Ep 24: Activism vs. Attractivism with Earthling Ed
The ChickPeeps Vegan Podcast
Evanna Lynch
4.8 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2018
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Are you a militant vegan or an attractivist? Was your mind opened by vegan cupcakes or slaughterhouse vigils? Do you favour street activism or a fiery blog post? This week, Tylor and Evy discuss different types of activism and what methods were most effective in our own personal vegan awakening. Later on (7.37), Robbie and Evy interview the amazing and relentlessly passionate vegan activist and influencer, Earthling Ed, who shares his story of going from apathetic meat-eater to hardcore vegan, and the mindset he’s cultivated to do the confrontational style of vegan activism for which he has become known. Also on this episode…
- Ed discusses his previous perception of veganism, and recounts how the wave of empathy he felt for a truck of injured chickens gave him pause as a meat-eater.
- How becoming vegan connected Ed to a true sense of purpose.
- Street activism - is it for everyone? Ed shares how he overcame his initial fear of confronting strangers about veganism.
- How to deal with personal attacks from non-vegans.
- ‘It’s fear - all of this hatred always comes from fear, fear of change, fear of the unknown.’
- Are our emotions a help or a hindrance in vegan activism?
- Can we change anti-vegan trolls’ minds or is it a waste of energy?
- The burden of empathy: Ed tells us about the personal toll of being a full time activist, and what drives him to keep going.
- 'It’s a heavy burden but we’re not the victims.'
- What is a vigil and what is the purpose of them?
- Come join the Animal Rights March on August 25th 2018!
- Challenging the status quo - the line between legal and illegal activism and how far should we go for animal rights.
- ‘We live in a world of unjust laws and I thoroughly believe that those laws should be broken as they always have been for social justice issues.’
- Are vegans morally superior to non-vegans? Ed, Robbie and Evy tackle this uncomfortable accusation often fired at vegans.
- How educating children on animal rights is a crucial step towards achieving a vegan world: ‘We have to reverse that teaching of discrimination.’
- Tylor shares a new vegan victory in the wizarding community!
Links:
Learn more about Ed's work!
Check out Ed's Youtube.
Follow Ed on Instagram and Facebook.
Take part in your nearest Vigil.
Check out Ed's documentary: The Land of Hope and Glory.
Join The Official Animal Rights March on August 25th 2018!
Check out Accio's newly vegan Harry Potter subscription box!
Learn what's new in the vegan wizarding world at The Protego Foundation.
Social Media
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Instagram: @ChickPeepsPod
Facebook: @ChickPeepsPodcast
Momoko Hill: @oh_momoko
Robbie Jarvis: @robbjarvis
Tylor Starr: @tylorstarr
Evanna Lynch: @msevylynch
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Do, do, do do do do do do do do do do. |
| 0:09.0 | Eat your veggies, not your friends. It's not hard to be vegan. The chickpeepie. |
| 0:17.0 | Hello, chickpeeps and welcome to episode 24. This is our episode on activism versus attractivism. |
| 0:24.2 | And to discuss this topic, I have my very dear friend Tyler Starr. Hi, Tyler. |
| 0:28.9 | Hey, how are you? Good. Excited for this episode. And in a few minutes, we're going to be interviewing the amazing Earthling Ed. |
| 0:35.6 | Ed is one of the most effective and inspiring |
| 0:38.2 | vegan activists out there and vegan influencers and he has a lot to say on this subject. |
| 0:43.2 | But for now, Tyler and I were just going to discuss which form of activism we're most influenced |
| 0:48.5 | by because obviously going vegan is in itself a very powerful form of activism. But I think |
| 0:53.5 | there comes a point when |
| 0:55.0 | you're vegan and when you get more into involved in animal rights where you want to |
| 0:58.3 | go out and tell people and you want people to understand your choices and to make |
| 1:02.9 | those choices too and there are right ways and wrong ways to share that message |
| 1:09.2 | so I mean Tau I just wanted to ask you, I suppose, first, like, what kind, what form of |
| 1:15.0 | activism resonates with you? |
| 1:16.7 | Is it kind of the more provocative? |
| 1:18.4 | Or is it that you pick things up just by watching people? |
| 1:22.6 | If you could tell me a bit about your journey? |
| 1:24.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:25.1 | I mean, I've never been one to shy away from what I think |
| 1:29.4 | is doing what's right, whether that be telling somebody that they shouldn't hurt animals or, |
| 1:34.6 | you know, fighting for even human rights. And that's something that I think really drew me to the |
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