“I’m #vegan because…”: Tweeting World Vegan Day
November 2nd, 2009 11:19 am by Kelly Garbato
In honor of World Vegan Day, a small (?) group of vegans spent much of yesterday tweeting their thoughts on veganism. Many of the tweets coalesced into the theme of vegan stories: that is, the many paths that led to and continue to reinforce participants’ veganism.
Similar to August’s oink, oink fracas, part of the goal was to launch #vegan into Twitter’s trending topics. Unfortunately, I don’t think #vegan ever did make it into the top 10, but we put on a good show nevertheless.
I wasn’t able to join the party until much later in the day, but I did do a fair share of tweeting in the evening. I’ve come to enjoy these Twitter hijacking parties; I don’t know many vegans in the “real” world, and banding together (however briefly), in pursuit a tangible, common goal (however humble) creates a much-needed sense of community.
It’s also interesting to observe different patterns in each person’s tweets – for example, which aspects of veganism and animal exploitation an individual always returns to. Consciously or not, many of my tweets focus on intersectionality – a topic I didn’t give much thought to until the past few years. Now, it seems to be the cornerstone of my activism. And I’ve veganism to thank for that.
Anyhow, here are all my tweets from yesterday. I didn’t do many retweets, but there were a number of dedicated vegans hitting the twitters in full force: see, for example, VeganMudblood, vegansNVRsayDIE, veganmcveganson, kveggiegrl and BeaElliott, for starters.
- I’m #vegan because it helps me to sleep at night. Speaking of, g’night y’all! #
- “Go Vegan!” ought to be at the top of every enviro org’s “things you can do to go green” list. bit.ly/hJNr4 #vegan #
- I’m #vegan because meat = torture porn. Dairy and eggs, too. bit.ly/41wa8u bit.ly/zk4Ag #
- I’m #vegan cuz an ism is an ism is an ism. bit.ly/4jOPJy #
- I’m #vegan because violence begets violence. #
- Awesome! RT @VeganMudblood Soylent green was “free range”! #vegan #
- I’m #vegan because animals should have names, not numbers. #
- I’m #vegan because #6 and #67,595 are my sisters, and #35, my brother: bit.ly/3ZP0Gt (link RT @VeganMudblood) #
- I’m #vegan because I’m a #feminist; I’m a feminist because I’m vegan. #
- RT @VeganMudblood #Vegan, because I’m against any slavery. #
- I’m #vegan because I want to be at peace w/myself, and w/the world and its trillions of inhabitants. #
- “Now at last I can look at you in peace, I don’t eat you anymore.” – Franz Kafka #vegan [...] #
- I’m #vegan because animals are friends, not food; if not my friends, then someone else’s. #
- This week’s link roundup now up: bit.ly/3ooaph – #vegan #animalrights #feminist news, action alerts & more. Go World Vegan Day! #
- Oh yays! The shiny Magical Loaf Studio is back in biz & just in time for World Vegan Day! bit.ly/2kDIWb #vegan #whatveganseat #
- WANT! “Animals for the Ethical Treatment of Women” button on Etsy: bit.ly/2aArG #vegan #feminist #animalrights #
- Chimpanzees grieve, console one another at a friend’s funeral: bit.ly/2qx5cm #vegan #animalrights #
- is going to get started on her resolutions a few months early this year. #
- Cary Elwes’s Rawchester accent is the scariest part of The Alphabet Killer. Note to Cary: Rochester is a 6-hour drive from Brooklyn, mkay? #
- Animal exploitation is #theworst. Go #vegan! www.worldveganday.info #
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Photo via Flickr user -nathan.
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