. I'm not as vocal as I should/could be (about anything, really) but I prefer to show support in non-consumerist spheres. I will have to work on that.foodfeudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00589414740603993442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710373573705518216.post-16639379375596762312011-12-28T16:22:32.779-08:002011-12-28T16:22:32.779-08:00Well said. There are many forms of activism, and w...Well said. There are many forms of activism, and we need all of them.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16146578985330272891noreply@blogger.com