BRIGHT Issue Five

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IN THIS ISSUE

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PAGE 10 IS MEGHAN MARKLE A VEGAN QUEEN? PAGE 12 SHEFFIELD’S VEGAN TAKEOVER PAGE 18 INTERVIEW WITH A VEGAN QUEEN: SARAH JANE CRAWFORD PAGE 22 SPOT THE BANANA

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PAGE 24 PLANTFACED WITH EM-J PAGE 26 NATURE IN MIND

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VEGAN QUEEN

PAGE 30 DID YOU GET MY MESSAGE? ETHICAL & SUSTAINABLE FASHION PAGE 38 CHILL TIME: JAKE FORREST, JAKE’S VEGAN STEAKS PAGE 42 JUSTICE FOR GRENFELL PAGE 44 FINDING YOUR PLACE IN A MOVEMENT PAGE 47 INSTA HEROES PAGE 48 CHILL TIME: ROU REYNOLDS, ENTER SHIKARI PAGE 56 COOL SHIT

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PAGE 58 THE POWER OF GETTING ANGRY PAGE 62 100 WOMEN YOU PROBABLY KNOW TOO PAGE 66 VEGAN QUEEN GOES ON A DATE PAGE 68 MAKING COMMUNITY THROUGH FOOD

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LET TER FROM THE EDITOR Hello and welcome to an all-new bigger and more beautiful Bright Zine.

This is Issue Five.

If you’ve picked up a copy of Bright before you’ll see some pretty significant changes to our format. We’re evolving, we’re growing, but we are still the same zero chill ethical lifestyle Laura Callan Editor Laura loves bears.

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magazine bringing you specially curated content on the culture, community and lifestyle

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around veganism, ethical living and wider society.

Building Issue Five has been a glorious labour of love, and I am so happy to be finially sharing it with you. With our growth and development we decided to use the space on

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our front cover, and gracing our first ever photographic cover is Rou Reynolds, singer,

Vanessa Sturman ™consciousnesslondon

songwriter and passionate frontman of Enter Shikari. We talked about everything from

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music to meditation, politics to veganism in his interview, don’t miss it on page 44.

Emma Thomas ™thevecologist Sareta Puri ™saretapuri Kate Fowler ™veganuary Sophie Daum ™sosodaum Tamsin Callan Creative Collaborator Tamsin loves donkeys.

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Christianna Quack ™vegan.stylist Stefanie Schneider™mua_stefanie_schneider Oliwia™oliworia

We’ve hit upon some big topics in this issue. I delved into the flipside of society’s obsession with positive thinking and found out how negative emotions are not only normal, but necessary for our mental wellbeing. Sareta Puri writes about veganism as a political stance, and we were very lucky to talk to Phoebe Montague of 100 Women I Know about her work around consent culture, sex and sexual assault.

Jannik™my.indigosoul Many of you have asked about subscription, and now with Issue Five we are (finally) Special thanks Rou Reynolds ™roureynolds Jacob Forrest ™jakesvegansteaks

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I want to give a huge shout out and thank you to everyone that collaborated with us on Issue Five, my amazing Queens Tamsin and Roxane, and everyone that has come on board with us to make this happen.

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I really try not to follow celebrity culture, and I am certainly not into the monarchy, but for the past few months I have been obsessed with finding out if it’s true. If Meghan Markle, American actress and future Princess / Duchess is actually, truly a Vegan Queen.

I’ve come to the conclusion that yes, she is. And here are just five reasons why:

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The royal family love to hunt and kill animals. Harry is known as an avid

It’s been reported countless times in the media recently that Meghan eats a mostly vegan diet and has apparently weaned Harry off meat. Just saying...

Meghan has said that she grew up as “young adult with a social consciousness to do what I could and speak up when I knew something was wrong.” She champions equality and has been an ambassador for UN Women and World Vision.

So here’s the thing, the monarchy is seriously

hunter who’s gone on boar hunts and

outdated. To be completely honest, I’m really quite

enjoys shooting birds. But this year Harry

anti-monarchy. They cost us £334million a year,

didn’t join the rest of the family for their

waste huge amounts of money refurbishing grand

traditional Boxing Day hunt, apparently

empty buildings, they hunt animals for fun and I

due to Meghan’s influence..

can’t even with the Queen’s furs.

Meghan actively refuses to wear fur

But if Meghan is the animal rights Vegan Queen I

and leather. She opts for faux fur and

believe she is, she could continue to really shake

previously wore vegan leather trousers

things up in there, be a positive role model for the

in her famed role as Rachel Zane in US

mainstream public and a force for real change. I am

television show ‘Suits’.

here for it. I embrace all Vegan Queens.

The official photographer for the wedding is Alexi Lubomirski: a vegan, social justice

NOTE: If Meghan’s Vegan Queen status has already

and animal rights activist.

been unveiled around the time of the wedding or some

I mean, come on...

time before you read this, told you so!

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SHEFFIELD’S VEGAN TA K E O V E R This is hands down our favourite place to eat in .

Sheffield In an area of Sheffield lovingly referred to as ‘the lentil belt’, Make No Bones dishes up a proper bounty of vegan food. Their menu changes every few

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months, and each new iteration keeps blowing our socks off. Favourite dishes from the past include ribs and mac n cheese, Mexican lasagne, fish finger sandwich, avocado wings, philly cheese steak sandwich – you

Written by Laura Lightfinch and Sam Lightfinch of Pig Out Zine

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When it comes to food diversity, Sheffield has seen a revolution over the past five years. A complete overhaul from gravy on everything to a thriving food scene that is putting veganism front and centre.

We’ve been vegan just three years and can remember not being able to eat out and getting excited whenever a rogue carton of almond milk appeared somewhere. Now, you struggle to find a coffee shop without various plant milks and a real wide selection of vegan food.

It might be our hometown and we may be biased, but we think Sheffield is the best place in the North of the UK for vegan food. It’s a big claim, yeah, but we’ll take anyone who says otherwise on some kind of delicious food crawl to prove our point.

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get the vibe. It should be top of your list when you visit.

85A Chesterfield Rd, Sheffield, S8 0RN

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STE E L C ITY C AKES Blue Moon Cafe has been around for as long as we When we first went vegan, Steel City Cakes helped

can remember, and that’s a long time. It’s right in the

us stick to the lifestyle no end. They taught us that we

city centre which makes it easy to get to from the

didn’t have to give up cakes. When you first enter the shop you’re greeted by two cake counters overflowing

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train. The set up is a bit like a school canteen, but don’t let that bother you because the food is great.

with amazing vegan cakes. They’ve got plenty of hot and cold drink options to keep you refreshed too. The worst part of Steel City Cakes is deciding what to have!

436 Abbeydale Rd, Sheffield, S7 1GN

BLUE MOON CAFE

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There’s daily hot and cold specials, plenty of salad and bites to eat... plus cake. All the vegan options are clearly labelled.

2 St James Row, Sheffield, S1 2EW

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VEGAN OPT I ONS EVERYWHERE

Burgers and freakshakes – count us in. It’s hard writing words about this place when you’re probably still drooling over the picture of the milkshake and sending it to your friends saying “let’s go, let’s go”. A food coma never tasted so good.

430 Abbeydale Rd, Sheffield, S7 1FQ

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THE INCREDIBLE NUTSHELL There’s shops and then there’s 100% fully vegan shops. Guess which one The Incredible Nutshell is?

You betcha, everything they sell is vegan and they sure manage to get a huge selection into a little shop – I’m talking fake prawns to fresh bread, toilet roll to cookies, coconut flour to ice cream. Well worth sticking your head in to stock up your kitchen shelves, if you manage to not eat it all on your way home.

31 Chesterfield Rd, Sheffield, S8 0RL

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T WI ST ED BURGER CO

T HE RED DEER

As if there wasn’t enough junk food options already

A strong favourite of ours from back in our university

on the table, there’s Twisted Burger Company who

days when we used to go out every night. The Red

are a firm favourite with Sheffielders. Their burgers

Deer’s take on typical pub grub is awesome – you

are stacked high and stuffed with ingredients. They

get well nice food for great prices. They have lots of

always have vegan options, and they’ve been known

clearly labelled vegan options, in fact the last time we

to do an extra vegan special every few months.

went in both puddings were vegan. Check that.

267 Fulwood Road, Sheffield, S10 3BD

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Yup, vegan sushi. Edo is a wonderfully small

Taaaaapas. We reckon The Beer Engine was the first

takeaway shop tucked away in one of the city centre’s

Sheffield pub to base its menu around weekly-

side streets. Perfect for grabbing a bite to eat at lunch

changing tapas dishes, and we love nothing more

and then sitting in one of the city’s green spaces or

than grabbing some cold beers and loading the table

museums. They do a vegan lunch box which is dead

up with small plates of goodness. They post the menu

cheap before 12.30pm and they are super helpful if

every week on Instagram so you can see what’s

you want something hot off the menu. Their inari is

vegan, and the staff are super knowledgeable about

what sweet dreams are made of.

vegan drinks.

26 High Court, Sheffield, S1 2EP

17 Cemetery Rd, Sheffield, S11 8FJ

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T HE T RAMSHED The new kid on the block is The Tramshed. The pub opened last summer in the ‘Vegan Quarter’, home to Make No Bones, Steel City Cakes and The Burger Garden to name a few. They’ve now opened The Tramshed Kitchen, offering up incredible Asianinspired foods with plenty of vegan options. Think Tofu Bánh mì, Bento boxes, noodle bowls, kimchi and huge coconut and black sesame crackers. It’s a bar so there are plenty of drinks on offer, and there’s vegan dessert too.

51 Chesterfield Rd, Sheffield, S8 0RL

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INTERVIEW WITH A VEGAN QUEEN: S A RA H - J A N E C RAWFORD Interview by Vanessa Sturman, The Vegan Larder

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For the latest in the Interview With A Vegan

Tell us about your vegan journey

Queen series we spoke to the charismatic Sarah-

Next month will be my 3 year vegan anniversary.

Jane Crawford, who’s going from strength to

It was summer 3 years ago I talked about going

strength in both the vegan and mainstream

vegan on a radio show for just 2 weeks as a joke!

spaces.

And then that was it. I gave up all animal products,

While she is best known for being a TV and radio

including leather and just realised I’d never eat

presenter, in particular on BBC Radio 1Xtra and The

another living being. And I keep these standards.

Xtra Factor, she is also making waves in the vegan

For example, I just finished a show for ITV raising

world. Currently an ambassador for Veganuary, she

awareness for cancer. Myself and a group of

is speaking up for animals and showing others how

women went to see Moulin Rouge in Paris and we

easy being vegan can be. The foodie also tells me

had to dress up for a photo shoot. I felt awkward

about her exciting new app which has launched,

because of feathers in costumes, which were from

Viappi, which directs you to the nearest veggie and

real birds. For me, I just couldn’t see the beauty

vegan eateries, and provides delicious and simple

in the feathers knowing this. The producers

recipes you can make at home.

eventually created chiffon feathers for me. I don’t

solving the problem of where to find vegan food.

something which is clean, colourful and fresh, and

judge anyone else who was there - everyone is on

In terms of my other goals, I’d love my own chat

really helps people with this lifestyle. So I’ve also

What have been your biggest motivators in life?

their own journey. It was really important for my

show or TV network, being able to speak to the

made it free. Available globally on the App Store

In my career and personal life I am fascinated

integrity to do this. I love who I am because of it;

most inspiring people in world. But I get easily

and then on the Google Play store later this year.

with realising potential. I felt I had a gift to be a

that I am conscious and give a damn.

distracted, so I want to focus on the app first. And

There are so many incredible vegan and

of course I want to carry on being an ambassador

vegetarian eateries I never would have known

for veganism on a mainstream platform.

about before I was vegan, like Cookdaily,

communicator, to educate, inspire, so I’m using that. And not just realising potential for myself,

What’s the next big thing for you – vegan and

but for anyone around me. I get fascinated when

otherwise?

I speak with people as I see they have a lot of

Well, I don’t know what will happen next in terms of

So let’s talk more about this exciting app, Viappi.

know about these, and that you can have

untapped potential. For me, veganism is a natural

consciousness. I know my main goal is to grow the

So it’s an app which tells you the nearest

amazing burgers, and fish and chips. I want to

part of that self-evolution journey I’m always on -

vegan app, Viappi, so people can search for vegan

vegetarian or vegan restaurant, as well as having a

represent them in the best light with appealing

for health, the planet, and for those around me.

restaurants. I want it to be the Number 1 place for

whole host of incredible recipes. I wanted to create

pictures.

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There is such a big market for fast food in veganism,

So while we’re on food, what is your favourite

and my default is eating junk – how amazing would

that we can find on your Viappi?

it be to have a vegan version of McDonalds?! While

At the moment is the lentil bolognaise on the Viappi

I don’t want that every day, I want to show people

app. I’ve made it about 70 times! I get obsessed

you can still use a microwave and be vegan!

with one recipe, and I’ll make it again and again

Some of the recipes on the app are a collaboration

and again. This is a great dish as there’s loads of

with Anna Karabel who’s sold millions of recipe

protein, and I also love pasta. But there are so many

and kids’ books. I wanted to work with someone

delicious recipes on the app which I love to tuck into.

who wasn’t vegan, and Anna is actually exploring the plant-based world. I’ll happily sit down in a non-

You haven’t always been in the vegan industry,

vegan restaurant and order vegan food, this plants

what advice would you give to people who are in

the seeds of veganism. I’ve also got my own recipes

non-vegan industries but still want to make an

on there – I wanted to represent the working-class

impact in veganism?

girl from South-East London. I didn’t grow up eating

The strategic way is to find an angle, for example, if

broccoli and quinoa. I want to eat tofu and chips,

you’re someone passionate, maybe say something

and mac’n’cheese. But I also have stir fry and

different to what everyone is saying or focus on a

chocolate gateau; anything you think wouldn’t be

different group like teenagers or the elderly. Or even

vegan. It’s very important to me that I excite people

vegan school dinners.

who are not vegan to eat the food.

You can have an impact in so many ways. If you live in a poor area, you can go to the local council estate and talk to kids outside of chicken shops.

What advice would you give to anyone looking to be a success?

When it comes to your ideas, the execution doesn’t need to be perfect, it just needs to exist – once it exists it never goes away. Even if it exists in a very basic form it can evolve, and you can bring people in. It was Les Brown who said don’t die with your ideas still inside your head, and this is advice I’d give to other people. The best way to start is just to start. Don’t let perfectionism be your paralysis.

Download Sarah-FJane’s new app Viappi from your device’s app store. See more from Sarah FJane at

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Keeping your skincare and beauty routines vegan and free from

N O N S L I P FAC E Ok so you have created the flawless base, eyebrows to die for and your contour is on point! Off to slay the day.

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In this issue, Em-FJ brings you this season’s top five cruelty-free, all-vegan beauty and skincare products.

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H I TT I N G T H E B O TT LE The sun is out so it’s time get those pins out and be proud to gallivant them around town. 3ody 3lur is conjured up by the luxurious brand Vita Liberata and is designed to smooth, contour and illuminate skin, and my oh my it does just that! Not only is it vegan and cruelty

N O M O R E PA N DA EY ES If your eyes tends to smudge more in summer it could be due to slightly oily eyelids which will play havoc with mascara. Waterproof make-up can be a godsend for smudge-proof eyes and is great for general day to day as well as the beach! Eyeko Yoga Mascara is totally waterproof and made up of wonderful ingredients such as matcha green tea, botanical fruit extracts including strawberry, blueberry, blackberry and vitamin e for an antioxidant boost. It’s pretty much a smoothie for your lashes!

free, it’s also completely free from parabens, perfume,

Yoga Waterproof Mascara £ 9

alcohol and sulphates. Smother over your legs, arms and

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décolletage for supermodel skin without the Photoshop.

3ody 3lur £29.5

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It’s a complete myth that vegan and cruelty free make-up has to break the bank and Revolution proves just that. At just £15 from Superdrug, the Revolution HD Luxe palettes have an impressive 35 eyeshadows - thats just 42p a shade! Surely this is daylight robbery! The Amplified Luxe palette has a wide range of wearable neutral shades and muted pops of colour to suit everyone, they are super easy to blend and packed with

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Revolution Amplified Luxe Palette £ 5

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N AT U R E I N M I N D Written by Emma Thomas BSc(hons) MSc FLS ™thevecologist Illustrations by Roxane Dewar ™roxane_dewar

Have you ever had the urge to stop everything

from the United Nations reveal that 77% of people

you’re doing and just get outside? Maybe you’re

in the most developed regions inhabit cities. Green

gazing longingly out of the window or suddenly

and blue spaces benefit us in a number of ways.

obsessed with booking that weekend away in the

They facilitate physical activity that helps to combat

countryside. The natural world is a great escape.

and alleviate depression and anxiety, they create

There are endless wonders to discover, it gives us

social networks and sustainable communities

opportunities to get our bodies moving and we get

which, in turn, combats loneliness and can improve

a good dose of vitamin D. But there’s more to our

the environment by reducing air pollution.

connection to the natural world than wanting to blow away the cobwebs and top up our tans.

But how does nature itself benefit our mental wellbeing? Pathways linking the mind and green

In 1984 the biologist Edward O. Wilson put forward

spaces include ‘involuntary attention’ and ‘soft

the biophilia hypothesis in his aptly titled book

fascination’. ‘Involuntary attention’ is associated

Biophilia. He reasoned that humans have an inborn,

with natural stimuli like trees, water and patterns of

genetic affinity for the natural world that binds us to all

light which encourage the mind to disengage from

living things and is the very essence of our humanity.

the stresses of everyday life, encouraging recovery

Being apart from the natural world is not our evolved

from mental fatigue. ‘Soft fascination’ refers to

state of being and with loss of contact with other floral

the way in which nature shifts our attention in an

and faunal species our mental health deteriorates.

automatic and effortless way creating a restorative effect. This is in contrast to the high demands on

Wilson’s hypothesis speaks to me both professionally

our attention that is required to function in the hustle

as a biologist and personally. I’ve struggled with

and bustle of the urban jungle.

mental health issues for a number of years and on closer self-reflection I noticed a pattern: whenever I

Multiple studies from various countries have found

spent more time in the presence of nature, during

lower levels of depression, anxiety and stress with

fieldwork expeditions or casually at the weekend,

increased green spaces in urban areas. Studies

my mental health improved.

have also revealed that even just viewing nature from a window or on an electronic device can be

I know I’m not alone. In the UK, 1 in 4 people

beneficial to psychological restoration and short

experience mental health problems each year.

exposure of 40 seconds to natural scenes improves

Globally, mental health and behavioural disorders

concentration in the workplace.

account for 7.4% of the burden of disease and

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depression is now the world’s leading cause

Cities across the world are embracing biophilic

of disability. Research has suggested that the

design, some more successfully than others. It is

increasing trend in mental health disorders is linked

often the case that good quality integrated green

to increasing urbanisation with reduced access to

and blue spaces within city centres are more of

the natural environment being a key issue. Statistics

a statement with a good sum of money invested

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in creation and maintenance. As much as the

development agency. She identified Singapore’s

government and local councils are acknowledging

land constraints under the pressure of an increasing

the benefits of green spaces compromises are often

population and she set out to make high density living

made. From my experience in ecology consulting

actually liveable.With rising populations worldwide

authorities could do much more to push for greener

and increased urbanisation urban planners need to

urban areas and sustainability. Imagine if every bus

be taking a serious look at the blueprint established

stop had a green roof. Imagine walking through

by Singapore and begin acting.

central London and seeing green walls on every block. Imagine if tower blocks looked like vertical

But what can you do today, tomorrow or next

gardens. Now think of how it would make you feel.

week to begin to improve your mental wellbeing

Are you still trudging along to that next meeting or are

with nature? Get out there! Go for a walk, join a

you enjoying the experience a bit more? Maybe you’re

community garden group, have a picnic with your

not quite as worried about that meeting. Also, consider

friends, look for outdoor exercise classes, get hiking

the positive impacts this would have on biodiversity.

with a walking group, visit an animal sanctuary, bring more greenery into your home, get yourself

To get some serious ‘greenspo’ take a look at what

down to your local nature reserve. It may be easier

the self-proclaimed Garden City, Singapore has

said than done when you don’t even want to get out

achieved. Singapore is both a country and an island

of bed but never have I ever regretted time spent

half the size of London with approximately 5.75 million

amongst the beauty of this planet.

inhabitants. Since 2008, Singapore has made green building compulsory which means developments

Moving forward we need to raise our voices in favour

are designed to use less resources like energy and

of nature. Pressure your council and MPs to adopt

water and aim to improve the indoor environment.

greener development that is not only sustainable but

More recently, new development must include plant

breathes life into our cityscapes. It is so incredibly

life. Life is woven into buildings as green walls and

important to make room for nature within our urban

roofs. Any greenery lost through development is

areas to increase biodiversity, improve our mental

replaced as high rise terraces and gardens. You

health and to enrich our day to day lives. Always

can even find these gardens connecting high rise

remember that if you look after nature, nature will

buildings where you can do your early morning jog

look after you. We can exist in a concrete jungle but

or calisthenics. I don’t know about you but even

we cannot truly live in it.

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thinking about this is making me happier and I’ve not even mentioned the parks, the 3 million trees, the

Emma is a professional ecologist. Having worked

hundreds of kilometres of recreational trails and the

for many years in research on the front lines of

virgin rainforest at the heart of the island. Much of

conservation she now works full time in ecology

this vision-come-to-life was thanks to Cheong Koon

consulting. She is also currently giving talks

Hean, the first woman to lead Singapore’s urban

nationwide about plastic pollution.

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that I’ve drilled it into them because I think when you

know your parents aren’t going to like it. But it was my

first go vegan it’s like you want the world to know the

way of, not rebelling but dabbling, trying something,

truth and friends can get a bit freaked out. But it’s hard

experimenting, so I tried it. I think I just built up a

not to take it on board, it’s facts, the health facts, the

tolerance with veganism over time and I didn’t make

environmental facts and obviously the moral side of

the connection, I started to get the wool over my eyes.

things, it makes sense, when you can live a perfectly

So I did things completely the other way round to most

healthy and positive life without any blood and bones

people. I don’t regret it, it’s something I’ve done and

then it just makes sense.

I’ve learnt from, and I don’t think I would’ve been able

For the first half of my life we didn’t have internet of

to apply the same knowledge and experience to my

course, my parents didn’t show us factory farming

company if that makes sense. Jake’s Vegan Steaks

videos, but I was told that it wasn’t right to eat animals. I

probably wouldn’t be what it is without my experience

didn’t make the connection, I hadn’t watched an animal

of eating meat.

suffer or die. Then, when I became an adult, I had to

After college finished I went to Miami for a year, worked

push myself to watch all that stuff and it’s cemented why

in a members club and got the hospitality bug. I love

I’m doing what I’m doing.

the pressure, I love having to think on your feet and obviously I love eating the food. I ate a lot of rubbish meat in America, a lot of pumped up chicken breasts

WAS IT WORKING WITH FOOD THAT LED YOU TO START EATING MEAT?

C H I L L T IME : JA K E F OR R E S T

and a lot of steak. I came back and worked in Harrods, then I worked for a steakhouse in Soho. I think a lot of

I went to culinary college and did a hospitality

inspiration has come from that. Believe it or not I was

management course where we spent six months in

actually veggie again when I worked there but I hadn’t

front of house learning how to run a restaurant, and

fully made the connection again.

then six month in the back where you learn everything

I was at a stage in my life where I knew the direction

-classic French chopping, chef knife skills. It got round

I wanted to go in, but I still wasn’t ready to leave fine

to carving and dissecting a bird. And I just knew, it

dining. I realised towards the end of my stint at that

was like when you try your first cigarette, you know its

restaurant that I didn’t want to work with meat for much

against your values, you know you shouldn’t do it, you

longer, I was selling more meat than I ever had been. I

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YOU WERE BORN VEGAN, HOW HAS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH VEGANISM BEEN?

HOW DID YOUR PARENTS REACT WHEN YOU STARTED EATING MEAT?

I grew up vegan, my parents were the original boho

My mum went nuts when I first tried it. I knew it wasn’t

hippies thirty years ago, so I grew up on Crank’s

for me until I was 16. Yeah, my parents were pretty

Cookbooks, food all homemade from scratch so that’s

bummed out, my sister as well. I did go through a stage

always been a part of my life. I went to culinary college

when they weren’t against me but they were like, “Don’t

when I was 16 and that’s when I really discovered meat.

you feel wrong when you eat it?” My sister was just like,

I’d never been around meat, so for me it was weird. I

“It’s weird bro, it’s fucking weird, it’s a corpse,” and I

had tried a piece of chicken leg when I was five years

was like, “Shut up.” You know I just didn’t want to make

old at a party and it was so weird, so foreign. I knew it

the connection, but little things like that do grow. I’ve

was flesh, I could taste that it was a piece of flesh.

got friends that have recently turned vegan and it’s not

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knew that I needed to start my own company. I started

example in the last year or two, everyone has become

working on Jake’s Vegan Steaks, I discovered seitan. I

a lot more conscious and mindful eating is massive

tried a seitan burger at VegFest in 2015 and tasted how

at the moment, whether you want to call it veganism

meaty it was and I knew it could convert people. I knew

or not. I think just don’t give people a hard time and

if I offered it to my meat eating friends they would like it.

educate them if you’re confident enough to. Find out

It was incredible, I researched it and no one was doing

where they’re at with making the connection. A lot of

anything with it. It’s an ancient meat substitute, it’s been

people with the health side first if they’re scared of the

around for a thousand years. I had decided I was never

ethics because the ethics is a big slap in the face. I feel

going to work with meat again. And that was it, I left

you have to push yourself a little bit because otherwise

my job and I’ve been with Jake’s Vegan Steaks since

it becomes more of a diet.

February 2017. So it’s been a year full time now and it has been great.

HOW HAVE YOU FOUND BEING A VEGAN ENTREPRENEUR? Exciting, and challenging but I like variety. I think I’ve

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THE COMMUNITY IS GROWING, WHAT DO YOU THINK IT NEEDS? I think our community needs to reach out to areas where veganism isn’t booming at the moment, we know its all popping off in East London but the thought of having to travel that every time you want to have a decent meal is frustrating at times. I feel that our community needs to branch out a little bit and to take risks in terms of

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Just get an understanding of their journey, see what led

I’ll be fresh back from EatDrinkVegan in LA and looking

them to go back to eating meat. Ask questions rather

forward to a really busy festival season with some pop-

than preaching. Be understanding of their journey,

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FINDING YOUR PLACE Written by Sareta Puri ™saretapuri

I am confident in why I am vegan, how I choose

Calling out plant-based eaters or anyone else that

This is very much a diet. It is not a political

And with any social movement we have to accept

to live as a vegan and my beliefs relating to

doesn’t conform to your exact definition of veganism

movement. To some vegans this is outrageous and

the role that privilege might play.

veganism.

is not helpful or inclusive.

not far enough.

But there are so many nuances in every individual,

But this is where it gets tricky. Veganism is a political

Sure, it bothers me seeing the vegan movement

from scratch at home but that needs to come with

situation, society or community to be considered.

issue and that cannot be denied. Sticking your

most commonly represented by the latest food

information, access and ability that many people

fingers up at the social norms that have become so

trends and so little on activism. But activism isn’t

might lack. Not understanding that is a privileged

Becoming vegan can be a completely life-changing

ingrained in society that make consuming the flesh

sexy. Yoga and smoothie bowls clearly are.

position to be in already.

process. You may question a lot of beliefs and

and products of other creatures acceptable and

practices that were common in your everyday life

allowing big businesses to profit from the suffering

Before annihilating someone for living a different

We therefore cannot expect every vegan to stand up

before.

of others.

form of veganism to you, it’s important to recognise

and declare that they are political vegans. But we

that we live in a non-vegan world and have to accept

can support every small step that is taken to reduce

Yes, a vegan diet is generally cheaper if cooked

When you first become vegan people tend to be all

If you are against animal husbandry or if you want

that most people are conditioned to consume

the impact on this planet, provide more education,

consumed by it. From what foods to eat – or not

the planet to be a more prosperous place there is

animal products or undertake every day practices

more information and more choices. By doing this

eat – to what other aspects of your life you may

little chance that you are doing it out of pure selfish

that are knowingly or unknowingly harmful to others.

and creating a different way to engage will make

evaluate including products tested on animals, the

needs. You are doing it because you care. You care

Therefore, every step that someone takes to lessen

veganism more accessible and more sustainable.

role of poorly treated humans in production or living

about the world we live in and you are willing to

their impact on the planet and reduce oppression

a lower impact life more generally.

make a stand through what you choose to consume

is valid.

Whilst some of us might live in a vegan bubble

– physically, emotionally and politically.

So what does it truly mean to be vegan? For me,

– I work, live and breathe veganism often to the Perhaps behind closed doors and away from the

detriment of my awareness on the wider world

it is a political choice. It is not just a lifestyle and it

Veganism thus goes much further than animal

Instagram lens we so commonly live through more

– we have to remember how veganism can be

certainly isn’t a diet.

rights. It seeps into equality for all oppressed parts

people are taking place in campaigns, growing their

viewed by those on the outside and even on the

of society – be it people of colour, sexuality, gender,

own veg, using less unsustainable products and

fringes.

disability, poverty, class and many more.

engaging in conversations that are planting a seed

Yes, there are people that follow plant-based diets

somewhere.

but do nothing else conforming to veganism. I won’t

Just talking to non-vegans makes you realise the

diss them as they are still lessening their impact on

This means that there is more to veganism than

the entire planet and its populations, both animal

whether or not I’ve tried the latest fake meat burger

Perhaps people are being political.

gulf that exists. One of the most effective collective actions we can take is to be non-judgemental and

and human.

or where my favourite places for vegan brunch are.

And perhaps they are not.

be understanding to those within and outside the

But for many veganism doesn’t go beyond these

movement.

Perhaps being plant-based is as far as they can

But would I call them vegan? No.

choices and is about being plant-based.

or will take it. For all sorts of reasons – it could be

Compassion is one of the primary drivers of

However, if they want to identify as vegans that is

Plant-based suggests that someone abstains

access to information, it could be awareness, it

veganism. Which is why we must accept any

up to them. It is nobody else’s place to devalue

from animal products in their diet. Not always in

could be financial, it could be health considerations.

differences within this movement – be it political,

others by saying they are not this or not that or

the entirety as I have seen plant-based diets and

I wouldn’t want to call them out and make a

lifestyle or dietary – to support one another and

not enough.

establishments that still use egg or dairy.

judgement on what they are doing.

reach out to those that to us aren’t as woke.

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CHILL TIME: ROU REYNOLDS Interview and photos by Laura Callan ™lauralollipop

Meet Rou Reynolds, the frontman and chief songwriter of Enter Shikari. The four piece have over 15 years under their belt, with five albums, worldwide tours and huge festival appearances. Enter Shikari have a history of releasing politically-charged songs and albums, reacting to what’s happening with our governments, the environment and the wider social climate.

Their last album The Spark entered the UK charts at number 5 in September 2017. Released in the time of Brexit realisations, austerity and Trump you’d be forgiven for expecting this album to be a fireball of political frustration, but Enter Shikari have been speaking about all these issues for years. Not wanting to repeat themselves, songwriting throughout The Spark is full of wide political themes while reflecting on a more personal political anguish.

Editor Laura Callan caught up with Rou while he enjoyed at home month between international tours, to talk about creativity, emotions, the dark side of social media and veganism as a political stance.

HOW IS YOUR MONTH OFF TOUR GOING?

HAVE YOU ALWAYS BEEN CREATIVE, EVEN AS A KID?

It’s going well, I’ve just been working. I’m trying to

Yeah I think so. My teachers at primary school

start edging my way into being a writer-producer

found it funny how my stories were apparently

outside of Shikari so I’m writing different things for

pretty good for my age but would just go on and

different people and trying to get into that world.

on and I could never finish, I’d get really into it and

It’s always weird when we come back from tour, I

make these really in-depth plots for an eight year

don’t really see the other guys because they’re in St

old. So I think that was my first jump into creative

Alban’s and very family orientated now, Chris and

stuff, and then I started playing the trumpet which

Rory both have kids, so they go into Dad mode and

was the influence of my Nan, she loves big band

family mode, and I’m just with a flatmate and my

and jazz music so I basically wanted to be Louis

cat so I have all the time in the world. I’m a total

Armstrong or Glenn Miller or something like that.

workaholic so I just trap myself in my room and start

Then I discovered guitar music, indie, Britpop and

making beats or whatever, so I’ve just been doing

eventually the local punk and hardcore scene and

that really.

got into all types of music.

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ENTER SHIKARI HAVE QUITE A POLITICAL VOICE, HAVE YOU ALWAYS BEEN QUITE POLITICALLY AND SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS? I certainly wasn’t outside of music. I’m not a very assertive person, or massively confident in my opinions, which I think is a bit of a double edged sword. I think it’s good to have self-doubt and question your views and stuff, but I certainly

YOU HAVE A WIDE MUSIC TASTE, WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO?

wouldn’t be the one down the pub or at school pushing conversation in a political direction or

Because we’ve just started up doing Shikari Sound

having an intense view and trying to get people

System DJ sets again we haven’t done it for a year

to agree. It’s probably through music that I found

because of The Spark and tours and everything, I’ve

more of an outlet to approach those things. I started

only just started getting back into dance music, and

getting interested in social justice stuff, and that

just sort of catching up with drum’n’bass and house

was all from music. The first thing was that our local

and what’s happened in the last sort of 12 months

council tried to shut down our local youth club where

and trying to rebuild our Shikari Sound System set,

we had all our gigs, and that’s been the way of life

because it’s a predominantly a drum’n’bass set

for the last 10 years with venues being shut down

really. That’s mostly what I’ve been listening to.

for tower blocks and luxury apartments, but it was

We had Single Mothers with us on the American tour

their reasoning that pissed me off. They thought

we just finished, I’d listened to them a bit before the

that this place was a hub for drugs and fights and

tour and I liked them, but then by halfway through

in reality it was this place that was getting kids off

the tour I just absolutely loved them. It’s like really

the streets and out of that, it was this community

simple garage punk I guess. I listen to The Cure a

of local bands and it was a very positive thing. So

lot and other sort of jangly post-punky stuff.

that immediately gave me a distrust for authority on

The Cool Runnings soundtrack! I was doing a lot of

a small, local scale, which then blossomed out into

assembling flat pack furniture - the new studio desk

other things.

and things - the other day and I thought, “What’s

I think growing up in a punk scene and seeing bands

good music that’s going to keep me upbeat and in

that would speak about things, band members

a good mood and not too angry when I can’t find

would give a speech on stage or I’d be looking at

the right screw or whatever?” And I thought some

lyrics to see what they meant, because when you’re

reggae, and I’d had a conversation that had touched

young you can’t understand everything that they’re

on Cool Runnings the other day, so that was it.

talking about. I remember listening to Rage Against The Machine when I was about 15 and I was like

THIS ALBUM IS MORE PERSONAL AND EMOTIONAL, DO YOU FEEL IT’S IMPORTANT FOR MEN PARTICULARLY TO OPEN UP AND TALK ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS AND EXPERIENCES? The acceptable emotions of frustration anger and grrrr emotions. That’s definitely a problem especially in Britain, and luckily in the last few years it’s become a real talking point. Just with that much-quoted fact that the largest killer of males under 40 is suicide, there’s clearly something going on here. I think the British Victorian-era stiff upper lip attitude has pervaded our isles for far too long and still does, but at least it’s now being criticised and talked about. Personally, my parents are still together and still make time for us and we have a good relationship so I was always sort of able to talk to them. Until we got to a sort of a wall when it came to an instance of drugs or something, my parents wouldn’t want to understand anything about it. Whereas now it’s completely changed, my Dad has even attempted growing weed which is hilarious considering he almost threw me out of the house for smoking it when I was 18. I’ve been lucky but a lot of people aren’t as lucky and bottle up all sorts of things. It’s difficult.

“I have no idea what he’s talking about, I don’t know anything about South American politics” but just knowing that there was venom there and this righteous indignation, that was cool, I was drawn to that. So there was a bit of influence from the local scene, a bit from more global bands like Sick Of It All and Refused, they’re another two that made me want to sing about things that I was passionate about.

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through a break up, and you’re not really sure how to deal with it, this person is in front of you, visibly emotional and you go for “oh there’s plenty more

I did a podcast recently choosing a top five most

fish in the sea,” you reach and grab these things

hated supposedly motivational platitudes. The

and you don’t really think about them. On some

worst cliched rubbish. ‘Everything happens for a

level you know that these phrases are not going

reason,’ ‘Be yourself.’ All these things, when you

to help, but that’s what we go for. Sometimes it’s

start deconstructing them they’re either damaging

just simply saying “Okay, I’m here, I don’t want to

or aren’t really right or they’re too vague. The main

be anywhere else, you have my ears you have my

problem we kept speaking about is how they’re all

attention if you want to talk,” sometimes that’s all it

almost like a reaction from humans not being able

needs, but especially in Britain we have a problem

to communicate emotionally. Say someone’s going

with addressing emotions.

YOU EVEN DID A SERIES OF PODCASTS TEACHING MINDFULNESS MEDITATION, WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO DO THAT?

YOU’VE OPENLY TALKED ABOUT STRUGGLING WITH INSOMNIA AND PANIC ATTACKS IN THE PAST, WHAT ARE YOUR SELF-CARE GO-TOS NOW?

A lot of people still perceive meditation to be various

Yoga and meditation are the two most helpful tools

things that it isn’t, or they’ve had experience of

in my mental health tool box now. I should have a lot

some very wishy washy, more religious style of

more. I did have more, but once you’ve overcome

meditation. Or again they may have seen something

the problem to a certain degree you become lazy. I

that just includes platitudes like, “sit down relax and

still do things to apply some balance to my life as it

clear your mind”, and it’s like, that’s impossible. I

can be very hectic, as can anyone’s.

tried to cut through the periphery of bullshit.

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“SO CIAL MEDIA? I DO N ’T TH IN K W E RE ALLY SAW IT CO MIN G”

IN ‘UNDERCOVER AGENTS’ YOU TOUCH ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FOCUSED WORLD, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA AND WHAT IT CAN DO TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND OUR MENTAL HEALTH?

WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH VEGANISM?

I don’t think we really saw it coming. I remember

music is this sort of anti-label idea. I totally see that

five-ten years ago when social media was just this

veganism needs a label because it’s this - in the

beautiful thing that was connecting us all, all over

grand scheme of things - new way of living your life

the world, and people spoke about it in a very

so you need to differentiate yourself to be able to

utopian way without realising the negatives of it all,

promote that mindset. But at the same time it can

which luckily we do now.

be just another form of tribalism, and in many ways

I think that’s the classic one definitive guaranteed

putting a label on it switches people off, immediately.

way to disrupt or ruin your mental health is to

So there are all these nuanced layers to it, there’s

compare yourself to others instead of to who you

this sociology behind it and the psychology of how

were yesterday. And obviously when you’re scrolling

every different person is going to perceive the word.

through Instagram that’s pretty much all you’re

For a while even though I was vegan I didn’t really say

doing, perhaps not consciously but on some level

I was, or I’d say ‘plant-based diet’, then I went through

you are, especially when 9 times out of 10 people

a phase of completely embracing it and was all “V

are posting the perfect snapshots from their life, not

Gang” everywhere, and I’m not really sure where I sit

the struggle. A lot of the time we want to present our

now, somewhere in the middle of those two.

best selves, we do that in real life in all sorts of ways,

I was actually born a vegan, my parents had made

but I think with social media it’s just heightened, and

that change a few years before I was born. When

relentless.

I was about six months a doctor basically said to

I saw someone call it a “majority vegan diet”, so that’s what I call it. I’ve fluttered in and out of 100% veganism. Something we talk about a lot in our

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WHAT MADE YOU GO VEGETARIAN AND THEN VEGAN IN THE FIRST PLACE?

he’s not getting enough protein.” They even said that my brain wouldn’t develop properly. There was probably medical reasoning behind that, but they

My Mum and Dad were my biggest influence in

were obviously ignorant of the fact that you can

becoming vegetarian or pescatarian in the first

get protein elsewhere, we’re going back 31 years.

place. They had a loose distinction of animal

Me and my Mum went vegetarian before the band

welfare, so for me there was a bit of that. It was

started, about 15 years ago, I’d have the occasional

also not wanting to eat things that were full of

lapse where I’d eat fish, then went properly vegan

hormones and antibiotics and things like that, that

in about 2014. Now I’m pretty much 100% vegan at

came on top.

home. On tour, all that will differ is if getting vegan

The main more philosophical reasoning for me

food is becoming something that is affecting my

is the theory of delegation, I know I could not go

mental health, i.e. having to get an Uber by myself

out, ring a chicken’s neck, take all the feathers out,

every day to the one place in buttfuck nowhere USA

skin it, whatever. So for me to delegate and have

that does vegan food and spending all that time

someone else - or machinery - do it for me, I don’t

alone. That can grind you down a bit, especially

think is morally acceptable. This is on a very literal

when you’re sleep deprived which I am almost

and philosophical scale but for me that was the

always being a bit of an insomniac still. I have to

turning point.

make sure I’m eating a good diet, and I can’t always

I’d grown up fishing so I feel like I could gut a

do that if I’m being vegan. Salad and chips is not

fish, it’s something I grew up with. I know all the

gonna cut it. That will only usually happen when I’m

negatives surrounding it, but I at least could do that

on tour in the smaller cities in the US, in Russia,

and wouldn’t have to delegate, I could do it myself

or eastern European cities. I’ll resort back to

and fulfil it, so the whole delegation thing was the

vegetarianism and eat fish if I have to.

biggest thing that made me really think about it.

WHY DO YOU THINK SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE GOING VEGAN NOW?

WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR SUMMER 2018?

I think we’re a generation that feels incredibly

I think veganism is one thing that you can

In the UK we’ve got 2000Trees and Boomtown

powerless. All these mighty institutions and ways

control, you are in control of what goes into your

festivals, I’ve been to neither but heard great

of living and societal structures are cemented and

mouth so that’s something you can immediately

things about both! I like that Boomtown is one of

generations above us have just taken them for

affect and change. All it takes is a bit of effort

these festivals with a ridiculously diverse bill, that’s

granted, that’s the way it is, it is the way it is.

to educate yourself, perhaps a bit of effort to

something we always love and always try and get on.

Our generation is very frustrated with austerity,

wean yourself off certain foods but I think diet

We’re doing loads of other European festivals as well.

with ways that society is structured, but there’s that

is mostly just routine really, it’s mostly just habit.

We’re releasing some singles this year, so we’ll be

feeling of powerlessness. We’ve sort of got over

It’s something we can do and no one can stop

announcing more about those soon. The first one

our democratic apathy, the “don’t vote because

us as a generation, so I think a lot of people

was probably the most problematic mix we’ve ever

it’s pointless they’re all the fucking same” - that

are going “Yeah, this is a good thing I can do

done, because now I have much more confidence

doesn’t work any more, and we’ve got over that

for the world, for my body, there aren’t really any

in that department after producing The Spark with

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It sometimes feels like we’re living in a

vigilant with our inner feelings and inner dialogue,

world of positivity, and declarations of

shutting off certain parts of ourselves. We create a

#postivevibes only.

negative imbalance by trying to avoid negativity.

We deny ourselves of the truth. Our true reactions,

Sure, nobody really likes to spend too much time

however we judge them are still our true reactions.

with a Negative Nancy or a Debbie Downer (side

Instead of denying any negative feelings, thoughts

note: why are all these names female?) but humans

and emotions, we should value them, consider them

are capable of a wide and varied range of emotions.

with our knowledge, experiences and values.

We are complex creatures who react to the world

THE POWER O F GET TING A NG R Y

around us with emotions, thoughts and intelligence,

Emotional acceptance gives us the ability to

to deny any ‘negative’ emotions is to deny a large

accept and experience negative emotions, to

portion of what makes us who we are.

acknowledge them, to accept them and not waste energy pushing them away or burying them. Once

When we focus on positive vibes only, we’re

they’re acknowledged and experienced you can

ignoring, burying or hiding the things that aren’t

learn about them and yourself, identify and perhaps

positive, or don’t make us feel good.

address the cause of them.

Burying negative emotions and pushing ourselves

So that’s emotions, let’s embrace them all. Even,

to feel positive or ‘look on the bright side’ in the

wait for it, anger.

extreme cause something known as ‘emotional

AND WHY “NEG ATIVE ” E M OT I O N S AREN’T A NEG AT I VE T H I N G Written by Laura Callan ™lauralollipop

avoidance’, which is a main cause of many

We suppress, redirect and hide our anger to appear

psychological problems .

civilised and socially acceptable. Anger is seen as

1

unreasonable, unacceptable, something to hide.

Emotional avoidance may give us short term relief from experiencing, dealing with and moving on from

Anger is arguably the most frowned upon, anti-

that negative feeling, but are instead trading that in

social ‘negative’ emotion. But anger has a bad

for more long-term pain.

reputation, because anger gets stuff done.

Going through life we all have challenges to face,

I’m not encouraging anyone to go out and be a full-

things that make us uncomfortable, upset or cause

blown rage monster for extended periods of time.

us pain or anger, if we regularly choose to avoid

Anger has its place. And controlled, constructive

feelings and the place, situations or people that

anger can be a force for development, for progress,

cause them we increasingly lessen our coping skills

for change.

over time.

Think about a time when you felt sad about Denying ourselves the ability to experience any

something. Now think about a time when you felt

feelings that occur within ourselves naturally is a

angry about something. When did you have more

form of emotion-policing. It goes against how we

energy, more motivation? Anger is a motivating

naturally react and respond to our environments

force, a positive energy that pushes you to do

and interactions, and can cause us to be super

something.

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If you can use and channel your anger, it can

If you didn’t feel angry about these things, what

make you feel stronger and more powerful, and

would you be doing to change them? Probably far

push you towards a goal, to make changes in your

less than you are already.

environment, to achieve something.

It’s okay to be angry, and there is nothing wrong with People who are angry have been proven to be more

being an angry vegan, or an angry person fighting

optimistic, surprisingly or unsurprisingly, and anger

against any kind of injustice.

is actually a powerful form of or route to positive communication. Anger is a way of communicating

If you care about animals, the environment, racism,

a feeling of injustice, so if you hide your anger from

sexism, transphobia or any of the many forms of

those around you, they won’t be made aware of

social injustice, use that anger and that passion

whatever they may be doing to make you angry.

to do something about it. There are so many ways

Expressing your anger constructively with the aim of

we can all channel and use that anger, whether it’s

finding a solution can be a positive communication

talking to people in your social circle, sharing things

tool, but be mindful of finding that solution and not

online, being an activist or joining an organisation.

just venting.

Don’t deny such a powerful force.

So anger isn’t always bad. It can actually, when dealt with constructively, be a positive thing. Anger

References:

is something we can embrace.

1: Schpencer, N. (2008). ‘Emotional Acceptance: Why Feeling Bad is Good’. Psychology Today.

2: PsyBlog. (2018). ‘The Upside of Anger: 6 Psychological

Let’s put this into a vegan and ethical lifestyle

Benefits of Getting Mad’.

perspective. The ‘angry vegan’ or ‘angry eco warrior’ stereotype follows us around, and it’s something many of us actively try to avoid.

But when it comes down to it, of course we feel angry. We feel anger for what we see as social injustices. We know the facts, we’ve seen the videos, we’re living proof that it doesn’t have to be this way.

When you know that over 56 billion animals are killed every year, when you know how polluted the ocean is with plastic, when you’ve seen the true horror of slaughterhouse videos how could you not feel upset, shocked and angry?

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100 WOMEN YOU PROBABLY KNOW TOO Interview and photos by Laura Callan

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Phoebe Montague is a woman on a mission. The open up the conversations around sex, consent,

NOW YOU HAVE A BOOK OF THE SAME NAME, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE BOOK?

sexual assault and rape through her project 100

After making the film I was approached by an old school

Women I Know. We spoke to her to find out more.

friend Kezia and her best mate Becca. They were

inspiring twentysomething from London wants to

launching a new indie publishing company called Break

100 WOMEN I KNOW IS A VERY POWERFUL DOCUMENTARY, WHAT WERE THE STEPS THAT LED YOU TO MAKING IT?

the Habit Press, and together we assembled the data I had collected of women’s experiences into a book.

I think the book highlights the shared experiences of

I made this film as a way of healing and moving on

young women - many stories are similar to one another,

from my own experiences. I felt alone for so long and

linked through shared feelings and situations. Although

I hoped opening the conversations could encourage

each woman’s voice is maintained so that every story is

a sense of solidarity between survivors. In 2014 when

unique and personal, the book is ordered in a way that

I began the research, my friends and I had only just

emphasises the links between experiences. The design

started openly discussing some of the things we had

and editorial decisions have made it so each account

been through, despite much of it happening in our early

leads into another, creating the feeling that you could

teens. Most of us had blamed ourselves, and felt too

be reading just one woman’s narrative.

embarrassed or ashamed to share. I knew it couldn’t

The book follows the journey that women face, as

just be an issue relevant to my inner circle, so I put

they navigate through the perpetual onslaught of

out a detailed anonymous questionnaire on Facebook

harassment and sexual violence. Not only does this

to gather experiences from young women I know. The

show women that they are not alone, it also indicates

responses kept rolling in and once we hit one hundred

concerning patterns in the behaviour of perpetrators.

the project was named 100 Women I Know.

The book reveals the impact these experiences can

I made an earlier version of the film in 2015 and then

have on young women’s lives and forces us to face the

carried out the research and remade the film in 2017.

question: what can we do to prevent young people from

It was encouraging to see over this time period, women

becoming perpetrators or victims?

were more confident with the language they used.

There was less self-doubt. women as “poor victims”, but with this film I wanted to

SO PERHAPS THE BIGGEST ISSUE HERE IS CONSENT. WHERE DO THESE CONVERSATIONS NEED TO START?

flip the narrative and change the perception of these

We can discuss consent with young children, initial

women, to show people that they are strong survivors.

conversations don’t necessarily have to be about sex. It

Fuck pixelated faces and silhouetted figures in dark

can be a conversation about autonomy over your body.

rooms. I wanted a more human approach. These

We need to instill the idea that you always have a choice

women are sharing their stories and they shouldn’t feel

and a voice when your body is concerned. I mean…

they have to conceal their identities.

think back to being a child and your parent telling you

All of the media we see depicting sexual violence shows

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to go give a hug to your neighbour who you really don’t

which triumphs violating the female body and feminine

want to hug, but do out of politeness. That shit has to

sexuality in the name of “being a man”, to a place

stop. I think it can lead to a feeling of expectancy and

that encourages and celebrates men’s celebration of,

a fear of offending, many people carry the sense of

interest in and commitment to female sexual pleasure

expectation into their first sexual experiences.

and understanding female desire.

I think the education system has a lot to answer for too,

We need to address societal gender expectations within

sadly not every parent is going to be able to discuss

our society and the negative impact these ideals have

sex with their child and schools have the responsibility

when internalised. Sexual violence towards women is

to educate young people. After nearly 20 years the

not a women’s issue, it is a systemic, societal issue.

guidelines for sex and relationship education curriculum

It is a lack of education. It is about power. It is a toxic

is changing and this is a small step in the right direction,

masculinity. It is the patriarchy.

“WE AREN’T PREPARED TO BRUSH OUR EXPERIENCES UNDER THE CARPET. WE WANT OUR VOICES TO BE HEARD. WE WANT CHANGE.”

but they have been failing children for years with a lack of to include LGBT+ education - it’s pretty disgraceful that

WHAT CAN WE ALL DO TO PRACTISE CONSENT CULTURE?

it’s taken so long. Anyway – a new curriculum isn’t going

I believe the idea of consent is about much more than

to be very useful if you have your tutor, a maths teacher

a yes or a no. We need to move the focus from being

for example, carrying out your sex education, and that is

so literal. We hear “no means no” a lot but we need

the reality with all the funding cuts. I believe the answer

the emphasis to be on effective communication and

is to have external facilitators in schools.

an idea of “enthusiastic consent”. This means reading

information and inclusivity. Only now are they beginning

body language from facial expressions to physical

WHO DO YOU WANT TO READ THE BOOK?

body language. We are instinctual beings, if you feel

You, your friend, your neighbor and your grandma…

someone isn’t enthusiastically involved, stop, check

you get my drift. I feel everyone should read this

in with them. It’s about reading between the lines,

book. We want to raise awareness, rape is not a new

being aware and respectful. Sex isn’t masturbation,

epidemic, but the situations in which it arises do change

it’s important that you remain in tune with your sexual

as our society does. Our main goal with the book was

partner’s needs throughout sex. Learning to vocally

for survivors to feel less alone, to help people come to

express yourself is important too, the more honest and

terms with and realize their experiences for what they

open we are in our sex lives the more mutually positive

really are. As women we are taught to doubt ourselves,

sex can be.

and this can seep into every part of your being. For so long sexual violence has been normalized, and has

WHAT’S NEXT FOR YOU AND THE PROJECT?

held such a taboo. Well we aren’t prepared to brush our

I’ve recently had many men and women coming

experiences under the carpet. We want our voices to be

forward to help and join the project. I hope the project

heard. We want change.

will continue to grow and become a really close-knit community. Our newly forming team will be bringing more screenings, book readings and talks because it’s

HOW CAN PEOPLE YOU’RE DOING?

so important to actually have these conversations in

Talk to the people in your life about sex, the good and

of our consent workshops. We also make vegan, fair-

real life. Let’s continue to strengthen solidarity between

the bad. The more we remove taboos surrounding sex,

trade, organic cotton T shirts, hand-printed with love in

Yes, I’ve had many men tell me that the film (and the

survivors, and those who want to be allies.

the more people will feel comfortable to discuss when

London. You can grab a T on our website. 100% of the

ongoing project) has helped them look at some of their

What’s next for me? Good question, I’ve been working

it goes wrong. But rape isn’t actually about sex, it’s all

sales go towards our consent workshops. We are also

past behavior, especially in their early teenage years.

on this project since 2014. At present I feel a little bit

about power. Let’s reclaim the power back - owning your

looking to expand our team, give us a shout if you want

When exposed to porn and playground “banter” as a

like a mother whose child has gone off to uni… like,

experiences for what they truly are is a way to do this. If

to get involved.

first source of understanding sex, it’s no surprise that

“what do I do now?!” I’ve been developing new film

you feel able to share, do so, it really is empowering and

young people are often disrespecting their sexual

ideas.

it creates a ripple effect, as we’ve seen so far.

DO YOU FEEL THAT MEN SHOULD REFLECT AND LOOK INWARD, AND LOOK AT THEIR HISTORY AND THEIR SEXUAL ACTIONS AND ATTITUDES?

more content online, and more events - we’re planning

Personally I think it’s so important to make

partners. We need to be encouraging young men

films that matter. I strive to comment on political and

to move from a place of manipulative or violent sex

societal issues and make people think.

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TWO YEARS OF ONE PLANET PIZZA It’s been nearly two years since One Planet

only are we really proud to see people enjoying our

Pizza was first thought up over a couple of pints

work, it’s also a great way for us to get ideas on other

with friends and family, and what a ride it’s been

ways to eat them. We’ve run various competitions

since then.

including the famous “name the van” one, which

From humble beginnings as a small kitchen in the

resulted in our van being brilliantly named ‘Vegan

back of the lovely River Green Café to moving into

Van Gogh’, and we recently announced the winner

their own purpose-built kitchen, One Planet Pizza

of our “Have pizzas cooked for you in your own

has cemented itself firmly within the vegan food

home by Mike and Joe” competition, so are heading

industry. They have had support from international

down to London soon to cook for the winner and a

footballers, entrepreneurs, activists and bloggers,

bunch of her friends. Instagram really is the main

and in return have supported other up and coming

way in which we engage with the vegan community

vegan businesses including Bright Zine and our

and our lovely customers.

new #supportveganbusiness project. We caught up with Mike and Joe at One Planet Pizza, our favourite

WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU WE BEEN UP TO?

vegan pizza makers.

We’ve been focusing on hosting taster events up, down and across the country in various stockists,

SO IT’S BEEN TWO YEARS NOW, HOW’S BUSINESS GOING?

handing out free pizza slices and speaking to adults,

It’s going really well thanks, much better than

page) about the wonders of vegan pizza, and we

we projected, you can now find us in around 250

have just launched a weekly Blog on our website

independent health stores up and down the UK,

where we’ll be writing about all things vegan, in fact,

Ireland and now even mainland Europe! We’re

we’d love you girls at Brightzine to do a Guest Blog

getting new stockists almost every week. We’re so

for us! As always, you’ll find us at many of the big

excited, but we wouldn’t have got to where we are

vegan food events this year, from Vegfest London

in such a short time if it wasn’t for the support of all

to the Vegan Campout. We’ve also been working

you wonderful people out there. From asking your

really hard behind the scenes on some exciting

local health store to stock our pizzas to sharing our

developments, but I’m afraid we can’t tell you about

posts on social media, we really are proud to be part

that just yet. All in good time my friends!

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VEGANUARY IS NOT JUST FOR JANUARY Written by Kate Fowler, Veganuary

™veganuary We admit it. It’s not as catchy as the original

you know someone thinking of trying vegan, please

Dog’s Trust slogan but, like them, we are keen to

ask them to register with Veganuary so that they will

extend the love beyond the season of goodwill.

receive everything they need to make their month an

We didn’t want anyone who was interested in

eye-opening, exciting, pleasurable experience, which

trying plant-based eating to have to wait until

of course means they are more likely to stay with it.

the new year rolled around before they could begin, and so we launched our Try Vegan This

And there is another reason why we think the number

Month pledge.

of participants is much higher than the official figure. 83% of the Class of 2018 were women, and

Now, anyone who signs up gets all the same love

women still tend to be the food providers in family

and support whatever time of year they take part

homes (although not always, of course), so an awful

and this means we can reach even more people,

lot of people would have been taken along for the

and help make even more vegans.

vegan ride without actually signing up. Maybe some never even knew they’d been vegan.

And it seems to be working. Veganuary 2018 – which included participants who had taken part

CLASS OF 2019

HELP!

So what next? Well, we launched in the UK back

There are three things we need to help us make

in 2014, and Britons still make up the largest

more vegans:

before the annual new year drive – saw a record

STAYING VEGAN

168,500 people take part from 165 countries. That

Of course, not everyone who tries vegan for a month

percentage of participants by country, so if we want

is more than double the 2017 number, which in turn

stays vegan forever, although a powerful 62 per cent

to keep up with our plans for world domination and

1. A few more tenners

was double the 2016 figure. At this rate, we calculate

of those we surveyed six months after the end of their

double participation for 2019, Veganuary must

2. Participants all year round – so do please

the entire world’s population will have taken part in

pledge still identified as vegan, which is fantastic.

spread its wings. To that end, work has already

encourage your family, friends and colleagues via

Veganuary by 2034. (We are joking of course, but

And among the remaining 38 per cent there is some

begun reaching out to international partners who

your social media channels to sign up and try vegan

also we’re not. Our aim is to help create a vegan

truly encouraging news. Almost everyone decided to

can help us push Veganuary right around the globe.

for a month, whenever they like

world, so we are always thinking big.)

cut down their intake of animal products; meat-eaters

It’s going to be an exciting year.

3. To increase our international presence – so

became vegetarians; vegetarians ditched dairy.

please ask anyone you know overseas if they would

We know that some people take part in Veganuary

There is no limit to our ambition to create a kinder,

like to help promote Veganuary in their own country,

more than once before veganism ‘sticks’, so those

safer, healthier world, and there are huge plans –

and if so, send them our way!

While we’re thrilled that so many people took part

who don’t stay fully vegan after the month is over

and a few surprises in store – for 2019. Yet, like all

this year, we believe the actual figure is significantly

may choose to become fully plant-based sometime

small charities, we are limited by the resources at

higher. We hear of people all the time who ‘did

in the future. We support and encourage all moves

our disposal, yet we make every single penny truly

Veganuary’ without ever signing up, which is a real

towards a plant-based diet. Perfection is impossible

count. In 2018, every £2 that was donated yielded

shame as they wouldn’t have received the daily

in an imperfect world so none of us should be too

a new participant. So, by our calculations, for every

newsletters with info, recipes, special offers and

hard on those who take a little longer to get there or

£10 donated, five new people will register and three

competitions, and nor would they have had access

who slip-up every now and then. In truth, we probably

of them will decide to stay vegan. Three vegans for

to the loveliest, liveliest Facebook Group there is. If

all did that.

a tenner. What a bargain.

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