Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!

We are FINALLY doing our Returned Ex-Vegans episode, woohoo! Today we bring you five unique and moving stories about people who went vegan, stopped being vegan, and became vegan again. Their stories illuminate the many reasons why we need to have compassion for those who struggle to stay vegan in this non-vegan world, and why we need to have an inclusive, sensitive, anti-capitalist movement that goes beyond defining veganism by consumption. The post 167 Returned Ex-Vegans appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

To wrap up our Creepy Kids' Movies series, we talk about how generally creepy most kids' movies are - from fucked up lessons for children to things that are just downright disturbing. We had a LOT of fun with this one! The post 166 Creepy Kids Movies Series, Part 3: The Creepiness of Kids Movies appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

We are honored to have Molly Woodstock back on the show, this time to talk about asexuality! The post 165 Talking Asexuality with Molly Woodstock from Gender Reveal Podcast appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

For some ungodly reason, EVERYONE, except us, loves The Last Unicorn. You asked us to review it, so we're all complicit in this mess. The post 164 Creepy Kids Movie Series, Part 2: The Last Unicorn – It’s just….bad? appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

Since Nichole hasn't been able to stop thinking about Coraline, a gorgeous and creepy AF 3D stop-motion animated film by Henry Selick and Neil Gaiman, we decided to talk about this week, kicking off a short creepy kids' movie series. The post 163 Creepy Kids Movie Series, Part 1: Exploring Coraline – a Beautiful, Haunting Allegory for Child Abuse and Neglect appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

This week we pair up with The Bearded Vegans to cover the dumpster fire that is the mainstream Animal Rights movement, as revealed by the recent #TimesUpAR campaign. The post 162 #TimesUpAR: Covering the Recent Public Allegations of Abuse and Harassment in the Animal Rights Movement with The Bearded Vegans appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

Going off our usual format, we're celebrating 3 years of VWPA with a terrible (AWESOME) joke, updates on the upcoming book club, tangents galore, and a slew of ridiculous rants. This episode is the hottest of hot messes. The post 161 A Rant-isode Spectacular for Our 3 Year Showversary!!! appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

We're continuing our conversation about universal basic income, or UBI, this week, this time confronting common stigmas that keep most people from believing that UBI would be a good thing for society. The post 160 Universal Basic Income (Part 2) appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

This week (and next week) we are finally tackling a topic that we've been interested in for a long time: universal basic income (UBI)! In this episode, we define what UBI is, talk about the results of some studies done relating to UBI, talk about how much it might cost and where that money could come from. The post 159 Universal Basic Income (Part 1) appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

On the recommendation of a listener, we watched The Corporation and it got us on 10 all over again about how corporations are the WORST. The post 158 The Corporation aka Corporations are the Fucking Worst (Part 2) appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

Rawr!!!! Grrrr!!!! Why I outta! *shakes fist* This week we're talking anger, wanna fight about it!?!? We discuss the advantages of anger, our tips for experiencing and expressing it in healthy or productive ways, and review old laws and punishments that were used to legally regulate black and female anger. The post 157 Being Angry (Women): Why Anger is Good, Tips for Experiencing and Expressing it Healthfully, and the Historical Criminalization of Female and Black Anger appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

Since we weren't able to schedule any of our amazing upcoming interviews in time for today's episode, we're analyzing Season 4 of Black Mirror instead! The post 156 Black Mirror Season 4 Analysis! appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

Hey girl! You ready to be a brand new you in the new year! Tune in for some hot tips for setting those rezzies!!! The post 155 Hey Girl Hey! How to be a Radical New You in the New Year! appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

In our last installment of this series of Kids Movies Revisited, we watched Fern Gully, which was a total mixed bag for us. Overall, we walked away with warm feelings and were happy that we were able to end this series on a good note. The post 154 Kids’ Movie Revisited – Fern Gully: Objectification, the Absent Referent, Robin Williams, and a Great Message about Nature = a Mixed Bag! appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

This week we revisit The Secret of NIMH, a movie that left Nichole with a sense of dread as a child, and talk about the disturbing mouse and rat experiments that inspired the book that it was based on. The post 153 Kids Movies Revisited: The Secret of NIMH + Calhoun’s Disturbing Rodent Experiments appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

We're taking a break from our kids' movie review series to answer holiday questions related to gift giving and Santa, in order to be timely for the holidays. WARNING: we talk about Santa and how he's not real (and kinda the worst), so don't let your kiddies hear if you don't want them to know! The post 152 Holiday Advice! Answering Your Questions about Gifts and Santa appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

For the first of our three-part kids' movie series, we rewatched Wall-E and were horrified at how awful it was. Beyond insufferable fat-shaming, it had an insidious conservative message lurking under its seemingly liberal veneer. Oof. The post 151 Kids Movie Review Series: Rewatched Wall-E and Holy Shit it’s Problematic appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

Hey kids! With the holiday season in full swing, we decided to solicit and then answer your most burning holiday questions. We tackle what to do about being pressured to buy non-vegan food for others, how to get family to stop harping about food when you secretly struggle with eating disorders, and what to do about being the only vegan at the table. The post 150 Holiday Advice! Answering Your Questions about Food & Family appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

After hearing about a school in Texas that denied a family's request for vegan food and served their 4 year old meat, we thought this was a good opportunity to talk about a lot of things, including access, how government aid can make personal autonomy more difficult, respecting others choices, and a whole lot more! The post 149 School Denies Parents’ Request for Vegan Food: When Bureaucracy Blocks Autonomy appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

This week we talk about the explosion of racist bullshit over VegNews wishing Colin Kaepernick a happy birthday. Will White Veganism ever not be a thing? The post 148 Racism in the Vegan Movement: The Kerfuffle Over Wishing Colin Kaepernick Happy Birthday appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.