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Day 21 of Veganuary: Vegan Influencers, Essential Reading For Anyone Interested in Veganism

You don’t need to re-invent the wheel, find others who have traveled the path you are on and learn from them

Ali Hall
5 min readJan 21, 2022

“I don’t feel superior because I’m vegan. The truth is I’m vegan because I don’t feel superior to others” —Michele McCowan

Welcome to Day 21 You Dynamic Donkeys

👿 that is my facial expression when I found out what the vegan option was in a restaurant, which had reassured me they cater for vegans.

Are you ready for this one?

Simple, it is exactly the same as the set menu for the rest of the party I am with, but, minus the lump of meat. And guess what — I have to pay the same amount. So I get less food, no substitute or alternative and there is no change to the price.

Yes, we cater for vegans my arse!

On this occasion, I said nothing. It just so happened I wasn’t feeling very well and didn’t have much of an appetite, nor fight in me. But come on … isn’t this ridiculous! Their version of a vegan option was simply to remove the offending items from the plate…

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Ali Hall
Ali Hall

Written by Ali Hall

✍Well-being, feminism, personal growth & life observations. Childfree & owner of Life Without Children & Abnormally Normal. Lover of trail running & dogs.

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