Veganarchy Issue #1 - Summer 2009
It’s finally here! The finishing touches have been added to the zine, and it is now ripe and ready for your gleeful vegan consumption.
Special thanks go out to the following contributors for this inaugural issue of the zine:
- Dee Allen
- Jenna and Bob Torres
- Elizabeth Fiend
There are three ways for you to enjoy the zine.
1. Paper version: As always, you can send us an email with “Zine Please” in the subject line requesting we snailmail you a [free] paper copy. Make sure to include your mailing address in the message body if you choose to go this route. We’re still working on labeling printed zines and mailing them out to those of you who have already requested one, so hang tight!
If you know of any sweet vegan or anarchist establishments that you think the zine would feel welcomed at, feel free to request a stack of them and we’ll mail them out to you for distribution.
You can also choose to download the zine in one of two .pdf versions. Click the links below to download:
2. Print version: If you plan to print the zine out on paper so you have a hard copy of it, this is the version for you. The .pdf is formated for printing on 6 double-sided pieces of paper folded in half.
3. Read version: If you simply plan to download the zine and read it on your computer without printing it out, this is the version for you. The pages are in chronological order and all links are clickable.
Enjoy, and please consider donating (see the site’s sidebar) or visiting the Veganarchy Store.
If you have anything you’ve created that you would like to be considered for inclusion in the next issue of the zine, you are in luck! Simply send it to us with the phrase “Zine Submission” in the subject line.
It is important that this phrase be included in the subject line because of the filters we use in our email. We don’t want to miss considering your submission simply because it didn’t end up in the correct spot in our inbox!
-Joshua Jud
Editor, Veganarchy Zine
Zine Please!
Hello my wonderful Veganarchy readers!
The publication date for the Summer 2009 issue of Veganarchy has been moved forward a few weeks, but things are looking good and soon enough we’ll be finished.
If you would like a free copy of this issue, all you have to do is the following:
- Send an email to total.veganarchy@gmail.com with the exact phrase “Zine Please” in the subject line (don’t include the quotation marks).
- This email should include your name and the mailing address you’d like us to send the zine to.
- Consider donating a buck or two (or more!) via the PayPal link in the sidebar to cover the postage and printing fees. (Optional!)
- Wait for zine to arrive in the mail.
- That’s it! No need for self addressed envelopes, or pesky postage stamps.
It has been a pleasure compiling and editing this first issue of the zine. We had many many submissions that we weren’t able to fit into this issue, but there’s good news! We accept submissions on a continual basis, so if there’s something you think would be a good addition to the next issue, feel free to send it to us at any time. You never know—your piece might end up in the next issue.
Thanks so much for the support and interest. Without you this humble publication would be nowhere.
-Joshua Judd
Editor, Veganarchy zine
Discovered this gem attached to a white Jeep Wrangler in a parking structure at Arizona State University.
If you stumble upon sweet vegan things that need to be photographed, send them to total.veganarchy@gmail.com. They may appear in the next issue of the zine!
Divided House, by Dee Allen
Published in Veganarchy zine, Summer 2009
We want your Vegan/Anarchist writings!
The Veganarchy zine is a free, independently published magazine, aka “zine.” It’s purpose is to provide an outlet for creatively-produced content regarding veganism (not vegetarianism), anarchism, and related issues.
Veganarchy is currently soliciting your vegan and/or anarchist content! Your writings, thoughts, opinions, ideas, musings, ruminations, comics, recipes, photos, drawings, etc. are ALL wanted!
Please send submissions to total.veganarchy@gmail.com, or if it cannot be sent electronically, to:
Veganarchy Zine
700 E. University Dr. #470
Tempe, AZ 85281
Every submission merits a free copy of the published zine!
Published copies are also available free on request.
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Submission deadline for the May/June issue: April 30, 2009.
Prospective release date for the first issue is May 7, 2009
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"Vegan-" vs "Animal-"
I’ve recently realized that the term “vegan-friendly” probably isn’t the most appropriate way to describe foods or other items that are vegan. I think a more appropriate term would be “animal-friendly.”
To me the former term implies that the vegan is the one who should be catered to because of their seemingly ascetic lifestance. I feel like this is deceiving and unfair to the beings who are truly being exploited at the expense of humans.
“Animal-friendly” seems much more appropriate. It is a descriptive term that is inclusive of the class that is truly being exploited: non-human animals.
I don’t necessarily expect humans to start using “animal-friendly” in the way they use “vegan-friendly,” but I think it is valuable to remind ourselves [as vegans] that it isn’t about us.
Let’s all stop being boo-hoo cry-baby vegans and remember that we aren’t “giving up” animal products, and we aren’t the ones “sacrificing” things we used to love. What we ARE doing is attempting to live morally and ethically, and doing so requires a certain set of behaviors. Adhering to that behavior set does not make us victims.
The victimization of vegans needs to stop. Vegans are not the victims in this specist world. Indeed, all humans (vegan or not), are a super-privileged class. Perhaps our language should start reflecting that.
Disgusting story about gruesome human behavior towards these beautiful animals.
“Dozens of horses disappearing in the dead of night only to be found stripped of skin and meat on a roadside. Other horses are discovered butchered in their stables by mortified owners.”
[Don’t buy puppies PSA]
Puppy mills are anti-vegan. If you’re tempted to support the harmful “non-human-animals-are-commodities” industry keep a few things in mind:
- selective breeding intended to keep the breed “pure” has harmful affects on the gene pool i.e. blindness, weak hips, breathing problems from flat noses
- many puppy mills keep the dogs in cramped, unclean cages with little food or water which can lead to malnutrition and the spread of disease
- females are forced to breed more often than is healthy; the demands placed on the mothers’ bodies are necessarily extreme to ensure maximal product production
- thousands of child-friendly shelter dogs are “euthanized” each day after being passed up by families searching for puppy-milled pure breeds
