BONUS: Should Vegan Advocates Be “Nicer”? A Hard Look at Power and Strategy

Jasmin and Mariann dig into the rising wave of criticism aimed at vegan advocates—from viral influencer callouts to a widely-shared Substack essay arguing animal activists should abandon rights-based advocacy for welfare reform partnerships with factory farmers. They push back on the idea that vegans are “too mean” or too purist, arguing that real change comes from strategic power, not likability, before landing on a century-old labor quote that still captures the arc of every social movement: ignore, ridicule, attack, then monuments.

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