Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!

In episode two of our five-part media review and analysis series, we are talking about Ex Machina: an intriguing and highly watchable sci-fi film that is, just like Wonder Woman last week, a "feminist" tale told from a male perspective. The post 127 Movie Review: Feminist Analysis of Ex Machina appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

We braved the mall opening weekend to see Wonder Woman and give you our thoughts. Both spoiler-free and spoiler-full reviews included! The post 126 Wonder Woman Review: Entertaining. NOT Feminist. appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

It's the second edition of our popular "Tricky Non-Vegan Items" series! Today we discuss why pet pigs, down, carnivorous pets, and freeganism are not considered strictly vegan. The post 125 Tricky Non-Vegan Items, Part 2: Down, Pet Pigs, Carnivorous Pets and Freeganism appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

We talk about the Restless Vegans Manifesto AND Christopher Sebastion's latest posts on radical veganism this week, examining the ways these works could shape a better future for veganism. The post 124 Restless & Radical: The Future of Veganism? appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

We decided to answer some of the many questions we receive from listeners or see being posted in the VWPA Society. This week we tackle three variations of speaking up for yourself and for animals in varying social situations. The post 123 Q&A: Dealing with Carnist Humor, Refusing Invitations, and Being Vulnerable with People We Love Most appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

Facebook was abuzz recently over a Facebook Live video filmed by Chase Avior of Direct Action Everywhere that documented him and another person conducting an oppressive and antagonistic "action" in front of The Otheroom in Venice, CA. The action ended with avoidable violence and highlights exactly why a pro-intersectional approach to activism is so crucial in the animal rights movement. The post 122 Responding to DxE’s Oppressive Activism-Gone-Wrong Video appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

Today we chat philosophically about using violent imagery in our vegan activism, specifically around efficacy, consent, and the objectification of animals. The post 121 Using Violent Imagery in Activism appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

We had a last minute change of plans this weekend when The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks was released on HBO. We review the movie and give some background on Henrietta Lacks and her famous, immortal HeLa cells. The post 120 Movie Review: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (HBO) appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

We kick back and have many, many laughs this week watching Carnage: Swallowing the Past by Simon Amstell, the world's first ever hilarious vegan mockumentary. The post 119 Movie Review – Carnage: Swallowing the Past appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

We continue our discussion about the prison industrial complex today, getting into ways that mass incarceration intersects with animal exploitation. The post 118 The Injustice of Mass Incarceration & Why Vegans Should Care (Part 2) appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

In the first of our two-part series, Nichole and Callie discuss what mass incarceration is, how we came to have the system we do today, how the system currently works (including topics like bail, pleading guilty vs not-guilty, and who is actually in prison), and then we end with a heartbreaking story from Kalief Browder about his tragic experience in our prison system. The post 117 The Injustice of Mass Incarceration & Why Vegans Should Care (Part 1) appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

A common tactic in the vegan movement is to talk about how affordable veganism is. But that doesn't hold true for many people. To illustrate this point, the princesses tackle how expensive it is to have no money. The post 116 The High Cost of Being Poor appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

This week on VWPA we're talking about the problems with consumerist veganism and the concept of "voting with your dollar." The post 115 Consumerist Veganism and “Voting with Your Dollar” appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

To prep for our "voting with your dollar" episode next week, VWPA tackles voting from 1776 to 2016, in the United States. The post 114 Voting in the United States: 1776-2016 appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

Today we review the latest vegan health-related documentary, What the Health, by the makers of Cowspiracy! The post 113 Documentary Review: What the Health appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

This week we're talking about losing relationships over politics today, given that it is such a common occurrence in the current political climate. The post 112 Losing Relationships Over Politics appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

We're back with part 2 of our blow-by-blow breakdown of what is wrong with the Unnatural Vegan's recent "Why I'm not an intersectional/social justice vegan" video, and also using this as an opportunity to go back and do intersectionality right. The post 111 Intersectionality Redux: a Response to the Unnatural Vegan- Part 2 appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

We are on 10 today, talking about the Unnatural Vegan's recent "Why I'm not an intersectional/social justice vegan" video, and also using this as an opportunity to go back and do intersectionality right. The post 110 Intersectionality Redux: a Response to the Unnatural Vegan- Part 1 appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

We needed a break from all the heavy this week so we popped some corn, poured some drinks, and watched Zootopia. Here is our intersectional vegan review! The post 109 Movie Review: Zootopia appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.

We're celebrating two years of VWPA on today's episode with TWO jokes and answers to listener questions while we eat tater tots and drink Bloody Mary's. Cheers! The post 108 2-Year Anniversary Episode! appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.