How not to be a douche to your vegan friends
- Learn what vegan means: no meat, no milk, no eggs, nothing that came from an animal. Sometimes I’ll ask, “is this item vegan?” and be told “it’s gluten-free.” Special diets are not interchangeable.
Thank you for speaking up for nursing parents- and babies - of all species! (I say parents rather than mothers because some trans men and non-binary people also breastfeed.) Breastfeeding and avoidance of dairy products are topics of great interest and importance to me, for food justice as well as animal rights reasons. I’m working on an essay in that regard, and can let you know if and when it is published.