Edamommy’s Vegan Diary: Main-stream Vegans
One edamommy attempts to cut meat out of her life.
My limited exposure to vegans included a co-worker who used to special order vegan jelly beans (without animal gelatin). He also patiently explained the notion of Tofurky to me (tofu-turkey). He was skinny and pale and, let’s just be honest here, no poster child to join Team Vegan.
But, I have been noticing more and more vegan cookbooks, diet books and even articles in the mainstream media about vegans. MLB pitcher Roger Clemens was asked by Congress in February 2008 during the steroid hearings if he was a vegan since he was receiving B12 injections (prompting a well known pro-vegan organization to send him an animal-free snack pack). NFL tight end Tony Gonzalez was featured in a January 2008 article about going on the vegan wagon (vagon). And, the lovely Natalie Portman has teamed up with té casan for an animal-free shoe line (these will be Edamommy - free since the prices are in the hundreds, unfortunately).
I think the increasin
g interest and action to be embrace the environment has made veganism very vogue. There are lists of celebrities on the internet who claim to be vegan (and I am sure the paparazzi are trying their best to catch them with a burger or milkshake).
Holy Buf-faux-lo Wings! I think there is a paparazzo rifling through my recycling right now to see if my yogurt containers are soy or not.
False alarm. Just a raccoon.
-”Edamommy” Mary Talalay is a writer for KIWI Magazine
March 26th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
I don’t mean to be cruel but your description of your vegan co-worker immediately made me think of the “Twig Boy” social worker in a past King of the Hill episode. heehee
Watch out for those raccoons - they can be mean buggers. And they have also been known to sell out to the paparrazi. Must be a rabies thing……..
March 27th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Hah - my colleague is the nicest guy. I haven’t seen Twig Boy but it wouldn’t hurt my friend’s feelings since he also didn’t watch any tv!
I think Natalie Portman has the right idea but I haven’t researched the materials in her shoes. If they’re petroleum-based, it eliminates the animal product but has its own negative impact on the environment.
There was an article in the Baltimore Sun about girls gone vegan. Happily my blog started before that, so it won’t be suggested that I am jumping on any blog-wagons.
Edamommy