Just when you thought Carnists couldn’t get grosser. This isn’t funny. Competeting for pardon? I’m shocked by the callousness of this.

The fact that one chooses to consume sentient beings when alternatives are accessible is indefensible.

So the most that anti-vegan arguments can do is pick away at the sub-arguments for veganism (environment, health). And not very effectively at that.

and like honestly? i have anorexia but this is why i constantly talk about the dangers of the “health and fitness” industry and diet culture bc we have essentially normalized certain symptoms of disordered eating but it’s ok if it’s under the guise of health i guess???

like how is calling it “clean” eating NOT a way to moralize food

how is intermittent fasting NOT the same thing as skipping meals

how come when i buy clothes that don’t fit, it’s something i have to tell my therapist about because it means i am putting pressure on myself to fit into them, but if a “normal” person does it then it’s just motivation for them?

where is the fucking line???

and more importantly when are we going to start acknowledging that the entire world is pro-ana but that’s too harsh of a description so we slap some health buzzwords on it to make it palatable

when are we going to take responsibility for encouraging disordered behavior instead of labeling those of us with EDs as the crazy/imbalanced ones

Meeting other people who you agree with on everything else EXCEPT veganism. It’s so fucking beyond mind boggling and gross.

I can’t even count the number of people who I have met (and some I still know) in social or activist circles, where our ideals and morals and political ideologies and economical ideas are basically interchangeable with one another...

...but as SOON as veganism is brought up IN ANY capacity, those people turn into propoganda machines for animal agriculture. Even if they have studied and learned what veganism is, they flip the fuck out anyway.

I’m just trying to get out there that not every leftist who isn’t vegan is some type of gung-ho pro-meat person, it’s just that sometimes we’re really poor and chronically ill. 

~ The stingy vegan (great recipes)

~ Youngbrokevegan (more fab recipes)

~ A great facebook group!

~ 54 cheap vegan meals that dont skimp on taste.

~ A fab article from @acti-veg with some great tips! (and their whole website and tumblr is full of really great information and is really helpful!)

~ Article from VegNews on shopping on a tight budget

~  Vegan Options You Can Find at Popular Fast Food Chains  

Fat (like in meat) can give you heart burn. This is in my experience- any time I have an even mildly oily food im practically spitting up acid.

see if you can get on omeprozole it's a life saver

But you have to figure out maybe with help of a doctor, what you are intolerant to and/or what causes the acid reflux.

Bc that doesn't always mean intolerance.

And beans, rice, lentils, etc tend to be cheaper in most places, beside cheap packed food like ramen which original flavors tend to be vegan.

Eating plant based is easy when you go in for the right reasons so I encourage to visit acti-veg on tumblr look through his blog or other vegans blogs (who are vegan for a cause, not health) to try and really feel the want to do anything you can to eliminate animal products from your life. Because if you dont, it's just food and why stop eating things you like or try foods you might not like or figure out a different way of cooking things etc.

And either way, not everyone can be plant based but everyone CAN be vegan.

Diet is only one part of being vegan, and though important, if you're doing the most you can do then thats all anyone asks. As long as you believe this:

then you are vegan.

It can be scare and it can be hard, but if you follow some vegans like some that are commenting to you and the one I recommended, you'll find it doesn't have to be those things.

All we want is for people to consider that what they were taught growing up isn't fact nor good, like a lot of things society tells us.

Non vegans need to know we are not trying to make you unhappy or take what makes you happy. Most of us are leftists and are furthering the idea of question everything and listen. Instead of fighting against it, work WITH it. What do YOU need? What do YOU want? What helps you get things done?

Honestly? I was completely baffled at the fact that most of my food money was going towards cheese and eggs etc., and when I went vegan I noticed how expensive faux meat and faux cheese it. I just don't buy or eat that stuff unless I can budget for it or have some kind of special occasion. Most of what I buy at the grocery store consists of rice, canned or dried beans, packs of various frozen veggies, MAYBE some tofu and usually some granola with some almond yogurt (from grocery outlet, so that's about 89¢ per cup)

Knowing my financial situation and the crazy rules my eating disorder sometimes throws at me, it's entirely possible to be vegan while relying entirely on food stamps. It just takes a little extra research.