This article is part of my FAQs series. For well over a decade, I have been answering anonymously submitted questions on my Tumblr blog. Over that time, I have noticed many recurring themes, concerns, and misunderstandings. This series brings together concise, practical responses to the questions I am asked most often, based on real conversations […]
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This article is part of my FAQs series. For well over a decade, I have been answering anonymously submitted questions on my Tumblr blog. Over that time, I have noticed many recurring themes, concerns, and misunderstandings. This series brings together concise, practical responses to the questions I am asked most often, based on real conversations […]
Read more about "“Should Vegans Buy Used Animal Fabrics?”"Wool: 5 Myths Debunked
For all their problems, you can’t accuse of the wool industry of being bad at image management. When we think of happy sheep munching away on rolling fields, and the idyllic, pastoral image of a farmer and their sheepdog. We seldom think of deforestation, over-grazing, and certainly not slaughter. Wool production is just a haircut […]
Read more about "Wool: 5 Myths Debunked"No, Plastic is Not The Only Alternative to Leather or Wool…
If you have been sent this post, you have likely made the almost ubiquitous assumption that when you’re choosing between materials, your only viable options are leather (or wool) or plastic. It is also likely that I (or some other vegan you’re interacting with) is tired of typing out the same rebuttal over and over […]
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Leather: 8 Myths Debunked
Unless you (wisely) stay off social media entirely, you have likely run into some of the extremely common discourse surrounding leather and plastic. It seems to be the currently in-vogue criticism of veganism, but it is based on shaky foundations at best… So let’s look at some of the most common arguments made in this […]
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