Comments on: Why this blog? http://vegansofcolor.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/why-this-blog/ Because we don't have the luxury of being single-issue Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:32:24 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: breezeharper http://vegansofcolor.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/why-this-blog/#comment-36 breezeharper Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:59:06 +0000 http://vegansofcolor.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/why-this-blog/#comment-36 Winter 2008, hopefully :-) Winter 2008, hopefully :-)

]]> By: vegansofcolor http://vegansofcolor.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/why-this-blog/#comment-35 vegansofcolor Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:13:49 +0000 http://vegansofcolor.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/why-this-blog/#comment-35 When is the anthology coming out? I can't wait to read it! Also, that is awesome that Pattrice wrote the afterword. When is the anthology coming out? I can’t wait to read it! Also, that is awesome that Pattrice wrote the afterword.

]]> By: breezeharper http://vegansofcolor.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/why-this-blog/#comment-29 breezeharper Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:07:50 +0000 http://vegansofcolor.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/why-this-blog/#comment-29 I just finished "The Revolution will not be funded." It's a fantastic read. Everything I had always thought about, in term of US based NGOs, but had to be "silent" about. I think it's a good read for the many folk involved in Animal Rights Activism THROUGH NGOs, as well. I wonder what it means if certain Animal Rights organizations' board members and funders are largely white class privileged USA nationals. This is a serious question that I want to consider, sometime in the next few years. pattrice jones wrote the afterword to my upcoming anthology, "Sistah Vegan." I think she's very amazing on how she makes the the connections to interlocking connections in a way that is easily accessible to people who are literate in English. -Breezie I just finished “The Revolution will not be funded.” It’s a fantastic read. Everything I had always thought about, in term of US based NGOs, but had to be “silent” about. I think it’s a good read for the many folk involved in Animal Rights Activism THROUGH NGOs, as well. I wonder what it means if certain Animal Rights organizations’ board members and funders are largely white class privileged USA nationals. This is a serious question that I want to consider, sometime in the next few years.

pattrice jones wrote the afterword to my upcoming anthology, “Sistah Vegan.” I think she’s very amazing on how she makes the the connections to interlocking connections in a way that is easily accessible to people who are literate in English.

-Breezie

]]> By: vegansofcolor http://vegansofcolor.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/why-this-blog/#comment-27 vegansofcolor Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:14:04 +0000 http://vegansofcolor.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/why-this-blog/#comment-27 I haven't read "Aftershock" yet but I really want to! This past summer I burned out rather spectacularly on nonprofit work (of the 501(c)3 kind -- right now I am reading the book that INCITE! edited, "The Revolution Will Not Be Funded" & feeling really justified in my burn-out), so it'll be interesting to see if there's anything in the book that reflects that,in addition to the grassroots-type stuff. Not that I want to go back to 501(c)3-type stuff, errgh. I haven’t read “Aftershock” yet but I really want to! This past summer I burned out rather spectacularly on nonprofit work (of the 501(c)3 kind — right now I am reading the book that INCITE! edited, “The Revolution Will Not Be Funded” & feeling really justified in my burn-out), so it’ll be interesting to see if there’s anything in the book that reflects that,in addition to the grassroots-type stuff. Not that I want to go back to 501(c)3-type stuff, errgh.

]]> By: breezeharper http://vegansofcolor.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/why-this-blog/#comment-23 breezeharper Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:11:19 +0000 http://vegansofcolor.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/why-this-blog/#comment-23 I am JUST learning to pick my battles. It's tough, but I'm now focusing on my emotional and physical health. This means I can't be a martyr because it doesn't do anything good for my health. Have you read pattrice jones' book, "Aftershock"? She talks about how imbalanced it is to be "the martyr" within social justice activism. It's a great read because she is a anti-racist, vegan, animal rights activist, and just "gets it". Best, Breezie I am JUST learning to pick my battles. It’s tough, but I’m now focusing on my emotional and physical health. This means I can’t be a martyr because it doesn’t do anything good for my health. Have you read pattrice jones’ book, “Aftershock”? She talks about how imbalanced it is to be “the martyr” within social justice activism. It’s a great read because she is a anti-racist, vegan, animal rights activist, and just “gets it”.

Best,
Breezie

]]> By: vegansofcolor http://vegansofcolor.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/why-this-blog/#comment-21 vegansofcolor Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:09:40 +0000 http://vegansofcolor.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/why-this-blog/#comment-21 Bryanna, I'm so glad that you're enjoying the blog! I'm always looking for new vegans of color to blog here -- so please let me know if you'd be interested. :) Bryanna,
I’m so glad that you’re enjoying the blog! I’m always looking for new vegans of color to blog here — so please let me know if you’d be interested. :)

]]> By: Bryanna http://vegansofcolor.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/why-this-blog/#comment-20 Bryanna Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:02:12 +0000 http://vegansofcolor.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/why-this-blog/#comment-20 Hi! I've been reading over your blog and I am so happy to find other vegans of color. As a Latina with 7+ years of being vegan under my belt, withstanding the misconceptions of both non-vegan POC and the mostly white vegans I have met has been interesting and isolating. I look forward to reading more! Hi! I’ve been reading over your blog and I am so happy to find other vegans of color. As a Latina with 7+ years of being vegan under my belt, withstanding the misconceptions of both non-vegan POC and the mostly white vegans I have met has been interesting and isolating. I look forward to reading more!

]]> By: vegansofcolor http://vegansofcolor.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/why-this-blog/#comment-18 vegansofcolor Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:41:57 +0000 http://vegansofcolor.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/why-this-blog/#comment-18 Breeze--I definitely hear you on it being too draining to respond to this kind of thing EVERY time! But I still find myself feeling guilty sometimes if I don't respond, like I'm letting the side down. Sigh. I know that self-care is a really important thing for activists to do, & sometimes that means just picking your battles. I just need to drill that into my head more so I actually DO that! Breeze–I definitely hear you on it being too draining to respond to this kind of thing EVERY time! But I still find myself feeling guilty sometimes if I don’t respond, like I’m letting the side down. Sigh. I know that self-care is a really important thing for activists to do, & sometimes that means just picking your battles. I just need to drill that into my head more so I actually DO that!

]]> By: breezeharper http://vegansofcolor.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/why-this-blog/#comment-14 breezeharper Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:59:00 +0000 http://vegansofcolor.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/why-this-blog/#comment-14 I decided not to use my energy to respond to this young lady, directly. It's just too much, emotionally, to respond to every SINGLE time someone tells me about their "colorblind" fantasy of the world. May be she'll "poke around" my site again and find the answer on my blog then if she WANTS to, she can research the concepts of talk about. IT will be her responsibility to educate herself if she does not understand what I have written about.... I decided not to use my energy to respond to this young lady, directly. It’s just too much, emotionally, to respond to every SINGLE time someone tells me about their “colorblind” fantasy of the world. May be she’ll “poke around” my site again and find the answer on my blog then if she WANTS to, she can research the concepts of talk about. IT will be her responsibility to educate herself if she does not understand what I have written about….

]]> By: vegansofcolor http://vegansofcolor.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/why-this-blog/#comment-13 vegansofcolor Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:06:25 +0000 http://vegansofcolor.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/why-this-blog/#comment-13 (& wow, my little tongue-sticking-out emoticon looks way more happy than it ought to when it got translated into an actual little graphic.) (& wow, my little tongue-sticking-out emoticon looks way more happy than it ought to when it got translated into an actual little graphic.)

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