Sistah vegan : black female vegans speak on food, identity, health, and society : /
Sistah Vegan is a series of narratives, critical essays, poems, and reflections from a diverse community of North American black-identified vegans. Collectively, these activists are de-colonizing their bodies and minds via whole-foods veganism. By kicking junk-food habits, the more than thirty contr...
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New York :
Lantern Books,
2010
New York : 2010 |
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1 Thinking and Eating at the Same Time: Reflections of a Sistah Vegan / Michelle R. Loyd-Paige
- 2. Veganism and Ecowomanism / Layli Phillips
- 3. Social Justice Beliefs and Addiction to Uncompassionate Consumption: Food for Thought / A. Breeze Harper
- 4. On Being Black and Vegan / Delicia Dunham
- 5. Nutrition Liberation; Plant-based Diets as a Tool for Healing, Resistance, and Self-reliance / Melissa Danielle
- 6. Young, Black, and Vegan / Joi Marie Probus
- 7. Veganism: Stepping Away from the Status Quo / Venus Taylor
- 8. Being a Sistah at PETA / Ain Drew
- 9. Hospital-sponsored Junk Food at a "Healthy" Bike-Riding Event? / Robin Lee
- 10. Black-a-tarian / Ma'at Sincere Earth
- 11. Identity, Freedom, and Veganism / Melissa Santosa
- 12. Terror / Tara Sophia Bahna-James
- 13. Eyes of the Dead / Mary Spears
- 14. I Am Sistah Vegan / Tosha Edwards
- 15. Gourmet Chef at McD's / Olu Butterfly Woods
- 16. To Eat or Not to Eat / Thea Moore
- 17. Stop Feeding Me Your Bullsh't / Tishana Joy Trainor
- 18. "What You Cooking, Grandma?" / Nia Yao
- 19. The Food and Sex Link / Angelique Shofar
- 20. Journey to Veganism / Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo
- 21. The Fulfillment of the Movement / Adama Maweja
- 22. Ma'at Diet / Iya Roet
- 23. Because They Matter / Tashee Meadows
- 24. Journey Toward Compassionate Choice: Integrating Vegan and Sistah Experience / Tara Sophia Bahna-James
- 25. Veganism and Misconceptions of Thinness as "Normal" and "Healthy": Sistah Vegans Break It Down in Cyberspace / A. Breeze Harper.
- Introduction: The birth of the Sistah Vegan Project / A. Breeze Harper
- Thinking and eating at the same time : reflection of a Sistah Vegan / Michelle R. Loyd-Paige
- Veganism and ecowomanism / Layli Phillips
- Social justice reliefs and addiction to uncompassionate consumption : food for thought / A. Breeze Harper
- On being Black and vegan / Delicia Dunham
- Nutrition liberation : plant-based diets as a tool for healing, resistance, and self-reliance / Melissa Danielle
- Young, Black, and vegan / Joi Marie Probus
- Veganism : stepping away from the status quo / Venus Taylor
- Being a sistah at PETA / Ain Drew
- Hospital-sponsored junk food at a "Healthy" bike-riding event? / Robin Lee
- Black-a-tarian / Ma'at Sincere Earth
- Identity, freedom, and veganism / Melissa Santosa
- Terror / Tara Sophia Bahna-James
- Eyes of the dead / Mary Spears
- I am Sistah Vegan / Tasha Edwards
- Gourmet chef at McD's / Olu Butterfly Woods
- To eat or not to eat / Thea Moore
- Stop feeding me your bullsh*t / Tishana Joy Trainor
- "What you cooking, grandma?" / Nia Yaa
- The food and sex link / Angelique Shofar
- Journey to veganism / Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo
- The fulfillment of the movement / Adama Maweja
- Ma'at diet / Iya Raet
- Because they matter / Tashee Meadows
- Journey toward compassionate choice : integrating vegan and Sistah experience / Tara Sophia Bahna-James
- Veganism and misconceptions of thinness as "normal" and "healthy" : Sistah Vegan break it down in cyberspace / compiled by A. Breeze Harper
- Afterword: Liberation as connection and the decolonization of desire / Pattrice Jones