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Why and how I chose to be vegan at 76

It was time. Without knowing why, I knew it was time.

Our Brains and How We Think: Ready For a Vegan Revolution

Moral philosopher, James Flynn, argues that previous generations were fixed in their attitudes and moralities due to an inability to entertain hypotheticals. In his Ted Talk, ‘Why our IQ levels are higher than our grandparents‘, Flynn discusses a phenomena he uncovered in the 1980s, now referred to as the ‘Flynn Effect’. This effect describes an […]

by Andres Velarde

Should prey be protected from natural predators?

If all forms of killing are bad, should we defend animals being killed by natural predators? According to Gary Yourofsky, maybe, but not yet. So here’s the question put simply: if a cat is stalking a squirrel with the intention of killing it, should we act and do something? The squirrel doesn’t want to be […]

by James Okoshken

Should vegans promote vegetarianism? Lessons in effective advocacy.

As vegans, our goal is to reduce the suffering of as many animals as we can and fight for complete animal liberation. To go about this momentous task, we each engage in various forms of activism. Be they small or big, in doing so we make a series of assumptions. We assume we know what […]

by James Okoshken

Confession: I was the vegan writing essays in comment sections

In less than a month, I will have been vegan for 3 years. While it’s gone by in a flash, I’m also shocked at the idea that three years ago today, I would have happily eaten an animal, without thinking twice. When my eyes finally opened, they opened wide. As I scroll through my phone’s […]