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Welcome
Welcome to c/vegan@lemmy.world. Broadly, this community is a place to discuss veganism. Discussion on intersectional topics related to the animal rights movement are also encouraged.
What is Veganism?
'Veganism is a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude—as far as is possible and practicable—all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals ...'
— abridged definition from The Vegan Society
Rules
The rules are subject to change, especially upon community feedback.
- Discrimination is not tolerated. This includes speciesism.
- Topics not relating to veganism are subject to removal.
- Posts are to be as accessible as practicable:
- embedded images of text require alt-text
- posts with an image of text should have a transcription in the body or alt-text
- paywalled articles must have an accessible non-paywalled link;
- use the original source whenever possible for a news article.
- Content warnings are required for triggering content.
- Bad-faith carnist rhetoric & anti-veganism are not allowed, as this is not a space to debate the merits of veganism. Anyone is welcome here, however, and so good-faith efforts to ask questions about veganism may be given their own weekly stickied post in the future.
- before jumping into the community, we encourage you to read examples of common fallacies here.
- if you're asking questions about veganism, be mindful that the person on the other end is trying to be helpful by answering you and treat them with at least as much respect as they give you.
- Posts and comments whose contents – text, images, etc. – are largely created by a generative AI model are subject to removal. We want you to be a part of the vegan community, not a multi-head attention layer running on a server farm.
- No brigading, either off-site or on-site. An incitement to brigade includes two elements: a call to disruptive action and a specific direction outside of this community in which to take that action. Exceptions include:
- Calls to boycott.
- Calls to in-person protest of a government, high-profile individual, or company/organization.
- Votes provided they have a sufficiently broad target audience or provably effective controls against vote brigading.
- Petitions.
- All Lemmy.World Terms of Service also apply.
Resources on Veganism
A compilation of many vegan resources/sites in a Google spreadsheet:
Here are some documentaries that are recommended to watch if planning to or have recently become vegan:
- You Will Never Look at Your Life in the Same Way Again
- Dominion (2018) (CW: gore, animal abuse)
Vegan Fediverse
Lemmy:
Mastodon:
Other Vegan Communities
General Vegan Comms
Circlejerk Comms
Vegan Food / Cooking
!homecooks@vegantheoryclub.org
Attribution
- Banner image credit: Jean Weber of INRA on Wikimedia Commons
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For anyone wondering what the "critique" was:
[https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&userId=6311003
Thanks for the transparency. Kind of think its cool to be able to see hidden comments if they have some sort pf warning.
First of all disclaimer, since this is seemingly identity-relevant: I think eating vegan is a good thing.
Ok come on, the article I didn't link? Its what the thing i commented on was reporting on and linking on, the core of it.
Pointing out the orchastration of "lifestyle innovation", in this case ridiculous "recipes", is critique of one aspect of vegan culture.
"Shit-stirring" and "tankie".. maybe you are jumping to conclusions because you feel attacked.
But guess what, criticizing the mislead, weird, zeitgeist influenced and alienating aspects of contemporary veganism and its development is part of the necessary self-reflection of any progressive movement. Thats why I call it censorship.
And if this isn't obvious to you, please note: you can very well, and definetly should criticize problematic aspects of a movement you like, want to support and are part of!
"Vegan" as a cultural, political identity is problematic, exactly because it can (!) easily miss out on contextualizing itself in the political. Neo-liberal self optimozation (also of the ethic kind) is an outstanding example. Constructing a vague idea of innovation and progress through the next even shinier bs recipe combined with more instagram image cultivation just shouldn't to be confused with political progress.
Staving of that kind of critique (ceitique doesn't say "you are a bad person" but "this seems worth thinking about") kinda signifies that a movement is turning in on itself, focusing on protecting the idea of doing good and loosing focus on questioning it's own methods and development.
And, regarding the jump to identity games as in "tankie": yup I'm a marixst in a broader sense, but in that spectrum I almost couldn't be farther away from tankies. If you need proof, look into my comment history.
Sometimes people just want to share recipes without someone coming in to debate or criticize on the merits of their lifestyle, the validity of the recipe, issues they see in a movement, or really anything else.
While the Internet has been great for connecting people, it also connects you to people who don't understand or particularly care about "time and place". They seem to think their opinion is so worthwhile that they must share it, sometimes aggressively, with everyone, anywhere, even with those who actively do not want to hear it. When they are told no one wants to hear it, they often engage in lengthy mental gymnastics to justify why they're being censored instead of even considering taking any personal responsibility. God forbid one self reflect. This is you, by the way.
There are venues to criticize what you find problematic about contemporary veganism. This isn't one. We just want to share information without non-vegans flocking in to share their precious opinions. There are many other communities here you can use to share your opinion that are meant for such a purpose. Pick one and go there instead of fighting with the people who don't want to hear yours.