[100% veg*n ] John Allan - token veganism

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Hi there all of you,

 

I just want to say that I, even though I'm 100 % vegan and live for my

thoughts about animal rights and veganism, I love clothes and have different

styles & images all the time! Some years ago I was always dressed as a

hippie - & even got caught to be checked if I had any drugs on me ones - me,

who don't even drink or smoke anything.....

Obviously they didn't find anything on me, they checked everything!!!

 

I still like the hippie-look, but now I dress & look differently!

Obsessed with clothes as I am, I've got loads of different outfits - if I

feel very girly I dress in short skirts, wear long white socks and plats, if

I feel a bit " casual " I wear jeans or if I feel very feminine I dress smart

with skirts and long dresses! As I am a singer as well, I prefer to have a

sophisticated look at stage which suits the kind of music I'm singing -

jazz, and almost always wear long dresses with high heals!

 

I hope you don't judge me for being a " weirdo " for this (maybe I am by the

way!), I'm telling you this because I want you to know that it doesn't make

me less vegan for not dressing like a hippie and really stand out from the

crowd! I guess I do stand out anyway, quite much really when I go out in all

my differant colourful outfits, it does take attention, but I don't think

anyone could guess that I'm a vegan who doesn't drink or smoke and never

have been drunk even though I'm 25! I know what John Allan said to me the

first time I met him;

" You are the most non-vegan vegan I've ever met! "

and he didn't seem to respect & like me less for that!

 

Anyway, enough about me and my crazy personality, just wanted you to know!

Take care you all!

LOVE

Sandra

 

 

>Yeah but isn't it a bit shallow to judge people on how they look?

>

>It seems everyone does it though. Conforming with conventional dress

>can sometimes get you in places where you can have more of an effect

>on things than if you were excluded because of your looks. Look at

>the Green Party candidates, or animal rights spokespeople on TV -

>most look conventional and they have to do this maybe because they

>would be pre-judged and their message may be lost (or not even given

>the opportunity to be heard at all). People seem ready only to accept

>people they can relate to, pidgeon hole etc, or even wear

>the " uniform " of respectability/power.

>

>Equally, looking " conventional " can also exclude you from

>the " alternative scene " , so maybe they're just as bad!

>

>I'm afraid to say that I do work in an American corporate 4 days a

>week; they have a dress down policy all week now (used to just be

>Fridays) and some of the workers look more hippyish than people you

>see around Camden (although management have to keep reiterating the

>dress policy - you're supposed to wear their idea of casual,

>corporate casual, yuk! they've even set-up discount schemes at

>conforming shops!). The point is its become a bit trendy to 'go

>hippy' (at least some way).

>

>So the fashion industry being as fickle as it is, you can get people

>just wearing it because its trendy, and it says nothing about what

>they believe in. But anyway, surely you wouldn't want the way you

>dress to become a kind of uniform would you?

>

>I think real hippys used to say it doesn't matter how you dress, what

>you do etc, its what you aspire to, believe in, who you are inside

>etc. Often this never gets out because you've already been pidgeon-

>holed (is there a non-animal term for this!?).

>

>Personally I really like the hippy look (on both men and women), and

>dread-locks, but it would probably look silly on me, so I look like a

>real conventional, but when people start talking to me (if ever!)

>they probably go away thinking " vegan weirdo " !.

>

>Its the age old problem: By not conforming am I infact conforming?

>Logically it might just come down to whether you are in the majority

>or minority. So when veganism becomes the majority (I read today that

>it will be 2050 based on current growth rates), we'll all be boring

>conventional conformists, and I would be glad!

>

>Jane - I'm a bit worried about your husband not liking minorities.

>What exactly do you mean?

>

>--

>Rob

>

>

 

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