Why are you a vegan?

"Why are you a vegan?" said Andrew Jones to me.
Does your mum make you be one?  Do you have to drink herbal tea?
"Don't you wish you could eat this?" He showed me the meat on his pizza.
"Have you ever even tasted fish? You'd probably like it Jamila."
"You can't even drink milk can you?  Your mum must be ever so strict."
"You can have some of mine if you want to.  Drink from the side I haven't licked."
"I feel sorry for you," Andrew said, "if you're not allowed egg and chips,"
"Does she make you eat raw seaweed, and swallow your apple pips?"
I waited for him to stop talking, he had a lot to get off his chest.
I began to think he didn't want answering, but then he gave his voice a rest.
"I'm vegan because I want to be," I told him.  He looked unconvinced.
"Eating animal flesh is revolting to me.  Eggs are from chickens' bottoms."  He winced.
"That milk was pumped out of inside a cow, I don't know how you can drink it."
"You don't need milk, you're a big boy now.  Look at me, I'm healthy without it."
"I don't know why you think I'm weird being vegan, when my food is fruit, veg, seeds and nuts."
"Don't you think it's weirder to eat dead bodies, stuff from animals' innards, and things that come out of their butts?"

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“Why are you a vegan?”

was written and illustrated by Violet Plum © 2013

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70 responses to “Why are you a vegan?”

  1. rbachholzer Avatar

    Hello again. That is weird about our comments going into hyperspace (on your other page) and now I can’t leave a reply at all! However, this is no problem because I wanted another wander around your blog, I ended up here and very glad I did. Great post and thanks for Liking my latest. Not to mention all that cow mucus and poo that seeps into milk. Bleurgh! But then cow juice is tailor-made for baby cows and not the two-legged variety of the animal species. Bless ‘em and you too. Excellent blogs, V. Best, R.

  2. sabrinacrave Avatar

    Your blog is absolutely awesome and so creative!! I’m not Vegan but I can respect people who are!!

    1. Violet's Veg*n e-comics Avatar

      Thank you Sabrina 🙂

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  4. lubkin2013 Avatar

    Beautiful looking site. Well done!

  5. Circe Avatar

    Just finished a vegan dinner. As a kid, I elected to be a vegetarian for six years, when “vegan” was not a term in common parlance. But…I have too many food sensitivities–to all legumes & mushrooms, for example–to survive as a vegan. Indian vegan food from Kerala might work. We also have Celiac & Crohn’s in the family, and I find that I don’t care where eggs come from. But I can’t eat many. I have a son at UVM studying food sustainability. I earnestly hope that you, he, and even selective omnivores like me, will help to slow down climate change, as well as plain old pain, in one of its guises. A brief reread of the very old book, *The Jungle* by Upton Sinclair is enough to send me running to sweet potatoes, kale & brown rice.

    1. Violet's Veg*n e-comics Avatar

      I’m sorry that you suffer from food intolerances – I think you might find this useful: http://greensmoothiesblog.com/abundance-of-proteins-in-greens/ I am just finding out about this stuff now. It’s fascinating and makes so much sense 🙂

      1. Violet's Veg*n e-comics Avatar

        I am a beginner myself, and I’m doing it – with great success actually – because, unlike you, I had virtually no greens in my diet (shocking!). I’m loving my green juices every morning, getting loads of leafy greens into me, mixed with fruit, and it’s so easy. (I’m certainly not eating only raw either 🙂 ) Anyway, look at this video, it demonstrates how easy it is to work out for yourself what’s best for you – as you say, we’re all different – http://www.rawfamily.com/how-to-make-a-green-smoothie (NB I don’t have a blender but I’m doing it with a manual wheat grass juicer)
        ps so glad you like the site and the fun approach, thank you for your lovely comment

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