Does Veganism Have to Be Radical?

Catelyn Silapachai
5 min readFeb 14, 2022
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The stereotype of a vegan is someone who doesn’t wear deodorant, practices yoga, and eats cold raw vegetables. They’ve given up worldly pleasures in order to live a sterile lifestyle full of seitan and overnight oats. That is certainly how I always thought of vegans; they seemed so disciplined and extreme.

I came across the vegan lifestyle as many do: I fell in love with a dog and learned that livestock…

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Catelyn Silapachai

I write about books, parenting, politics, and religion. I live in Austin, Texas with my husband, daughter, dogs, and plants.