The assertion that vegan products are more susceptible to slave labour than animal products is strange. Everyone eats unethically farmed vegetables, not only vegans. You also assume that unethical labour practices are not endemic to the meat industry, including in the UK and the US. It would be impossible to provide the volume of meat consumed at such a low cost without exploiting vulnerable and precaritised workers. The fishing industry has similar issues.

This post makes the common mistake of attributing the popularity of petroleum-based fabric to vegans (1% of the global population) seeking alternatives, as opposed to understanding that this transition has been driven by fast fashion, not ethics. Most pleather and polyester is bought by non-vegans seeking cheap and fashionable clothing.

You might not realise this, but your framing echoes the framing of the meat industry to muddy the waters and promote their products in the face of increasingly unanimous scientific evidence of harm.

Tea Time - Simeon Nijenhuis , 2026.

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Cherries - Alena Savchenko ‘Lukian’ , 2023.

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then i really though about it, and i had a huge revelation: whether conscious or subconscious, her brain has identified a pattern that the men around her are hairy but the women aren't. my body hair isn't normal to her because i'm a girl. she is three years old.

this is how gender roles and beauty standards continue on to new generations. children are very perceptive and very curious, and they notice everything. they internalize the patterns around them from a very early age, despite not understanding why just yet.

i explained to her that the hair on my legs grows just like the hair on her head. that it's a normal part of growing up for boys and girls. while she doesn't understand the concept of shaving yet, i wanted her to know that it's normal to have hairy legs.

rejecting these stereotypes is so much bigger than just yourself. little girls will see you and learn that girls can exist in many different forms. it's not just leg hair—it's a teaching moment, an act of protest, a threat to beauty standards that perpetuate female subjugation.

Coastal Path - Michael Porter , 2012.

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Electric Summer Garden Hum - Jeremy Miranda , 2026

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