Whitney Metz- Vegan, Animal Rights Advocate, Blogger (http://diaryofavolatilevegan.blogspot.com/), Adopted Dog/Cat/Pig Mom.
Hello, I just wanted to sort of reintroduce myself. I used to write for The Flaming Vegan regularly, but the truth is that I got pretty burned out on writing about animal rights issues. I found it somewhat emotionally draining after a while, and also...
I usually try to keep my posts here pretty good-natured, but there are few things in this world that make me quite as angry as Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is, at least in my opinion, the worst holiday ever created. It claims to be about kindness and sharing...
So we're writing argumentative essays for my English class. My professor wanted us to start by writing from our own perspective, without any research or sources. This is what happened. We humans tend to see ourselves as separate from the rest of...
Well, I have another presentation due for my communication class. This time it's an individual project instead of a group project, which is good because I can say whatever I want without having to consult with the rest of the group, but it's also a bit...
I wanted to share my second paper for my Social Psychology class with all of you. I also wanted to let everyone know that the factory farming presentation for my Communication class when great! We got 49/50 which, according to my professor is "one to...
In my last post I mentioned that I was working on a group project about factory farming for my communication class. Not surprisingly, I took the animal rights side of the issue. So I wanted to share my part of the project with all of you. I still have...
A few days ago in my communication class we were talking about self-concept. We had to fill out this paper with adjectives that describe us. It had different categories; emotional state, physical condition, social traits, talents, intellectual capacity...
So I'm back in college now. I'm majoring in psychology, mostly because I feel that the best way to convince people to change their behavior is by understanding why they behave that way in the first place. Anyway, I recenty had to write a paper for my...
I have noticed a disturbing trend recently, in the animal rights community. There seem to be an awful lot of people criticizing and berating each other about the ways in which they promote animal rights. Some people are too "lazy" while others are too...
Everyone (or at least everyone who is reasonable) knows how healthy a vegan diet is. Many people adopt a vegan diet for health or weight loss and find that they get amazing results. When I became vegan I did not do it for this reason, in fact, I didn...
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