Comments on: Bacon, I bid you farewell

By: I'm not a vegan anymore, I guess.

I'm not a vegan anymore, I guess. — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:42:01 +0000

[…] everyone’s favorite spinster aunt Twisty has jumped back on the vegan bandwagon, as I almost simultaneously backslid into omnivoria. That’s right, folks, I’ve been […]

By: Sinatra

Sinatra — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:05:26 +0000

oh sure, I may be a good month and a half late, but have to say:

if you’re looking for an excellent soy-free cookbook, check out Dino Sarma’s “The Alternative Vegan”.

http://www.amazon.com/Uncheese-Cookbook-Creating-Dairy-Free-Substitutes/dp/0913990426

it’s all veggies and good stuff, no over-processed fake meats or soy products.

By: Victoria Marinelli

Victoria Marinelli — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:34:04 +0000

I think the openness to new information and the willingness to stand corrected when appropriate is at least as revolutionary a quality as one’s capacity to stand one’s ground.

I had not thought it possible that I could love this blog more than I already did. I stand corrected.

By: ginmar

ginmar — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:23:04 +0000

Well, I’m going to get in my non-existant car and spend the gas to go to the other side of town to get to a health food store and buy expensive vegan food. Oh, wait, don’t have a car. Also have agoraphobia. That means a bus ride. That means the whole morning is shot, assuming I can get out the door. Oh, yeah, and the health food store is expensive. Or I can take a cab to the shitty grocery store that’s here in the hood.

I’m not making excuses for what I eat and why, but I do think there’s unexplored class issues here. I don’t have kids. What if I did? Talk about fun, taking kids on a long bus trip, both ways. Or there’s cab fare. Or there’s being disabled. Basic groceries are out of range for poor people. Health food might as well be on the moon.

By: Hillary Rettig / The Lifelong Activist

Hillary Rettig / The Lifelong Activist — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:28:04 +0000

Hi Twisty - I’m late to the game, but add me to the ranks of the thrilled! Your coming over to veganism is simply wonderful - for you, the animals and the planet.

By: Personb

Personb — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:35:42 +0000

after more carefully perusing the FAQ I see that I failed to point out I am a white male in my early twenties; this is apparently relevant.

I am sorry for being The Patriarchy; I honestly would have chosen to be a lady if anyone had asked me, and I struggle daily with what to do about what I can only identify as the privilege of class membership in my life. I can see from experience the truth that it is quite easy for a clean, well-spoken white dude to get a relatively high-ranking position compared to equally capable non-whites and ladies. It’s wrong.

Please don’t take it out on all white dudes in our early twenties! Regardless of your prior experience with fucking pedantic assholes, that’s stereo-typing.

anyway, men don’t hate you any more than you hate men (conjecture). try not to lose the message in the medium

By: Personb

Personb — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:17:32 +0000

Hi there; this is the first time I have been to your website and I like what I see. I got here through a Media Matters post about Dowd and skimmed around. As a long-term vegan and “blamer” I can’t help but smile ear to ear reading this phrase:

“Thus we can but conclude that hamburgers and radical feminism are mutually exclusive.”

Thanks also for linking me here http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/?p=133. It’s given me something to think about re: postmodern/radical feminism and abolition/welfare for animal rights. They don’t teach this stuff in school (at least not where I live)

p.s. “and, if you are a dude, not to be yet another fucking pedantic asshole” —-ouch

By: Marigoldie

Marigoldie — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:19:54 +0000

I’m so happy the Twisty fingers have returned to the keyboard and thrilled out of my mind to read this post! Count me as one who thinks feminism and veganism go hand in hand. Go Revolution Go.

By: Stella

Stella — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:51:24 +0000

Just chiming in (late) - also a vegetarian, almost one month dairy-free for Lent (I’m an atheist), very pleased with it. I’ve spent many a late-night moment wondering how Twisty can be so enlightened and radical while posting pictures of fois gras, etc. Welcome, Twisty! There are **plenty** of tasty veg*n tacos in Austin. A glut, in fact. To me, guacamole is the new cheese.

Also, I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s in January of 2006 - I would be interested in talking to others. An endocrinology specialist I saw told me to avoid soy and walnuts (I eat both, and have seen no shift in my blood test numbers), but my local pharmacist told me he’d never heard of any soy-related prohibitions for hypothyroid people. I have also not been very successful in finding much information (much less non-contradictory, well-researched information) about this.

By: Lucija

Lucija — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:05:53 +0000

Thanks, North and Suzz. I know what you mean about food being chemically complex. It’s all pretty confusing, to me at least. Since I’ve known I’m hypothyroid I’ve read so much contradictory information about what to eat and what not to eat, it’s driving me nuts.