When to Use (and Not Use) the Word Vegan — REBROADCAST
Food for Thought: The Joys and Benefits of Living Vegan
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2021
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
One of my goals has always been to take the word "vegan" out of the box called "vegan." My goal is constantly thwarted by
*the overuse of the word vegan
*the use of "vegan" to refer to people as well as food
*the attempt by some vegans to narrow the definition and make the word "vegan" refer to every social problem that exists in the world
If you call yourself vegan or have ever been told you can't call yourself vegan, this episode is for you.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Food for Thought Podcast. The audio is much better than this. Trust me. I am |
| 0:22.2 | improvising. We have construction noise that's been going on all week and that's why I wasn't |
| 0:26.6 | able to record. This episode you're about to listen to bears repeating it is a rebroadcast, but it's |
| 0:33.1 | worth listening to again. Welcome to Food for Thought. By the way, thank you for listening. My name |
| 0:38.2 | is Colleen Patrick Adro. I am your host. You can find me at joyfulvegan.com. You can also find me on |
| 0:44.0 | Instagram and Facebook and Clubhouse, most recently, where I've been hosting rooms every day on how to |
| 0:51.0 | live compassionately and healthfully. I can't wait until Clubhouse is open to everyone. Right now, |
| 0:55.5 | it's open to those who have an iPhone and to those who have an invitation. If you are a supporter, I |
| 1:01.3 | did write to you on the Patreon platform to let you know that I have invitations to give you if |
| 1:06.7 | you're interested. Just make sure you go over to your Patreon account and check that out. I'm working |
| 1:12.1 | every day on new episodes and I've got some to share with you, but I couldn't record because of the |
| 1:16.8 | construction. So, enjoy this episode. Be sure to go over to joyfulvegan.com, become a supporter, |
| 1:23.4 | join the mailing list, get your free joyful vegan starter guide, and check out the exciting |
| 1:28.1 | online vegan cooking classes I've got coming up. I hope you're well. I hope you enjoyed this |
| 1:32.6 | episode. Thank you for sharing it. Thank you for reviewing it, and I look forward to connecting |
| 1:37.1 | with you here and there and everywhere. Take care. I have said for years that vegans have to stop |
| 1:43.6 | overusing the word vegan, and I want to elaborate on that here. We say vegan, vegan, vegan, |
| 1:51.4 | everything, vegan ice cream, vegan cake, vegan lunch, vegan restaurant. I'm vegan. I've often |
| 1:56.0 | choked that to demystify what vegan is for non-vegans, we don't say vegan banana, right? We |
| 2:02.5 | don't have to say vegan in front of everything. It's not a separate food group. Vegan's are guilty |
| 2:07.3 | of this, non-vegans are guilty of thinking only vegans eat vegan food when in reality. It's also |
| 2:13.8 | vegans who perpetuate the idea that vegan food is its own food group. If you pay attention, |
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