1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogCanookhttps://www.happycow.net/blog/author/Canook/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="iFgjdOZ5ny"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/vegansexuality-explained/">Vegansexuality Explained</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/vegansexuality-explained/embed/#?secret=iFgjdOZ5ny" width="600" height="338" title="“Vegansexuality Explained” — HappyCow" data-secret="iFgjdOZ5ny" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Being a vegan people are always going to wonder how and why you do it. They’ll tell you “You don’t know what you’re missing,” and offer you a bite of their burger. Jokes will be made at your expense and far too often you’ll be dining on a garden salad, as it’s the only thing on the menu without an animal product. But who knew you’d also be marginalized and able to create hostility and animosity in others simply for dedicating yourself to a compassionate, cruelty-free lifestyle? A few months ago researcher Dr. Annie Potts, Co-Director for New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies, created a fervour when she uttered the phrase: Vegansexual. The unexpected result was a backlash of negativity and abuse hurtled at anyone who lived a cruelty-free life. Within hours of being posted on thepress.co.nz, there were heaps of articles, blogs, discussions and captions reacting to the original article. There was speculation, attacks, jokes and analysis, but what was missing was a little perspective from Potts herself on how the term came to be. Until now, that is. Potts describes the term vegansexual as a group of people who lead a cruelty-free lifestyle and prefer to be exclusively […]https://www.happycow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cropped-HappyCowSQUARE-2016-512.jpg512512