An Open Letter to Fellow Vegetarians Considering Bacon

Shana Genre
Sep 8, 2018 · 3 min read

Above: The bacon your “friend” Leah brought to the weekly brunch.

Dear Vegetarians,

Behold bacon: juicy and crisp with layers of maroon, red, and white chanting a hypnotic siren song, beckoning you near. Perhaps you’re thinking that it’s okay to hazard a small taste of the meat so popular that it has a following on Reddit. Perhaps you’re…

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Shana Genre

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Parallel structure fangirl who lives in Portland, ME. Contributor to McSweeney's, The Belladonna Comedy, and The Second City.

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