Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!

This week we're tackling questions from our listeners, including a WIDE range of topics, everything from what form of government/economy should replace capitalism, down to the good 'ol traditional friction with family over veganism. The post 207 Advice! Government, Veganuary, Fighting with Family, and Service Animals appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

Nichole will do show notes later, she's extremely sick. In the meantime, we're discussing the article, How Capitalism Binds You to Your Own Exploitation. Enjoy! The post 206 Salaries, Capitalism and Exploitation appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

After mentioning bad holiday romance movies a couple weeks ago, Nichole and Callie are back to do quick ranty recaps of the two worst ones. We watched them so you don't have to! Be prepared for us laughing so hard we can't breathe as we recall improbable plotlines and terrible acting. The post 205 Ranty Recap of the Two Worst Holiday Romance Movies EVER: Christmas with a View and Christmas Wedding Planner appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

We are FINALLY interviewing our friend and esteemed vegan author, Mark Hawthorne, about the 10th anniversary edition of his groundbreaking book, Striking at the Roots! Throughout the course of the conversation, we talk about activism, what changes he's seen in the last ten years in the movement, what to do about hero worship, and much more! The post 204 Interview with Mark Hawthorne: Activism, the Animal Rights Movement, and the 10th Anniversary Edition of Striking at the Roots! appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

Continuing our surprising positive streak, we have a lil whiskey and dish about the little things in life that bring us joy and help fight [...] The post 203 Silly Stuff We Use to Numb Our Existential Dysphoria appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

Taking a break from our usual hate-watching, we're talking about media we are enjoy-watching today! Media that is pushing a liberal agenda, breaking down the walls of privilege, and showing non-traditional relationships. The post 202 Media We’re Watching: Wicked, Supergirl, The Connors & Elementary appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

It's all news this week as we talk about the mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, CA, Ivanka Trump patenting voting machines in China, and the 2018 midterm election results. The post 201 2018 Midterm Elections Roundup! appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

An episode so random, we didn't even know it was our 200th! So, whoo for us. We talk about the Trump administration, voting, and then some things that came up in the VWPA Society - namely, guidelines for talking about autism, calling cow's milk a "secretion," and lab-grown meat and obligatory carnivore companion animals. The post 200 A Very Random Episode appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

This week we talk about Ferdinand, the adorable animated film by Blue Sky Studios that is based on the children's book The Story of Ferdinand. [...] The post 199 Movie Analysis of Ferdinand: Toxic Masculinity is a Load of BULL! (hehe, get it?!) appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

This week, we're posting the recording of our live episode from Chicago VeganMania. Enjoy! The post 198 Live from Chicago VeganMania: How to Survive the Holidays and Other Vegan Questions appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

We finish off Olivia's questions with a chat about the value of a welfarist approach, and whether we should work within the system or try to make change from the outside. [...] The post 197 Activism Series: Episode 4 – Welfarism & Working Within the System vs Without appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

Our series continues this week with an analysis of the true spirit of "pleasure activism," and whether tactics that might create short-term harm are ever justified if they result in long-term good. [...] The post 196 Activism Series: Episode 3 – Pleasure Activism & Answering the Question, “Is Short-Term ‘Harm’ Justified for Long-Term Gains?” appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

We're back with part 2 of our Activism Series, tackling the first of a few questions submitted by a thought-provoking listener (thanks Olivia!). This week, we discuss if radical change is possible or if we, as activists, should plan on NOT seeing radical change in our lives and keep our day jobs. Do we invest in the radical, or stick to a more certain path? Tune in to find out! The post 195 Activism Series: Episode 2 – Is Radical Change Possible? (Answering Listener Questions) appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

We are THRILLED to kick off an activism-themed series for the fall! Turns out, we have a LOT to say on the topic (shocking, we know). Today is episode one of the series, where we lay the groundwork for rest of the series by digging into our philosophies around activism, resistance, decolonizing, The Matrix, and more! The post 194 Activism Series: Episode 1 – Laying the Groundwork (Defining Activism) appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

This week we talk about Rocky Coronado's refusal to serve law enforcement from her food truck in Detroit, and thoughts it raised for us around authority, compliance, cops' right to kill when feeling threatened, and much more. The post #193 Badges Not Welcome Here: On Refusing Service to Law Enforcement, “Blue Lives,” Resistance, Self-Care, and Punching Up appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

Today we're doing a news-only episode, talking about our thoughts and feelings around the recent Nike campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick, the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation hearings, and the anonymous White House "insider" who posted an opinion piece in the New York Times last week. The post 192 All News: Nike’s Kaepernick Ad Campaign, The Kavanaugh Hearings, and The White House “Insider” appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

This week we talk about I Feel Pretty, a garbage piece of cinema that reinforces the messages it claims to be fighting. The post 191 Movie Analysis: I Feel Pretty…Upset About This Awful Movie appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

We're here for another round of advice! We received amazing questions from our listeners that cover a wide range of topics, including supplementation, activism that avoids triggering others, and being vegan while struggling with social anxiety. The post 190 Advice Episode! B12 Supplements, Sex-Shaming, Imposter Syndrome, and more! appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

Callie stumbled onto some disturbing articles on The Intercept that sent us down the rabbit hole researching the scary shit that giant companies like Amazon and Google are up to. We realized that we're already living in a dystopian corporatocracy, which we're sure is no surprise to anyone. Buckle in, it's pretty grim. The post 189 Bad News: We’re Already Living in a Dystopia. AKA Why Corporations are the Fucking WORST, Part, like, 54 or something appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

We saw Sorry to Bother You this week, per listener request, and we're here to talk about it! Also pulling in our thoughts about Get Out and Black Panther. The post 188 Thoughts on Get Out, Sorry to Bother You, and Black Panther appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.