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Sistah Vegan: Food, Identity, Health, and Society: Black Female Vegans Speak
Sistah Vegan is a unique gathering of reflections, poems, personal narratives, and critical essays from a diverse community of North American black-identified vegans who describe their many and varied motivations for deciding not to eat animal products. However, Sistah Vegan goes way beyond discussions of diet and lifestyle to examine veganism's intersection with race, nut
...moreHardcover, 209 pages
Published
March 2nd 2010
by Lantern Books
(first published October 2009)
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I wanted to like this book more than I did. The perspectives of vegans of color (and particularly vegan women of color) are much needed in our overall discussion of animals and health and the environment. Unfortunately the amateurish writing in most of the essays was a major turnoff. I wish that Harper had been able to enlist more WOC with writing experience. I did appreciate the diversity of the contributors (even if I was bored to tears by discussions of religion, pregnancy, and other topics t...more
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i like women, and i like eating consciously and living a cruelty-free lifestyle. but the vegan argument will always fall apart, in my eyes, when it comes up against small, family-owned farms that raise their meat animals humanely and eat whole foods themselves. that's the revolution i'll throw my weight behind, when it comes time for throwin'. plus, it will NEVER BE OK to say that a chicken is the same as an african human slave. a pig is not the same as a displaced, disenfranchised native americ...more
Mar 10, 2011
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A nice mix of essays and poetry! It's good to know that there's more to the vegan movement than snobby little white ladies like me.
I had a lit of expectations reading this book, often conflicting. Like, I both wanted to hear really strong anti-meat and animal products arguments, but I also cringed at the thought of reading "another angry vegan" rant. I really respect that this anthology contained a little of it all. The angry pieces were alright, but I was most moved by a piece about looking within and learning to listen to what your body wants. And also breeze's compilations of women's thoughts around body size and vegan i...more
I wanted to get this book as soon as I saw it - it seems very rare to come across a book about vegans from an African American woman's perspective. I've enjoyed the vegans of color blog and recently picked up Vegan Soul Kitchen, but I had yet to come across anything specific to African American women. And after reading, I think this is a great anthology. I was impressed with the diversity of experiences in the book and it was nice to find some voices that I could relate to. If you are a vegetari...more
So far, this book has been mind-blowing. I consider myself a socially conscious person, yet I've never questioned my consumption of sugar or coffee. Reading the chapter written by Breeze Harper was eye-opening, to say the least.
Hearing other black vegan women's perspectives on their lives as vegans has been refreshing, especially in light of the loud voices of middle-class white vegans.
Hearing other black vegan women's perspectives on their lives as vegans has been refreshing, especially in light of the loud voices of middle-class white vegans.
This is a must have book for those transitioning to vegetarianism or veganism. You do not have to be african american to enjoy this book. It allows you to see why different people have chose this lifestyle and why it works for them.
This book was life changing. The author of this book critically looks at veganism from an African American woman's point of view and assists us (black vegan women) in voicing our concerns about race, feminism and the
This was a nice collection of essays coming from a perspective that's rarely heard. I didn't agree with some of the arguments in some of the essays, but overall it was a good read.
Reading a book filled entirely with Black vegan women, invested in discussing not only animal rights, but also racism, classism, environmental justice, and food justice was super validating for me, as a person who's told all to often that I'm not "Black enough." Too bad it was penned by mostly academic cis women, many of whom seemed far too invested in ad hoc Afrocentric rituals based on the sanctity of the womb and some other gender essentialist, cissexist nonsense, to make room for the existen...more
Jan 23, 2011
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Most amazing book I've read about this topic. It covers everything: race, gender, ethics, etc.
May 18, 2010
Cy
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
vegans, women of color, vegetarians
Recommended to Cy by:
Breeze Harper
Shelves:
feminist-womanist,
health-nutrition-wellness
An excellent collection of essays exploring different intersections of blackness, wombanness and veganism. Most sophisticated and inspiring is Breeze's own commentaries and contributions. I also found Ain Drew's entry, "Being a Sistah of PETA" extremely interesting in that it brings to the table a living example of the ways in which the "mainstream" vegan movement mis and disconnects with communities of color. I really look forward to reading more of Breeze's work in the future.
This book debunks the myth that veganism is a "white thing," and is a must read for vegans and vegetarians of all colors.
Feb 07, 2012
Pam
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4 of 5 stars
Shelves:
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essays,
ethics,
food,
gender,
non-fiction,
racism,
sustainability,
theology-god,
animal-rights
Books of essays by many people can be such a mix, and this is. enough so that I would recommend the book wholeheartedly to very few, but the last essay, by Tara Sophia Bahna-James, to everyone.
amazing book!
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