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Ten Common Features of Successful Longtime Vegans

A couple of years ago, I posted this question to my Facebook friends: “I’m curious: for those who have been vegan for more than five years, what factors do you attribute to your longevity as a vegan? There are many things that tempt people away from veganism, from a desire…

Vegan

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Ten Life Lessons from Longtime Vegans…
Ten Life Lessons from Longtime Vegans…
Vegan

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Thirty Days of New Vegan Tips for World Vegan Month

Here are fresh tips for each day in November to celebrate World Vegan Day (November 1) and World Vegan Month. With so many benefits and so much at stake, there has never been a better time to embrace your inner-herbivore. November 1/Day 1 There are so many amazing resources for new and transitioning…

Vegan

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Thirty Days of New Vegan Tips for World Vegan Month
Thirty Days of New Vegan Tips for World Vegan Month
Vegan

15 min read


Sep 13

The Suburban Cemetery for “Wayward Girls” and Their Babies

What a small resting place in a subdivision says about our past and why it’s a cautionary tale for the future — On Sunday, I was feeling that familiar invigoration I can always rely on in early autumn, as the leaves are just on the verge of changing and the earliest of households start displaying their Halloween decorations. I convinced my son and husband that we should drive out to Geneva, IL…

Reproductive Rights

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The Suburban Cemetery for “Wayward Girls” and Their Babies
The Suburban Cemetery for “Wayward Girls” and Their Babies
Reproductive Rights

10 min read


Aug 24

Hot Weather, Cool Kitchen: 21 Vegan Recipes for People and a Planet that Need to Chill Out

The Chicago area is now experiencing the triple digit weather so many have lived through (or are currently still enduring) after a fairly cool summer by our standards. I am not complaining! Give me pleasant autumn weather year-round and I’d be happy. I thought it might be nice to gather…

Climate Change

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Hot Weather, Cool Kitchen: 21 Vegan Recipes for People and a Planet that Need to Chill Out
Hot Weather, Cool Kitchen: 21 Vegan Recipes for People and a Planet that Need to Chill Out
Climate Change

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Aug 16

When the Natural Toolbox is No Longer Enough, You Do What You Have to Do

Anxiety and I, well, we go back. I do recall a sepia-toned time when I didn’t have anxiety as my copilot but it’s been a while, as they say. After a pretty idyllic early childhood, anxiety started to seep its way into my body over time, like dark ink from…

Vegan

9 min read

When the Natural Toolbox is No Longer Enough, You Do What You Have to Do
When the Natural Toolbox is No Longer Enough, You Do What You Have to Do
Vegan

9 min read


Aug 3

Yes, We Are Heartbroken. Yes, We Have Hope.

“Let your heart break so your spirit doesn’t.” Andrea Gibson I was in the car on the way to Duluth to vacation with my family when I saw the news about Sinéad O’Connor. A dark pall fell over all of us, as I know it did for millions of people…

Activism

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Yes, We Are Heartbroken. Yes, We Have Hope.
Yes, We Are Heartbroken. Yes, We Have Hope.
Activism

5 min read


Jul 18

Why Vegans Won’t Just “Shut Up” About It.

And why we shouldn’t ever. — “I understand that you’re vegan but why can’t you just keep it to yourself?” If you’ve been vegan for any length of time, you’re probably familiar with this sentiment, one that is expressed to us in a million different ways, from more polite appeals to reactions that are simmering —…

Vegan

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Why Vegans Won’t Just “Shut Up” About It.
Why Vegans Won’t Just “Shut Up” About It.
Vegan

5 min read


Jun 2

Pulled Out at the Roots: How Large Nonprofits Exploit and Steal from Grassroots Activists

The youth-led Raven Corps had their work stolen from them and this matters. — I will start out by saying that in our world full of soundbites and choppy, quick copy, this piece is on the longer side, though I hope it’s not longwinded. It needs to be said and it’s a complex, thorny subject that bucks against the constraints of succinctness. I wrote…

Vegan

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Pulled Out at the Roots: How Large Nonprofits Exploit and Steal from Grassroots Activists
Pulled Out at the Roots: How Large Nonprofits Exploit and Steal from Grassroots Activists
Vegan

12 min read


May 24

Friendly Waters Ahead, Fabulous Fungi and Other Takeaways from the 2023 National Restaurant Association Show

So much vegan food to eat, so little more room in the belly… — Last year was my first visit to the National Restaurant Association Show and to say I was impressed is an understatement. I was like a kid in a candy store, a candy store full of vegan eggs with yolks that exploded into a bright yellow dribble when pierced, plant-based chick’n…

Vegan

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Friendly Waters Ahead, Fabulous Fungi and Other Takeaways from the 2023 National Restaurant…
Friendly Waters Ahead, Fabulous Fungi and Other Takeaways from the 2023 National Restaurant…
Vegan

8 min read


May 12

What Does it Mean to be a Mother and Who Decides?

My mother passed away after a long, excruciating decline ten years ago and I still avoid sidewalk cracks as if my life depended on it, because for a time, it sure felt like it did. “Step on a crack and you break your mother’s back” was a childhood rhyme we…

Motherhood

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What Does it Mean to be a Mother and Who Decides?
What Does it Mean to be a Mother and Who Decides?
Motherhood

6 min read

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Marla Rose is a Chicago-area writer and co-founder of VeganStreet.com and VeganStreetMedia.com.

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