We, as language-using humans love to put labels on everything. We love to identify, define and name everything around us. We need to give words to things, so as to speak. Chair... table…. water…. air…. you all have some sort of idea of what I am talking about. It might be vague but it gives you an indication of what I mean, at least enough to ask me for further context.
When I tell you that I am a feminist, you will get the idea that I’m all for women’s emancipation and all against patriarchy.
When I tell you that I am vegan you will (hopefully) know that I am all for animal liberation.
But when I tell you that I am a feminist it doesn’t imply that I am vegan, nor vice versa. For me they are one and the same thing.
I had the pleasure of meeting Lisa Kemmerer at the International Animal Rights Conference 2014. And she really nailed it! The label ‘vegan’ and the label ‘feminist’ should go together at all times!
Watch and share please!
Meeting Lisa was absolutely the best experience I have had in a long time. I have never experienced such a peaceful person, whose ability to diffuse conflict and still stand up against injustice is phenomenal. I should probably rather say she stands up for justice, not against injustice to stress how non-confrontational Lisa is. Although, of course, this is exactly what she does with every breath she takes, in silence and in words, her peacefulness is a major strike against injustice.
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