The Stylish Vegan

When one discovers, Vegan Nation, that intense pain emanating from a terribly rotten hip can be eased with the assistance of a cane, incredibly awful visions of walking sticks come to mind. You know, the adjustable metal things with blue handles. Oh, dear lord, please no! The Stylish Vegan with a standard issued hospital endorsed cane? No way, Joe! Hell no, Jose!

After a minor freak out, as TSV is sometimes prone, Mr. Internet offered a fab solution: fashionablecanes.com! Who knew? So after sifting through the sensational site, TSV ordered, received and is now proudly donning, this beauty:

Gorgeous, si? The site is great, it allows you to not only choose your styling stick but makes them to size. Handy instructions on how to measure make it oh so easy to get a gorgeous cane that’s not only practical but an accessory to die for as well! And it only took a awfully arthritic hip to bring it to my doorstep.

And in case you are wondering, VegHeads, it’s 1000% vegan and not tested on any animals. No cats, no dogs, no zebra, nothing. Oh, and lest TSV forgets, it’s an amazing weapon of self-defense. Believe me, you don’t want to be on the receiving end of a wicked swing of this baby!

So there you have it, Veganistos, pain and suffering can have a beautifully fashionable result. Problem is, once the recovery is complete, TSV isn’t going to want to toss this in the closet never to be seen again. I guess the other hip has to go at some time.

Hey, VegHeads, TSV hasn’t thrown out a VegNews Frivolous Celeb of the Day in an eternity. Well enough of that noise, we have a winner today. From our dear friends at ecorazzi.com we learned the following:

“Bono Rails Against $700 Billion For Wall Street, But No Billions For Fighting Disease, Hunger”. Well, Mr. Bono, just so happens TSV knows a thing or two about how Wall Street works and I’m venturing to guess probably about 100 times more than Sonny.

TSV understands your frustration, pal, but you aren’t seeing the big picture here. This “$700 billion for Wall Street” is actually for every person in this country and, I will be so bold to say, many around the world. You see, Bono, the banking system in the U.S. of A. is on the verge of total collapse. How does that affect us, not you, I’m assuming your dough is stashed in some off shore account? If this money doesn’t come through to stem, not to fix, just to shore up the banking system, Joe Public may go to his bank next week to get money and it ain’t going to be there.

This is serious, serious shit, BoneHead. Much more serious than most understand. This money needs to buy this toxic paper or we are in a gigantic boatload of hurt. And those diseased and hungry you speak of? Well, there will be plenty of them right here in the homeland if no assistance is forthcoming.

Bono, a lesson from TSV: Don’t go spouting off shit when you don’t understand it. Not only does it make you look incredibly foolish, but it’s not going to help you sell records in your now stagnant career!

Well, sort of. You see, Vegan Nation, as the geopolitical winds continue to blow strongly with our inept government further pissing off the Russians, TSV thought he would check out the Russian propaganda side of the story. So as any knowledge seeking individual would do, I went right to the source; the Russian Pravda.

Now aside from upbeat and uplifting headlines like, “Russia may strike nuclear blow on Poland in case it deploys US Patriot missiles” and “War in South Ossetia may trigger new outburst of US-Russian rivalry”, TSV found this gem, “Vegetarianism proves to be perversion of nature”.

Complete with an odd accompanying photo;

the article begins with the line, “Vegetarians can be referred to as true fanatics”. And it only gets better from there VegHeads. “Some may say that there is enough protein in vegetables (beans, for example). True, but recent studies show that vegetable protein can be digested only with the help of its animal analogue.” Are you fucking kidding TSV?!

Believe me, I could quote this story all day, it’s unbelievably bizarre, but please go read it for yourselves. After reading TSV advises that you may want to see a doctor immediately since you will discover that you are dying of an endless list of health issues. But wait! There’s more!

Whilst there, take a look at some of the other vegetarian/vegan stories that Pravda is so obsessed with. Other articles drop such gems as “The specialists concluded that those eating a lot of pickled tofu have a lower brain activity.” Wow, The Stylish One better stay away from all those pickled tofu products I’m so fond of!

And of course this from still yet another article, “Children born into a family of vegetarian parents are shorter than children of non-vegetarian parents, they usually suffer from anemia and a deficiency of calcium and vitamins.” Is the Russian meat lobby really this strong?

But hands down, TSV’s favorite quote from another well-written article, (well actually there are many faves but this one is superb) “A lot of celebrities and public figures become vegans when they feel that they have had and accomplished all they could in life.” There it is, kids – the ultimate reason for going vegan! We’ve accomplished all we can in life so obviously there’s no where else to turn except to veganism. Suddenly I feel so good about myself!

Ok, Vegan Nation, there you have it, a freaky display of misinformation brought to you by “experts” and “specialists” of Russia. And they really want us to believe they’re the good guys?

Before heading out for the weekend, TSV was sent an email regarding fashion, yes, we do talk about that still, from Kevin regarding his new company The Vegan Collection. In addition to putting out affordable, animal-friendly shoes, Kev et al. donate 25% of all proceeds to organizations that are advocates for animals. Awesome!

Aight – have a great weekend all!

Welcome to the youth of The Stylish Vegan. This is the poverty I was privileged to be born in to. You don’t believe me, go to 1479 Cavalry in Detroit. There you will find the birth place of The Stylish One.

This is what inspires me. This is what makes me irate at the love fest toward “rich, celeb vegans” who really aren’t vegan at all except it’s something that makes them “different” or “radical” or makes them feel good. And loathing the publications that embrace them to appease advertisers. Don’t believe TSV? Check out Nat Portman in any Japanese, animal-torturing, UniLever ad. Or how about when she showed up recently to discuss the virtues of veganism in an angora sweater? Yes, heroes indeed!

The Stylish Vegan thought it important that I give you all a bit of my background. While poor, style abounded! My mission; spread it to the masses but in a non killing way. A non hurtful manner. No agenda. No fashion du jour that many “celebs” and “celebophiles” seem to embrace. Pure love. Pure respect for life.

The Stylish Vegan was able to embrace this background with the understanding that even the poorest voices needed to be heard. They didn’t do this by kissing Natalie Portman’s ass. They didn’t do this by showing what a fine example meat-chomper Harrison Ford is for “shaving his chest to represent the decimation of the rain forest”. They did this looking stylish, looking like they were a force to be heard and respected while all the while be the underdog.

Oh the lessons we learn, Vegan Nation, the lessons we learn. From White Castle to tofu, it seems a long road but one certainly worthy of the travel.

Good night, VegHeads!

Hey, VegHeads, TSV ran across this article and had to share it with you right away. Seems I’m not the only one that thinks to be truly “green” you have to be a vegan. Turns out the British Government is stealing a little bit of The Stylish One’s thunder. This is from the Daily Mail back in May 2007. (How did I miss this?)  “The Secret Plans to Turn Us All Vegetarian”.  I love it, I love it, I love it!!  Ah, life is so much fun!

Life has caught up to The Stylish One lately, Vegan Nation, and, once again, I find myself as the deliverer of an apology. I’m sorry I’ve been away so long but my blue spirit has had the best of me lately. Affected by the prospects of another upcoming four years of a vegan-less White House.

Yes, that’s correct; our man for President of these United States has withdrawn from the battle. And while TSV learned of the devastating news event on Friday past, I could not bring myself from the depths of dark depression to write about it. Until today. I awakened a new man; one full of relief rather than sadness. A man of hope, not despair. A man who realizes there are more important concerns in my world at this moment. Sales.

Vegheads, as I’ve preached in the past, nothing cheers a soul like a new, well-fitted shirt. Or the arrival of the latest non leather belts at my door. Or the discovery of kick-ass dress shoes. Now these are the important matters of our short lives. And Dennis knows this, Vegan Nation.

By sporting a dapper presidential wardrobe, look how far he’s been able to go in the process with his “crazy vegan-like” ideals. A vegan in a suit, what a whacky idea! Mr. Kucinich and TSV both understand the influence and power of the well-tailored suit. We share a fondness for dressing our words up in wonderful man made fabrics. You can bet right after Dennis gave that withdrawal speech in Ohio last week, he drowned himself in a veg shopping spree. TSV would have done just that and I have no reason to think Denny wouldn’t have done the same.

So while we face the mind numbing prospects of some jackass like Romney or McCain for the next several years. Dennis Kucinich and The Stylish Vegan will keep our chins up and concentrate on expanding our animal-friendly stylish wardrobes over the next couple of terms. Who knows, if Mr. Kucinich decides to throw his fashionable chapeau into the next presidential race, perhaps TSV will be standing by his side on the platform. Armani arm in Armani arm, together we will be stronger!

Sticking with depressing Presidential theme, today’s VegNews Frivolous Celeb of the Day is none other than our not-at-all-stylish, Commander-In-Chief, Mr. George Bush. Apparently, the rib-chompin’ airhead from Texas had the crowd so excited by his State of the Union speech (does anyone really watch this and believe the shit spewing forth?) that fellow cement brain, Rep. Chris Shays gave him a big ol’ smacker.

Precious, precious moments. See, politics can be romantic.