Category: Practice
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Philosophers, social justice, and veganism
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a guest post for the blog Biopolitical Philosophy. The blog, launched in 2019 by philosophers Shelley Tremain and Melinda Hall, “provides up-to-date information and cutting-edge critical analysis of biopolitical asymmetries and other mechanisms and effects of power in philosophy and beyond.” You can read more about its mission…
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Plant-based brunch makes a great weekend outing
Who doesn’t love brunch out with friends? It just screams “leisurely weekend activity” to me. Sadly, a lot of vegans feel sidelined in the breakfast/brunch out department because these meals seem to focus so heavily on animal products. Sometimes at traditional breakfast diners you will find nothing but toast as a vegan option. There are…
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Major Catering Win: a fully plant-based catered event NOT by my request
What might seem like a little thing is actually huge. I realize I talk about catering a lot. And again I want to make it clear that the reason is not because I am grumpy when I don’t get a decent meal (even though I am indeed grumpy when I don’t get a decent meal…
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Veganizing family favourites: South African pickled f*sh gets a cruelty-free update
I’m home at my parents’ place for the Easter weekend. While it’s not a vegan household, my mum and dad have both gone a long way to make it vegan friendly. And so when I was chatting with them last week, my mother asked if I had ever given any thought to vegan possibilities for…
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A little catering win: plant-based milk for coffee
I like to write about catering fails and catering wins. And I have noted before that my workplace scores high in the sustainability rankings of institutions of higher ed. Of course I’m proud of this reputation. At the same time I am surprised and disappointed when we fall short on the catering front where sustainable–plant-based…
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Engage or chill?
Considering I’m a philosopher who has essentially been trained to argue, you might think my answer to “when to engage?” is “whenever the opportunity arises.” But that is not my approach at all. I have limited time and energy. I do not engage when it is hopeless. And there is a certain baiting approach, where…
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Happy International Women’s Day 2024 and a shout-out to five vegan websites to love
Good morning and Happy International Women’s Day 2024! As this posts, I’ll be on my way to a breakfast in honor of the day. I thought it would be a great opportunity to draw attention to five of my favourite vegan recipe sites by women. The amount of work that goes into developing and testing…
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Killer Cute Shoes
Towards the end of his brilliant essay, “Consider the Lobster,” David Foster Wallace asks a series of questions, among them: Which brings me to the issue of leather shoes. [note that the shoes pictured above are cruelty-free, not leather] If people are open to thinking about these issues at all, they are willing to consider…
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Compassion as a reason to be vegan
I’ve said it before: one of my favourite things about starting this blog is that people send me things of interest that I might have missed. Last week someone sent me a link to Leo Babauta’s post, “Why I am Vegan (and how to make it easy),” from his Zen Habits site (thanks Daphne!). I…
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Surprise! These foods are NOT vegan
Lettuce is vegan, but I don’t have any surprise-not-vegan items in my home to photograph, hence, the lettuce. I’ve blogged before about accidentally vegan foods—things we assume aren’t vegan but actually and delightfully are. I still remember the day I discovered the maple cream cookies, which I had dutifully avoided while my friend Diane raved…
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