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"Soy boy" is, according to the internet, a pejorative term sometimes used in online communities to describe men perceived to be lacking masculine characteristics.

I dunno about y'all, but I'm actually a really big fan of men who are like that! Men who don't buy into the macho tough guy nonsense and instead are more in touch with their emotions and empathy. I think it's also used to refer to guys who are on the slimmer side rather than being "jacked" gym bros. Which is something I also find attractive.

Do any other vegan women on here feel the same? It seems like a lot of non-vegan men think all women want is a super muscular, super manly man. And for me at least, what I want is pretty much the opposite of that. Curious if others can relate.

I’m never the first person to start talking about veganism or even say that I’m vegan, but obviously people at my work place know (they’ve asked why I never eat anything at ‚pizza parties’ etc. So I told them) and for some reason everytime I eat my lunch with my coworkers they always try to make me their entertainment. I can understand questions like ‚do you eat x?’ ‚why don’t you eat x?’ ‚how do you not go hungry all the time’ or even hearing phrases like ‚I could never be vegan’ ‚I could stop eating meat but never cheese’, even though it’s annoying as hell, but lately I feel like they’re trying to get some reaction out of me and they say things like ‚I will still be hungry if something doesn’t suffer for my meal’ ‚- what are you having for lunch? - (insert a meal that contains meat/cheese/eggs)’ and then they turn to me and say ‚Sorry my name!’ And everyone burst out laughing or once when I told a guy that I’m vegan because I’m against exploitation of animals and killing them for our food (when he asked) he answered ‚why?’ I said ‚…well, because it’s wrong..?’ And he said ‚why?’.

They keep telling stories about animal cruelty, how they realized as children that the rabbits at their grandpa’s farm were killed for meat and everyone laughs and I just sit there at the brink of tears. It makes me feel awful to live around so insensitive people. I’m also autistic so I sometimes feel like they made me into their weird underdog they can bully.

I live in a country that is still very close minded about veganism, not only I’m the only vegan in the office but also the only vegan I know. How do you deal with that kind of people? What to tell them to control the conversation or just shut them up?

Tldr at the end cause this is a rant. So growing up I have never been able to digest meat. I have been vegetarian most of my life due too getting sick from meat and it over all just being disgusting. But my parents have never accepted this.

My mom would constantly have me eat food that had meat in it and I would get sick. As I got older she stopped with chunks of meat but would still put in chicken broth or something. This would lead to stomach cramps and spending the evening pooping my brains out.

My dad is more respectful and doesn't try to trick me into eating anything but does constantly make comment's like: "it's not healthy you can't eat that", "we have canines for a reason, we are supposed to eat meat", and all the other common complaints meat eaters have.

I went vegan more recently as I had gone off to college and been fully in control of what I eat. I have been lactose intolerant for many years and it was just getting worse as I got older. It made sense to stop eating animal products since I can't digest them anyway and forcing myself is just weird. Plus all the issues with the industry as a whole helps make it easier to not support the cruelty.

Well I have graduated and moved back in with my mom. She is planning to throw a graduation party for me. I recommended a few vegan places that I love and she made every excuse in the book to not go to any of those. So we are going some place where the have to "special make" a vegan option for me. We all know it's going to be rice and grilled vegetables (with soy sauce if I'm lucky). And my mom is upset that I'm not excited to eat an afterthought of a meal (more likely a snack). And the topic of a cake was brought up. She wants a Costco cake. Well obviously I can't have that since milk and eggs. And so I'm "ruining my graduation party by being difficult" and I should "just not be vegan for one day" since "it's only one day".

Luckily, I have a loving partner who is going to take me to my favorite vegan restaurants and buy me a cake from a vegan bakery so I can go to the car to eat.

It still sucks, this party is to celebrate something I did and I don't have any say in it.

Tldr: Mom is throwing a graduation party for me but I'm "ruining my graduation party by being difficult" and I should "just not be vegan for one day" since "it's only one day".

Hello there :(

My parents had decided to be vegetarians before I was born and so I was raised vegetarian/vegan (never had eggs but consumed dairy occasionally) and they left it up to me to decide if I wanted to ever start eating meat after I was old enough to make my own decisions. I obviously did not want to, not just because I find the industry extremely unethical and immoral but also because I have grown averse to the smell and thought of animal flesh because of my upbringing where in I was never exposed to the practice of eating meat. I went to a fast food place in Paris a couple of hours ago and ordered a wrap that was not supposed to have meat but they accidentally gave me one that had chicken in it. I have a lot of seasonal allergies and I had a stuffy nose and loss of taste already and I do not know what chicken is supposed to taste like, so I assumed it was just a really bad meat replacement (it was also fried in a nugget so harder to gauge texture)but I grew suspicious three bites in and confirmed that it was indeed chicken.

I feel so incredibly sick. The light pink half eaten interior of the nugget keeps flashing in front of my eyes and I’m utterly grossed out knowing that i consumed the dead flesh of an animal that was killed and it’s still inside of me. I think my breath smells of chicken everytime I burp or something after drinking too much water. I’m so annoyed. I pointed it out to the waiter and he just offered me the correct order but I didn’t want to eat anything after that. I’m never going to fast food places ever again.

Ming Bings are no longer exclusively vegan!

I just decided to try to Ming Bings I bought a few weeks ago, I took a look at the box again and it’s now labeled “meat based” instead of “plant based". I’m heartbroken thinking about the poor animals that were used for the product. The brand was completely vegan to start and it was still in the same section in the store so I didn’t even think to double check the label. It could have been avoided but it was one of those items on my list that I knew where vegan so I didn’t think I had to read the label. I’m just glad I didn’t eat it. Looking at the brand now it looks like they’ve just fully transitioned to non-vegan products.

I’m not sure what to do with it now. I don’t think I can return it anymore.

I have a very close friend who recently became a beef farmer, and is having a wedding at the farm. I'm now in a horrible position between supporting my friend, and accepting the fact that they are contributing to terrible pain and suffering.

Being a vegan is already totally isolating at the best of times, and I'm really struggling with the concept of attending the wedding, and having to have conversations where people think it is acceptable and normal to treat animals this way.

Even the decorations are cow related...

Please give me strength. Does anyone have any practical tips to help me through please?

I live in small town Oklahoma where there is no place you can eat out at and still be vegan, that I have figured out anyway. So, it an effort to make things easier when i have to go out to eat with people i would eat vegetarian instead of vegan. I just developed an allergy to dairy, lactaid and the like don’t help in any way shape or form. So, today is my official first day at being vegan, 100% of the time instead of just at home. Losing dairy was the final push I needed to fully embrace being vegan. I always felt horrible any time I had to eat meat or dairy, but the people pleaser in me said that it was easier to feel horrible and guilty than to be an inconvenience to someone else. That ended today. Today, I am vegan.

Basically title... I am out of town and I was trying to order pizza today without knowing which restos were vegan friendly (in suburbia, no dedicated vegan restaurants here).

I called up about 6 different places and asked if they put cheese in their pizza sauce - the first five said yes, and finally I found a place that didn't. I don't understand why they'd do this... But make sure you ask before ordering a cheeseless pizza because it seems this occurs to a surprisingly large degree

Listen, when I go to someone else’s place I never expect them to provide vegan friendly stuff, but whenever ppl ask me why I’m not eating the food I have to explain I’m vegan. I don’t even go on about it or force them to be vegan, but they will tell me things like “it’s unhealthy to be vegan” or “you don’t get all your nutrients being vegan”. I always feel attacked and never know what to say back to those comments. Any ideas? Thanks!!! 😊

I'm in the US and I find myself always using bell peppers, zucchini, yellow squash, broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus, and greens (lettuce/kale/spinach). Often my lazy meals are some or all of those with a protein (tofu, beans, etc) and a starch.

I know I should get a wider variety - any others you use on the regular?

As a vegan originally from the Midwest, ranch dressing is one of the things I miss the most. I really liked Follow Your Heart’s but I can’t find it locally anymore. I have tried a few from the non-refrigerated aisle that I didn’t like (Briana’s, simply Organic)…. Looking for the thinner buttermilk style, rather than the thick gloppy stuff. Anyone have a favorite to share? (Also I’d love to have the time to make my own but I just don’t and it won’t happen for me 🙁) tia!

Has anyone else experienced this? After about 4 years of veganism, for the last 6 months or so my B12 levels are finally no longer deficient despite no consistent supplementation. I was pescatarian for many years, then dabbled in veganism, and my B12 was always at least a little deficient. Then I went strict raw vegan for 3 years and finally my levels normalized (still a little on the low side). I’ve been off the raw diet for about 6 months and B12 is still good. I’m confused as everyone says B12 deficiency is the biggest issue with vegan diets.

Just as the title says, I use to love watching my favourite YouTuber or instagrammer pet rescue page. They use to inspire me to do better I started a rescue with my fiancée. I littrely saved multiple animals life’s. I am almost coming up to my one year mark of veganism I’ve had a very hard road with my family and cooking but it’s gotten a lot better then it was people are coming around and I’m getting better at cooking plus our city has some good restaurants. The biggest problem is I just can’t get over how they won’t try, I’ve asked in some q&a boxes but it always gets ignored so I’ve since unfollowed I’ve wanted to support them but it seems like they are putting on a show. I’m still conflicted about buying my dogs hills , I am very uneducated and I’m still very new. I don’t know what is right and what is wrong all I know is that I stopped my own consumption I was eating a ton of food with depression. I’ve since found a better community that started a whole new inspiration. Being vegan isn’t hard just like with everything in life there’s a learning curve just wish people would try a little harder.

For anyone still reading this do you have a problem feeding your dogs and cats animal products. Is it wrong to feed animals to animals as a vegan? Can I even call my self that?

TIA

I'll see some stuff on Twitter and other social media places where people will just get in your face and act like how they eat is so much more better. I'm not one to question anyone for how they eat because you do you boo but holy cow dude, chill tf out. I'm not out here DMing random people with threatening messages that say "Look at this liberal, you see this? It's a grilled steak" followed by the picture of the steak. I wish I could do the same to them sometimes with grilled tofu. I'd be like "Look at this conservative, you see this? It's grilled tofu." followed by the picture of the tofu.

Ahh, but only if it had the same weight to it. They do what they do and rub it in your face because they are A holes. We do what we do and not bother anyone because we object to hurting animals. But only if they knew that if they were to go vegan that they would save so much money each month because meat is too expensive and red meat is bad for you anyways. The myth that it hurts your wallet is fake because I've been eating like this for years. Tofu is a superfood and so is a lot of other things like avocado and such but it's really hard to convince people who aren't open-minded and who just like to shove their ways in your face because THEY are the ones that are annoyed by how YOU are.

I'll be honest, I've had a lot more open-minded people become open to being a vegan when I mentioned it a little bit over the years but damn do those aggressive ones once in a while get under my skin. It's like I intruded on their soul or disrupted their existence or shook their world or something whenever I brought it up.

I hate to sound vain but I’m really concerned about weight gain as I transition to a fully vegan diet. My concerns are spurred on by contemplating trying Purple Carrot vegan meal delivery service and I am shocked at how calorie dense the food is! Meals in the 600-700 calorie per serving range! Help!

Hey guys! :-) I've posted on here before but I'm vegetarian on the track to becoming vegan and I'm working on eating lots of dairy alternatives even though I'm not vegan yet. One thing I wanted to ask is, I've noticed a lot of dairy alt. products, like cashew milk or cheese, obviously don't have comparable protein to dairy.

How do you cope with this? Add protein powder to the yogurt? Eat extra tofu? Not sure what to do. I don't want to track my food intake on an app so I am just mentally noting where I'm getting my protein from since I'd like to put on a little muscle.

Thanks ~

Hi,

My boyfriend and I are wanting to go on a holiday abroad, but seems like it quite hard finding an all inclusive holiday that doesn't just do salad and chips. Does anyone know of any hotels in the canary Isles, majorca or Greece that they've stayed at that have done a good selection of vegan options? Thanks

I recently came across a youtube channel where they have different guests on and eat their 'last meal', filling up the table woth the guest's favorite foods. It's kind of fun to see what types of foods people pick and how it reflects their life and upbringing. But most of the episodes are super heavy in animal products.

So I just thought it'd be fun to hear from fellow vegans - if you could have a full spread of all your favorite foods, last day alive no limitations, what would you want to eat?

Hello! I haven’t posted on this sub before, but I lurk occasionally. Anyway, I have been getting the vegan meal kit Purple Carrot for a while, and I keep accumulating free boxes to send to a friend. Unfortunately I don’t have many vegan friends to send them to, but I don’t want them all to go to waste. Would anyone here be interested in getting one? They do make you make an account, but you can just cancel the subscription right away after ordering the free one, so there is no financial commitment

Update: I’m out of free boxes now, but I’ll be messaging the first people who asked and will send the codes out tonight. Sorry if you didn’t get one!

Ok so, this is my recipe for vegan gyoza. The measurements aren’t specific but I figured I would share if anyone is interested. 1 pack beyond meat, 1 pack shredded carrots (chop more fine) 1 package white mushrooms (chop fine), 1 small bundle green onions (chop fine), 1 pound of spinach (chop fine), black pepper, onion powder, 1/3 cup white miso, half an ounce of grated ginger. Combine well and fill gyoza wrappers, pan fry until golden and crispy. Enjoy.

Anyone with experience breastfeeding while vegan? I’ve been vegan for 8 years and a mom for 3 months. My baby has exhibited some discomfort lately and I’m worried it’s due to my diet, which is high in things like soy, lentils, brassicas, etc. This has led to me eating a super bland diet but now I know I’m not getting the nutrients I need for myself ot the baby. I’ve reached out to my doc and pediatrician but in the meantime wanted to see if anyone here has any insight.

We talk a lot about all of the stupid, cringey, and hostile things people say when they find out we're vegan ("I could never go vegan", "i hardly eat meat", "you're missing out", starting a debate, etc. ad nauseam), but what do you actually wish people would say?

"Thank you for letting me know"? "Good for you?" Nothing?

Hello. I am having trouble developing a decent process to ensure that products such as food and household products are cruelty-free (i.e., no animal testing whatsoever, whether it be on the ingredients or the finished product). Perhaps I am just tempted to make it perfect even though I know a perfectionist attitude can backfire. If anyone can give me some things I should do during the verification process, that would be great. Thanks!

My favorite chinese food place with vegan options sadly just closed. Their mapo tofu and Kung pao tofu was absolutely amazing. I've perfected a lot of tofu dishes over the years, but achieving the texture of these dishes is eluding me. I've tried freezing and frying, pressing frying, just air frying straight out of the package with all different levels of firmness, but nothing comes close. The pieces are pretty big, about 1" x .5", and it was always kind of tough on the outside but still almost pillowy soft on the inside. Anyone have any ideas on how to achieve this texture?