Since she got fat, Lisa Jansen has noticed that her fellow vegans treat her differently. She'd “do no good “vegan. Painful, because veganism revolves around the conviction that all living beings are equally worth. 'We need all the vegans in the fight for a glowless world — thick, thin, disabled, color and queer. '

The first time another vegan made a nasty remark about my changing body, I remember well. I was on vacation and I was still in the middle of recovering from eating disorders. After long hesitation, I placed a picture of myself in a museum on social media. Soon I received a personal message: how to be so fat, I was vegan, right? All I could do was cry for the rest of the day.

For many fellow vegans, my body grown in size is a symbol of failing veganism. When I tell people I'm a vegan, they often look at me with disbelief. Whether it's fellow vegans or carnivores, it's clear that my body doesn't meet their idea of what a herbivorous looks like. In recent years, the focus seems to have shifted: the ethical basis of veganism as a lifestyle is overshadowed by a focus on extremely healthy nutrition and tight bodies, whereby being thin and healthy is seen as feasible.

Are you — like me — fat or disabled? Then apparently don't “do “your veganism right.

Are Dutch really from those mean spoiled bastards?

“How can you be so fat, you're vegan?”