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Thursday, November 20, 2008

Vegans needed for documentary interviews

Posted by Eric @ 6:40 PM

Casting for I'm Vegan has now begun!

I'm Vegan is a series of short documentary profiles that will feature vegans from all walks of life, perhaps including you! The project is is intended to address preconceptions about vegans and veganism, which may increase normalization of and appreciation for veganism. It is also expected that I'm Vegan will be a catalyst for some viewers to go vegan. Completed profiles will be distributed for free over the web so that anyone can share the videos with family, friends, and visitors to their own sites. A full-length documentary is also in the works.

To be considered as a potential profile subject for I'm Vegan, please send me the following before January 15th:
  • 2 recent digital snapshots, one close-up and one full-length.

  • Your city, state, and zipcode.

  • Answers to the following questions:
    1. How long have you been vegan?

    2. Why are you vegan? (and/or What was your "A-ha!" moment?)

    3. What does veganism mean to you?

    4. What is your favorite thing about being vegan?

    5. What is your least favorite thing about being vegan?

    6. What are your favorite and frequent pastimes or hobbies?

    7. Please share any kind of interesting story related to your being vegan (interaction with family members, roommates, schoolmates, co-workers, or experiences at restaurants, cafeterias, etc., etc.).

    8. Why should you be interviewed for I'm Vegan?
Our route will take us all over the U.S., so if you live in a smaller town but are still highway accessible your submission will be considered.

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Letters published in Boston's Weekly Dig

Posted by Eric @ 2:57 PM

The Weekly Dig elected to publish my letter in reply to a nasty letter that was sent in response to my initial letter a few issues back. Are you following all this?

To recap: The Dig had published a An Edible Compendium from A-Z, placing two vegan restaurants--TJs and Grasshopper--under "U" for Union Square in Allston, rather than "V," where readers instead came across a recommendation to eat "happy veal." Here's my initial letter, with some editorial snark inserted for good measure. I had to scan it and upload it because, for some strange reason, it was never included in the Letters section on their website.

The following week, a hater in Jamaica Plain had a vituperative response published (this one was posted online). I saw this as an opportunity to further educate readers about the reasons for veganism and to use the hate as a call for peace, but I missed the cut-off date for the very next issue.

Fast forward to today, and the current issue of The Weekly Dig (10.31.07 - 10.7.07) includes not just my letter, but also Sarah Poulette's. Thanks for writing in, Sarah! Here are those letters online at The Weekly Dig.

And no editorial snark! 

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