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“I actually attack the concept of happiness. The idea that - I don’t mind people being happy - but the idea that everything we do is part of the pursuit of happiness seems to me a really dangerous idea and has led to a contemporary disease in Western society, which is fear of sadness. It’s a really odd thing that we’re now seeing people saying “write down 3 things that made you happy today before you go to sleep”, and “cheer up” and “happiness is our birthright” and so on. We’re kind of teaching our kids that happiness is the default position - it’s rubbish. Wholeness is what we ought to be striving for and part of that is sadness, disappointment, frustration, failure; all of those things which make us who we are. Happiness and victory and fulfillment are nice little things that also happen to us, but they don’t teach us much. Everyone says we grow through pain and then as soon as they experience pain they say “Quick! Move on! Cheer up!” I’d like just for a year to have a moratorium on the word “happiness” and to replace it with the word “wholeness”. Ask yourself “is this contributing to my wholeness?” and if you’re having a bad day, it is.” —Hugh Mackay (via aeloquence)
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“Cow-slaughter and man-slaughter are in my opinion the two sides of the same coin.” —Gandhi (via time4vegan)

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“According to the 2006 census, United States, has over 300 million people with 155 million being female. Recent studies also tells us more than 62% of american women today are a size 12 and above. Thats about 96 million plus size women. Wait, think for a second, it means for every 10 women that pass you in the mall at least 6 are considered “plus size”. All puns aside thats a very big number that you can’t help but notice. 96 million and all but only 5 actual plus size retail chains exist; Ashley Stewart, the Avenue, Lane Bryant, Torrid, and Catherine’s. Combined, those 5 brands have over 1200 retail stores to serve 96 million plus size women! If you do the math its about one store for every 80,000 women. I’m pretty sure that is the reason why I can never find anything in my size. Yes, we can now shop H &M (sometimes), Kmart, Macy’s, Target, and other stores but its just 5 solely dedicated to plus size with a selection mediocre at best. Here is the kicker: combined there are over 12,000 retail stores dedicated to the 59 million women under a size 12.” —KEKE DILLARD (via loveyourrebellion)

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“When people say that ‘backyard farming’ is better than ‘factory farming and industrialized slaughter,’ it demonstrates how low the bar has sunk and how little we think of ourselves. At what point did we make ‘industrialized slaughter’ the standard by which we measure our actions? We need to raise the bar so that the standards by which we measure our actions are the best and highest we’re capable of. When we make compassion that barometer, we recognize that ALL slaughter is the same and gives way to violence, desensitization, and the hardening of the heart. When we make compassion that barometer, we don’t settle for violence on a small scale. We aspire to kindness on a huge scale.” —Colleen Patrick-Goudreau (Vegan, American writer, activist, public speaker, and cooking instructor)

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One major assumption in this question: that eating meat and dairy is not controversial. If you mean to say that the consumption and exploitation of animals is not widely disputed due to health, environmental, and ethical concerns, then the assumption is incorrect. If what you…

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