This Is Vegan Propaganda: (And Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You)

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Pardon my potential reverse ageism, but there's a youthful idealism here (Winters is still only in his late 20's) that made this jaded Gen X reader miss the moral ambiguity and "gray areas" maturity of Foer's approach, even as I found myself in horrified and passionate agreement with most of Winters' conclusions. His heart's in the right place, but the polemical and proselytizing tone will probably turn most skeptical readers off and only undermine his stated goals. I have never in my whole life met any human so cold and callous that they could read the information presented here and do anything but feel utterly bereft at our onslaught on sentient life. To not know is one thing (very very few are born vegan) but if anyone can read this and not be spurred in to action then they are not the kind of person I would want within my circles. This book is essential. It is brutal, it is devastating, it is heartbreaking - but more than that - more than just agony - it will leave you with hope. In this, Ed sees the big picture. And that’s why his writing and advocacy is so powerful. He understands that changing our perceptions, the way we see and think about animals, will fundamentally alter our behaviour and eating habits. Breaking down barriers is the key. Becoming educated about the reality of our food choices and the consequences of them is essential in understanding the truth of animal exploitation. Simply put, we live in a world where we don’t have to inflict cruelty on another sentient being every time we go to the supermarket. We have a choice. And we need to make the better one.

It’s no surprise that many people prefer to think their food comes from farms where animals frolic on lush pastures. The reality challenges meat-eaters’ view of themselves as compassionate, or at least not wantonly cruel. People claim to love animals but are happy to pay for their slaughter and mistreatment. And now I want to talk a little bit about how Ed has impacted my life. His words at the London Animal Rights March in 2019 are a large part of the reason I decided to dedicate the rest of my life to the movement. I remember sitting on the floor of Parliament Square, surrounding by thousands of other vegans, and coming to the realisation that if we want change then we must work for change. We cannot be silent. The animals need us. Ed Winters is a former omnivore turned "compassionate activist and vegan educator" from the UK who used to visit KFC so frequently in his early 20's that the workers at his local franchise knew him by name. As someone who used to walk into my neighborhood Taco Bell to greetings of "JAMES!!!!" like I was Norm Peterson on Cheers, I can totally relate. Me considero una vegana bastante suave. Pese a que al principio no podía aguantar soltar según qué comentarios (sobre todo cuando me los decían a mí primero y yo me sentía en la obligación de atacar), y quizás por eso este libro me ha dado un poco de problemas. La información está y, además, muy bien explicada. En vez de en audiolibro, me gustaría haberlo leído en físico para poder subrayar y marcar todos los datos que puedo sacar cuando alguien intente hacerme sentir inferior por no consumir carne (algo que, la verdad, no pasa casi nunca ya). No obstante, muchos de los comentarios, sobre todo hacia el final de libro, se me han hecho un poco condescendientes y soltados desde el privilegio. And the reality is - I will say it again - I have never met a human on this planet so callous or so cold, that they could open their eyes to the truth on display here and do anything other than feel mortified at the system they have been duped into upholding.Until very recently, the idea that meat provides protein, which equates to strength, was still a part of mainstream thinking.’ Photograph: Kellie French/The Guardian They have noticed a transformation in their audience. “Following The Game Changers, it has become more acceptable for guys to admit to a plant-based diet,” Firth says. “Maybe the term plant-based is a way for people to say they’re not eating animals, but in a way they don’t feel is signing up to a certain ideology.” Not only covering ethical reasons, but going thought the environmental, health issues propagated by animal exploitation of our current food system, This is Vegan Propaganda (& Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You) is a compassionate, fact-filled, reliable book for all to learn about why it is so essential we all ponder upon the impact of animal exploitation.

Confronting gendered stereotypes about meat-eating will certainly help. A US study released last November in the journal Appetite found that conformity (or otherwise) to traditional gender roles was still a good predictor of people’s meat consumption and openness to vegetarianism for environmental reasons. Through exploring the major ways that our current system of animal farming affects the world around us, as well as the cultural and psychological factors that drive our behaviors, This Is Vegan Propaganda answers the pressing question, is there a better way? Whether you are a vegan already or curious to learn more, this book will show you the other side of the story that has been hidden for far too long. It was a Sunday afternoon in the late 1980s and the house was filled with the fatty scent of roast lamb. I absentmindedly enquired about the origins of lunch and my brother pointed at the mewing sheep in the field adjacent to our house. I was a five-year-old boy, and I decided on the spot to become the first vegetarian in my family . I’ve been vegan for twelve years and if you’d told me at the beginning of my journey that I would one day see a book about veganism advertised on billboards and by bookstores, I simply wouldn’t have believed you. I enjoyed this book so much, from beginning to end. I love how the author uses the term “Vegan Propaganda” to put into perspective that the meat industry is actually the one hiding the reality from its consumers. And they’re the ones selling an idea that is in no way related to the daily facts of the industry.Is it not strange that we call those who kill dogs animal abusers, those who kill pigs normal and those who kill neither extremists? Is it not odd that someone who smashes a car window to rescue a dog on a hot day is viewed as a hero but someone who rescues a piglet suffering on a farm is a criminal? [....]

While the author didn’t intend it, this book is by vegans for vegans. While the arguments are meant to be presented in a logical manner, they are filled with holes and based around flawed assumptions briefly described by the points below. I recently met Ed and got my booked signed. I had a chat with him about my PhD thesis. Such a humble guy! Of the many animal liberation texts, this masterful compilation of arguments in favor of veganism is truly a class of its own. Whether you are a vegan already or curious to learn more, this book will show you the other side of the story that has been hidden for far too long. Based on years of research and conversations with slaughterhouse workers and farmers, to animal rights philosophers, environmentalists and everyday consumers, vegan educator and public speaker Ed Winters will give you the knowledge to understand the true scale and enormity of the issues at stake.I love the way Ed breaks down all the mess surrounding veganism and the propaganda fed to us from the meat dairy and egg industries. The irony of vegan men referring to meat-eaters as “pussies” is not lost on Adams: “It’s not undoing the association with women and negativity.” She points to the term “hegan”, a portmanteau of he and vegan, coined in a 2010 article about male vegans and defined by the Urban Dictionary as “a trendy male vegan”. “It’s this need to not be associated with women, who are perceived by society to be more compassionate and empathic,” Adams says. “But the world needs more compassion. Why is compassion feared? How do we undo this situation so that men are no longer afraid of being compassionate?” Through exploring the major ways that our current system of animal farming affects the world around us, as well as the cultural and psychological factors that drive our behaviours, This Is Vegan Propaganda answers the pressing question, is there a better way? I'm a vegan, living in a non vegan family. I bought this book in a physical format with the hope that I would be able to lend it to others (family and friends) and to spark an interest for veganism.