someone at the resort had a baby chick, i had to play with it! SO CUTE! i dont know how people eat these precious animals or contribute to their suffering by supporting the egg industry :-\

my mom got me the best present— she adopted this turkey for me for thanksgiving! thanks mom, this seriously is the best present  :) :) :) !!!

i love thanksgiving, but millions of turkeys are slaughtered in order to celebrate this wonderful holiday. i dont think theres a better way to celebrate being thankful than with a compassionate vegetarian/vegan meal. start a new tradition, instead of eating a turkey, why not adopt a turkey! 

Bangladesh: Toxic Tanneries (by HumanRightsWatch)

people always think that vegans are only about helping animals. this video is proof of how awful the leather industry is… the way they exploit and abuse their workers is disgusting. any industry that kills billions of animals and treats their workers and the environment this way is NOT an industry i want to support. so glad i haven’t bought any leather in over a year and will never buy it ever again. 

obsessed with my new stickers (thanks @laurahrens !) my work notebook is officially decked out with vegan pride, I love it!

I met a girl in a shoe store in Seattle. I told her that I don’t wear leather because I’m a vegan. she asked me what the difference between vegan and vegetarian is and why I choose to be one. after telling her the most G rated explanation of why I’m vegan and how animals are treated she looked shocked and disgusted. she told me that she had no idea and that she was horrified and that I was inspiring her to go vegetarian. stuff like this totally makes my day! so many vegans think that people are disgusting and don’t care about animals, but I really think that a lot of people just don’t know the facts.

just finished watching this. such a good, scary, inspiring, SCARY documentary! It’s crazy that with all the amazing documentaries and how much information there is on how awful the way people eat/treat animals/treat the planet/ treat other people, people still aren’t changing the way they eat and the way they live. and for anyone who thinks that vegans don’t care about people…. what this documentary, and you’ll see how awful the meat industry treats people and its workers and how awful they are treating YOU and your health! 

every time i watch one of these documentaries, i’m just so happy and grateful that the world is even acknowledging that the way we are doing things is SO wrong. and i’m so grateful that i’m doing the best I can not to contribute to the pain and suffering of so many animals and people… i just want to do so much more.

just started watching Earthlings…. I know this is a vegan must-see movie (or a must see movie for EVERY earthling, really)…

the film is just reiterating things i already know, but its so upsetting i feel light headed and sick. i don’t know if i can even finish watching it. i know being vegan does a lot to help animals, i just wish there was something else i could do too :( honestly, i’m 18 minutes into the film and i’m already crying and feel sick (and im not one to cry easily)… its just so upsetting and so heartbreaking.