Entries Tagged 'Editorial' ↓
June 27th, 2008 — Activate, Editorial, Rant, Vegan Advocacy
People who are vegan often take care to watch their language to avoid speciesist or condescending connotations associated with words we were raised saying. For example: “animal companion” has replaced “pet” in some circle to equalize the relationship between non-humans and their care takers. “Meat” might become “flesh” to shed the anonymity of the animal for which it came. Etc etc. While many may roll their eyes and scoff something about political correctness ruining these United States words do have meaning which is why we use them and I think coming to a common understanding will help us communicate our true intentions. I’ll be the first to bend, slice, dice and mix and match words but there are a few instances that kinda peeve me out and help illustrate what vegan really means. Continue reading →
February 29th, 2008 — Editorial, Food, Rant
Cheese pizza is the bane of vegans everywhere. Not only is it a delicious comfort food that alot of us have grown up with but the social aspect can leave us ostracized from the group. Now before I digress into a sociological analysis of the tomato on bread ritual lemme just say pizza is good and we miss it! Continue reading →
February 18th, 2008 — Editorial, Food, Headsup
The vegan fast food restaurant we all know and love is opening up a new location in Wicker Park at 1300 N. Milwaukee. Sylvia Watycha and Moshe Shalom are two righteous vegans who have filled an obvious gap in vegan cuisine and that’s vegan fast food! Be it burgers, hot dogs, chili cheese fries, BBQ bits,or shakes just to name a few, they got it covered. Sylvia and Moshe wear their ethics on their sleeves but try to make inroads with their unassuming fare and decor. It aint no hippie joint and you wont see lentils on the menu.
This new location was a year in the making and we’re glad to finally see an actual location being fleshed out of the corner of Milwaukee and Paulina. Sylvia wouldn’t give us an exact date and we can’t blame her but she hopes it will coincide with the anniversary of their first location which is March 10th.
When we’re on the southside we make sure to load up sacks of hedonistic vegan food to vice out on. Now that they’re north this is going to get very dangerous.