#silencio!

what I think about this concept is probably pretty obvious. it’s stupid. I want people to reduce their consumption of animal products, because it’s great for everybody involved: you, the animals, workers, and the planet. but unless you completely cut out meats or animal products entirely, you can’t call yourself anything but an omnivore. 

as in people who are actually just omnivores but have given themselves a new name because every so often they eat a meal that doesn’t contain a dead animal? it’s idiotic. you don’t need a new name for it, because it’s not actually an alteration of the standard western diet.

not necessarily “bad”, just deluded if they think they’re not directly contributing to and supporting the suffering and torture of animals worldwide, and the degradation of the planet, including global warming, deforestation, and overfishing. 

sorry I’m really not a lot of help w/this cause quite frankly my makeup collection is not entirely vegan. I try to gravitate more towards vegan-friendly makeup but often it’s impossible bc of parent companies and things that make it hard to know if something truly is vegan or not. 

I’m pretty sure I’ve watched it. I watched a bunch of animal rights docos recently, but ended up stopping part way through earthlings cause it was too distressing. I generally don’t watch them because they stress me out and I don’t like to dedicate too much time to thinking about it. 

I’m glad I helped you consider an alternate perspective nonnie!! my response on the post didn’t cover everything, but I think the general idea that your therapist is just trying to help you out to the best of their ability is something people often forget. of course there are gonna be shitty therapists, and not everybody is gonna be able to work well with everybody (personal biases and values are covered pretty extensively in the course of becoming a counsellor, for example), but you gotta be open with your therapist in order for them to be the most effective!!

I do have the advantage of having done a psych degree, and also being halfway through a counselling degree. most of the stuff concerning this sorta thing on here seems to come from a place of good intentions, but with no real knowledge of the ideas that are being presented. that post is a really good example of that.