CONTENTS

Dr. Psyche Williams-Forson

Introduction: The Birth of the Sistah Vegan Project

A. Breeze Harper

1. Thinking and Eating at the Same Time: Reflections of a Sistah Vegan

Michelle R. Loyd-Paige

2. Veganism and Ecowomanism

Layli Phillips

3. Social Justice Beliefs and Addiction to Uncompassionate Consumption: Food for Thought

A. Breeze Harper

4. On Being Black and Vegan

Delicia Dunham

5. Nutrition Liberation: Plant-based Diets as a Tool for Healing, Resistance, and Self-reliance

Melissa Danielle

6. Young, Black, and Vegan

Joi Marie Probus

7. Veganism: Stepping Away from the Status Quo

Venus Taylor

8. Being a Sistah at PETA

Ain Drew

9. Hospital-sponsored Junk Food at a “Healthy” Bike-Riding Event?

Robin Lee

10. Black-a-tarian

Ma'at Sincere Earth

11. Identity, Freedom, and Veganism

Melissa Santosa

Tara Sophia Bahna-James

13. Eyes of the Dead

Mary Spears

14. I Am Sistah Vegan

Tasha Edwards

15. Gourmet Chef at McD's

Olu Butterfly Woods

16. To Eat or Not to Eat

Thea Moore

17. Stop Feeding Me Your Bullsh*t

Tishana Joy Trainor

18. “What You Cooking, Grandma?”

Nia Yaa

19. The Food and Sex Link

Angelique Shofar

20. Journey to Veganism

Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo

21. The Fulfillment of the Movement

Adama Maweja

Iya Raet

23. Because They Matter

Tashee Meadows

24. Journey Toward Compassionate Choice: Integrating Vegan and Sistah Experience

Tara Sophia Bahna-James

25. Veganism and Misconceptions of Thinness as “Normal” and “Healthy”: Sistah Vegans Break It Down in Cyberspace

Compiled by A. Breeze Harper

Afterword: Liberation as Connection and the Decolonization of Desire

pattrice jones

About the Contributors