Social Justice
Whole Foods Launches Rubicon Bakers’ Vegan Chocolate Blackout Cake
Rubicon Bakers, a California-based social justice-driven bakery, is bringing its vegan Chocolate Blackout Cake products to market. The new range is now available at select locations of Whole Foods Market, Safeway, Sprouts, and Natural Grocers. After more than a year in research and development, the new line boasts the double-layer Vegan Vanilla Cake and Vegan […]
Nutritionist Tracye McQuirter Promotes Health and Social Justice in New Book ‘Ageless Vegan’
Over 30 years ago, vegan nutritionist and author Tracye McQuirter attended a speech that would change her life, The Huffington Post reports. As a sophomore of Massachusetts’ Amherst College, she attended a speech delivered by Black civil rights activist and comedian Dick Gregory, who delivered a speech about the link between nutrition and race. “He talked about […]
Ben & Jerry’s Urged to Create Vegan Ice Cream Flavor for NFL’s Colin Kaepernick
Fans of outspoken NFL quarterback and vegan Colin Kaepernick are requesting a new flavor of Ben & Jerry’s dairy-free ice cream be launched in his honor. Kaepernick famously refused to stand during the National Anthem in 2016 to raise awareness of racial injustice, taking a knee as a form of protest. The brave move prompted […]
Blackstreet Vegan Bakery Brings Social Justice and Cupcakes to Portland
A new vegan pop-up bakery Blackstreet Bakery has launched at the Mississippi Street Fair in Portland. The bakery describes itself as a “Black-led vegan pop-up bakery” and has a social justice mission: “to honor the history of Mississippi Avenue as a major part of Portland’s Black community and to expand economic opportunity for Black people in baking.” Organized by the […]
Vegan Former VP of Citibank Philip Wollen Says Animal Rights Is the World’s Greatest Social Justice Issue
Australian philanthropist, animal rights activist, and Citibank’s former vice president, Philip Wollen has shared a powerful message on the Kindness Production YouTube channel, wherein he urges the public to go vegan, and imparts his dearest well wishes to all March for Animal Rights participants. “We are sending out a clarion call that we are earthlings, […]
Teen Social Activist Vegan Summer Camp Launches Adult Program
The Youth Empowered Action (YEA) Camp is a “social justice leadership camp for teen activists,” that has been running since 2009. The organisation teaches and inspires young people who want to change the world, giving them the skills they need to help the planet and society. However, not wanting to exclude passionate adults, YEA has […]
Feminist Porn Director Claims Veganism Aligns With Her Ethical Beliefs
Feminist adult filmmaker, Erika Lust, has taken to Instagram to announce her decision to go vegan this 2018. Lust, who directors pornographic films for people ‘who don’t think that sex always has to be presented as cheap, tasteless and vulgar,’ believes that this new lifestyle change is in line with her morals, as well as […]
Sociology Professor Deems Not Eating Meat a Feminist Act
In an academic article recently published in the Journal of Feminist Geography, Anne DeLassio-Parson has argued that eating meat upholds the patriarchy and refusing to eat it can be deemed an act of feminism. DeLassio-Parson, who is a sociology professor at Pennsylvania State University, spoke with vegetarian Argentinian men to understand how not eating meat […]
