Meet Vegan Girl

Welcome to XOXO Vegan Girl, a Vegan-Feminist journalism and philosophy blog that dissects all aspects of animal exploitation, regardless of species.

This blog began as a passion project, virtual portfolio, and general void for my ramblings to end up. I’ve always been a prolific writer with a passion for minimizing suffering in the world. This passion includes raising awareness for the unnecessary and unjustified abuse of non-human animals and women across the globe.

I was a full-time animal rights activist in my late teens. I even lived out of my car for six months to attend every slaughterhouse vigil, protest, and die-in I could. I lived off of granola bars and the generosity of other activists to get by. My in-person activism suddenly screeched to a halt, and I was forced to hang up my megaphone. I spent years wondering how I could return to activism with my new obstacles.

I had heard of Carol J. Adams’ Vegan-Feminist work in passing, but had yet to familiarize myself with it. As a birthday gift to myself, I bought her classics and began to read and annotate them extensively. The Sexual Politics of Meat changed my life and connected every dot in my head. It felt as though someone had taken the words from my brain and organized them into the most amazing book I’d ever read. I immediately hatched the idea for XOXO Vegan Girl, enrolled in community college, and got to work.

I began writing animal rights-related content for my college newspaper and was soon awarded the head writer position. Every paper I wrote for several English and journalism classes revolved around veganism and feminism. Not only was I teaching others about Vegan-Feminist theory, but I was also teaching myself, with Carol as my mentor.

XOXO Vegan Girl is here to serve as a guide for the modern individual looking to do better and as a resting place for my hours of research and critical theories. Veganism and feminism can not successfully exist without each other. There is an overwhelming amount of bigoted “vegans” and too many non-vegan “feminists.”

Here, you will learn about the abuse, exploitation, oppression, and violence that have bonded the issues of women’s liberation and non-human animal liberation since the beginning of time. Here, you will learn how to fight against these systems and choose compassion.

Here, you will learn what it means to be a Vegan-Feminist.

XOXO, Vegan Girl.