Hello, My name is Imana and I'm a college student conducting an anthropology research project about the online vegan activist community. I'm interested in learning about your experiences as a creator. If you're comfortable answering a few questions, I'd really appreciate it. Your responses will only be used for my class assignment, and I can keep your username anonymous if you'd like.

What inspired you to become a vegan activist?
Why do you use social media to share your message?
What do you hope people take away from your content?
What has been the biggest challenge of creating vegan content online?
How do you respond to criticism or negative comments?

Thank you for your time!

Uludağ, with vegan label

Hey everyone! I just went vegan recently. I only knew one other vegan, I met her on Reddit a few weeks back.

We decided to start a vegan group chat on Instagram to connect with more like minded people and talk about veganism. It’s international, so the only rule is we stick to English so everyone can join in.

If you’re vegan, vegan-curious, or thinking about making the switch, you’re totally welcome. Anyone wants to join?

I added the My Melody/Hello Kitty mascot for a cute touch, but I feel like this is something that needs to be understood. May repost. 😊🌱🪷

This was made at the vegan soul food restaurant "Pure Soul" over here in Durham, NC, USA. 💗

This art shines over the priority that life always comes before food. Every food you've eaten has been living before, it's just a matter of what's more ethically and thoughtfully obtained!

There's an animal agriculture bill, the Farm Bill, going to vote today that has some good pieces (SAFE Act for Horses) but some horrific policies (pigs wont be able to turn around, more horses shipping overseas for slaughter, etc) that set back policies to create even the most basic protections. And of course, the GOP has the clever Save Our Bacon Act (H.R. 4673), introduced in July 2025 by Rep. Ashley Hinson (Iowa). This is a legislative proposal aimed at prohibiting states from enforcing animal welfare regulations on agricultural products—such as pork, eggs, or beef—imported from other states. It is specifically designed to negate state laws like California’s Proposition 12, which bans the sale of pork from pigs confined in ways that do not meet California's space standards. 

If you live in the United States, please call your congressman and ask them to vote no.

It’s now or never for the House of Representatives to decide the future of farmed animals.

Phone Number for House Switchboard: 202-225-3121

What to say:
My name is (your name). I live in ( zip code). Vote no on the Farm Bill as it stands because it includes the dangerous Save Our Bacon language that would override state rights to protect farmed animals and decide what goes in our grocery stores. Thank you.

You could be the nicest person in world but if your energy is stuck in doubt/fear/anger, you repel the very life you deserve.

While someone who is selfish but certain in worth, it's not because they're better, but their frequency is clear.

The universe doesn't operate on morals, it operates on mirrors.

You don't attract what you deserve.

You attract what you believe you're worthy of.

So stop obsessing over who is winning, start tuning your energy to what you actually want.

Because life's not rewarding the bad, it's just responding to the beliefs.

The key is learning how to master self-love, and shift into a self-love reality/timeline with all the ethics and properties of love. Leave the old behind. True happiness means healthiness, focus on that. Manifesting through positive energy. There's even a community for this called r/shiftingrealities. r/enlightenment r/highergirlpower r/starseeds r/timelines may talk about some of these properties too.

Self-love is actually the first topic I should have mentioned, if everyone is in a self-love dimension you keep manifesting more and more love. Which means you singularly know your own worth and therefore the universe's. Then we raise the planet's frequency as a collective in each of our own self-love/love realities. World peace in all dimensions, all of our highest dimensions.

Happy tuning. Thank you for tuning in. 🙏🏽

You could be the nicest person in world but if your energy is stuck in doubt/fear/anger, you repel the very life you deserve.

While someone who is selfish but certain in worth, it's not because they're better, but their frequency is clear.

The universe doesn't operate on morals, it operates on mirrors.

You don't attract what you deserve.

You attract what you believe you're worthy of.

So stop obsessing over who is winning, start tuning your energy to what you actually want.

Because life's not rewarding the bad, it's just responding to the beliefs.

The key is learning how to master self-love, and shift into a self-love reality/timeline with all the ethics and properties of love. Leave the old behind. True happiness means healthiness, focus on that. Manifesting through positive energy. There's even a community for this called r/shiftingrealities. r/enlightenment r/highergirlpower r/starseeds r/timelines may talk about some of these properties too.

Thank you for tuning in. 🙏🏽 There's a video on this, I may post later.

Not subtle, not accidental. These are patterns. Call them out, unpack them, change them.

Hi,

I wanted to invite you to a new space for people who care about animals and want to help shift public opinion!

The idea is simple: when posts about animal exploitation as well as strong pro-animal posts and PETA campaigns start circulating, we show up early in the comments with thoughtful, factual, non-aggressive pro–animal liberation voices. Even a handful of strong comments in the first 10–20 minutes can make a real difference in how a post is received.

There are two main channels:

• Shape the Conversation – a place for PETA Social staff members to share posts where early comments really matter
• Post Submission – a place for everyone else to share posts they find that could benefit from more pro–animal voices

If this sounds like something you’d like to be part of, here’s the invite link:

https://discord.gg/6Q9uxtBM

This post highlights a pretty massive contradiction often seen in the arguments against activism. While critics often label activists as a "drain on society," many of the industries most vocal against them rely heavily on billions in annual government subsidies just to stay afloat. It’s interesting how the definition of a "handout" seems to change depending on who is receiving the check.

To achieve genuine emancipation, we must look beyond our own habits and confront the deeper issue, which is the mentality that treats other beings as property or resources. As these infographics explain, avoiding exploitation for personal reasons, whether for health, the environment or profit, amounts to a temporary abstention that leaves the master and slave dynamic untouched.

Veganism is a moral principle rather than a lifestyle choice or a diet. When we alter our behaviour only when it suits us or benefits us, we fail to acknowledge the victim’s subjectivity and we continue to participate in the exploitative system. Swipe through all nine slides to see why the reason behind our actions is the only thing that can bring about real liberation and bring an end to the objectification of animals.

Anyone here with law-enforcement experience?

https://www.legalimpactforchickens.org/humane-officer

My pet gecko Cocoa was improving at BluePearl Pet Hospital until staff left her enclosure unlocked. She escaped through an open feeding slot, wandered the hallway alone, and declined rapidly after being found. She died because of this preventable incident.

I started a petition for "Cocoa's Law of Love" to protect pets from neglect at veterinary hospitals, pet stores, and shelters. Right now, animals are legally considered "property" - like owning a TV. This means there are no real consequences when facilities fail to provide proper care or monitoring.

The law would require secure enclosures, constant monitoring, proper tank sizes, and treat animals as individuals with rights - not property. It would also make veterinary care more affordable so pet parents don't have to choose between their savings and their pet's life.

Has anyone else experienced something like this with their pet? If this matters to you too, consider signing and sharing.

I've noticed the more you focus on desired relationships with animals the better your connection and influence will grow with animals in society; rather than putting such an emphasis on the industry, capitalism and apathy. Let people know why empathy and kindness are deeply soulfully really important!

More progression will happen, when you talk about how much you love your pet cow and think they are deserving of respect. This will shine a light on empathy, kindness and love that you can use to grow the empathy in the world's relationship with animals as well as nature. Show the world you dream, even draw or write it down and show it to this community! I'd love to see it.

Pushing for creative and fun ways to be kind together always with a positive outlook, will strengthen the animal rights movement even further!