Table of Contents and Excerpts

Excerpts from Vegan Freak: Being Vegan in a Non-Vegan World

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Veganism: how far should one go? Pages 20-22 from the book, this excerpt considers extending vegan ethics as far as possible in your life.

Simon the Sadist Pages 33-36, this excerpt describes a hypothetical that is useful for thinking about animal rights and the consumption of animals for food.

Repression and Truth Pages 63-66, this part talks about how most people would rather not know the truth about their food, and how they must repress that which they know about meat and how it gets to their table.

Family (or, Am I Related to These People?) Pages 70-72, this section discusses Sir-Mix-A-Lot, big butts, and how to deal with the emotionally explosive things that family can sometimes say.

Table of Contents from Vegan Freak: Being Vegan in a Non-Vegan World

There are 192 pages of vegan goodness in all. Here’s how it all breaks down:

chapter one: vegan and freaky

* The Health Nut and the Hippie
* Going Vegan: The Cold Tofu Approach
* How We Went Vegan
* Pathways to Veganism
* Perfection and the Vegan Police

chapter 2: in which we get all AR on you

* Simon the Sadist
* Speciesism
* Speciesism and Capitalism
* Veganism and Hunger: Truth and Fiction
* Vegan Health
* Fighting Animal Exploitation

chapter three: hell is other people

* Repression
* Family (or, “Am I really related to these people?”)
* Friends
* Does Somebody Have a Case of the Mondays?
* Dealing with Vegetarians
* Vegan? Vegetarian? Does it Matter?

chapter four: what DO vegans eat anyway?

* What is Vegan?
* But Beer is Vegan, Right?!
* What’s for Dinner?
* Surviving the Grocery Store
* Surviving the Restaurant
* On the Road Again: Vegan Travel
* Is Your Dog a Vegan?
* And Finally

chapter five: fur is dead. and leather too. and wool.

* But What Do I Do With the Old Leather?
* Pleather is Punk
* Vegan Cosmetics and Toiletries
* Don’t Read This Section if You’re Under 18

chapter six: go vegan, stay vegan

appendix a: 25 things you can do to get involved

appendix b: resources

* Internet Resources
* Vegan Food
* Books

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