this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2024
11 points (100.0% liked)

Vegan

325 readers
10 users here now

The vegan place to discuss things.

Veganism is a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude—as far as is possible and practicable—all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose; and by extension, promotes the development and use of animal-free alternatives for the benefit of animals, humans and the environment. In dietary terms it denotes the practice of dispensing with all products derived wholly or partly from animals.

Resources:

Getting Started

Vegan Cheat Sheet

Animal Products to Avoid

Vegan Company Guide

Vegan Statistics

Fair Trade International

Rules:

  1. Keep discussions civil.

  2. Arguments against veganism will be removed.

  3. No bigotry is allowed - including speciesism, racism, sexism, classism, ableism, castism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia.

  4. Sealioning will not be entertained.

  5. No promoting of plant based capitalism

founded 7 months ago
MODERATORS
 

Welcome to the Vegan Theory Club Weekly Megathread!

Question of the week:

Who is your favorite visual artist?

Feel free to talk about anything, whether it’s vegan-related or not. This is a chill space for connecting, sharing ideas, and supporting each other.

Looking forward to hearing what everyone’s up to!

We abide by the Anarchist Code of Conduct

Vegan Home Cooks Discord

Vegan Theory Club Discord

top 10 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Vincent van Gogh since seeing his Sunflowers 🌻 series in 3rd grade art class, especially after learning in my 20s that we share migraine disease. Louis Wain is a close second with "Cat's Nightmare" (my profile picture) being one of my faves.

Also, I went down a 90s kid nostalgia trip recently and watched some FernGully clips. Anyone remember that movie, specifically Batty's rap? It was about vivisection 🤯 I was tempted to post it in the music community lol.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Van Gogh is another of my favourites. I remember seeing a Doctor Who clip a while ago where they bring him to the future to show him how successful he becomes posthumously. I've never seen Doctor Who before but that clip really moved me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Wow, same here! I hadn't watched the show either and that clip had me blubbering.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mentioned this a while ago, but my favourite artists are Frida Kahlo and Francisco de Goya.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Both extremely powerful. It is amazing to me in the time of cheap imagery where we are surrounded by media and art all the time on our phones and printed cheaply everywhere how impactful their images were in their time

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I feel the same way. My favourite period of art is Surrealism (with Goya generally considered to be either the first surrealist painter or the last traditional one, included him anyway tho). We studied his work during my first year of Art History including how the sort of "hierarchy" surrounding curated art has evolved over the centuries.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Who is your favorite visual artist?

...

This is a chill space

Asking me to pick favorites is not chill. I put A LOT of thought into "taste".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tastes are ephemeral and can change at any time!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That makes it even more difficult.

Do you know how hard it is to have 4D taste?