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Can the Pain of Vystopia Help Create a More Compassionate World?
Why is veganism increasing as a compassionate philosophy, with animal social justice being at its core? Drawing on key emotional experiences of vegans, survey data collected in 2018 and observational data from her private psychology practice, Clare Mann created the term Vystopia: The Anguish of Being Vegan in a Non Vegan World In this article…
Breaking the Trance – Vystopia and The Cube of Truth
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Living as a Stranger in a Strange Land
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When knowing the facts isn’t enough to become vegan
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