Hello and welcome to Eight Years In! And if you’re returning, a warm welcome back. I’ve been vegan for a long time—ten years now. And I have to admit, it hasn’t always been easy.
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Advice for new vegans
Hello, and welcome to Eight Years In! (And welcome back to my returning readers!) Today is a very special post, because I’ve written it in celebration of my 10 year vegan anniversary. That’s right, this month I celebrate 10 years of being vegan. And so I wanted to make a piece that would help others, people who are just starting out.
When I first went vegan, I had no idea what I was doing, and I didn’t know any other vegans who could show me the way, either. I looked online for guidance, as you are doing right now. And while I know that ten years of veganism doesn’t give me all the answers, I’ve definitely been doing this long enough to provide you with a few tips and tricks. These are the things that I wish I would have known before going vegan that would have helped me immensely, and I hope that reading this helps you!
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Hello and welcome back to Eight Years In! And if you’re new here, a warm welcome to you. I’ve been vegan for years, and I love it. That being said, I do think that vegans sometimes misrepresent veganism, advertently or inadvertently. And I do feel it’s quite necessary to give people an accurate idea of veganism, or else we run the risk of them not knowing what they’re getting into, and feeling lied to after they try (and possibly fail) to “go vegan”.
Continue reading The lies that vegans tellVegan and Cerebral Palsy
Hello everyone and welcome back to Eight Years In! (And if you’re new, a very warm welcome to you!) Today, we have a special guest with us who I’m very excited to introduce you to. His name is Daniel, and he wanted to come on the site and share a little bit about his journey with veganism and cerebral palsy. He is also a great writer and musician. I strongly encourage you all to check out his YouTube channel here when you get the chance. You can also find him on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @DK4poetry (or on Facebook, simply DK4 Poetry). Without any further ado, here’s Daniel!
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Hello and welcome back to Eight Years In. And if you’re new here, welcome! With the holidays coming up, I really wanted to take a look at this season. I find that many new vegans can find it daunting, both the idea of going to a nonvegan celebration as well as hosting their own. And I wanted to alleviate some of that fear because one thing you learn after being vegan for a while is that you can still enjoy your special days, in largely similar ways that you always have. So what I mean to say is if you’re worrying, don’t panic just yet. Vegan holidays can be great, and I can teach you how to do them.
Continue reading How to make a vegan holidayNot all vegan-positive content is helpful
Hello and welcome back to Eight Years In. If you’re new here, welcome! Recently, I talked about vegan activism on this site, reflecting on the two schools of thought and ultimately landing more on the side of attractivism. You can find that post here, if you’d like to catch up.
Continue reading Not all vegan-positive content is helpfulWhat is effective vegan activism
Hello and welcome to Eight Years In! If you’re a returning reader, welcome back! Today I wanted to talk about activism. If you’ve been vegan for an appreciable amount of time, you’re probably going to run into the question of activism. How are you supposed to perform it and what really works? And so today, I wanted to talk a little about it.
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How to get a vegan meal at a restaurant
Hello and welcome to Eight Years In. And if you’re a returning reader, welcome back! For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Rebekah. I’ve been vegan for nine years now. And I don’t live in LA or the UK or anywhere that has a ton of vegan options. While this fact can get me frustrated at times, it has brought me some pretty good wisdom for new vegans who may be in a similar situation as I am.
Continue reading How to get a vegan meal at a restaurantWhere Veganism Fails
Hello, and welcome to Eight Years In. And if you’re a returning reader, welcome back! As many of you may know, here on Eight Years In, we love veganism. That being said, after nine years of living a vegan lifestyle, I have a lot to say about veganism’s little failures and downsides. And there’s something in the vegan community that I feel could and should be improved. There’s this idea that veganism is essentially bulletproof, infallible, and the be-all, end-all. And well, if you ask me, that’s simply not true.
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