In 2011, a plethora of new celeb vegans popped up—some more surprising then others. Mike Tyson announced a major weight loss due to his vegan diet, causing critics and comedians alike to bite their ears, I mean, tongues…Country singer Carrie Underwood went vegan, as well as star of The Help, Jessica Chastain. Most recently, Beyoncé [...]
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In 2011, a plethora of new celeb vegans popped up—some more surprising then others. Mike Tyson announced a major weight loss due to his vegan diet, causing critics and comedians alike to bite their ears, I mean, tongues…Country singer Carrie Underwood went vegan, as well as star of The Help, Jessica Chastain. Most recently, Beyoncé and baby-daddy Jay-Z have adopted “mostly-vegan” diets throughout Beyoncé’s pregnancy. And with this boom in celeb veganism, the lifestyle has been getting tons of air-time. Martha Stewart did an entire show devoted to veganism, and Oprah and her staff went vegan for a week back in February.
With more vegans in the limelight, veganism is become more and more prevalent. So should we be thanking these celebs for helping to make vegan mainstream? Or should we be rolling our eyes and cringing a little at the trendification of this life-style choice?
I can see why it would be irritating for a life-long vegan who has been singing cruelty-free gospel for years to suddenly see it all over the news, not because of any serious environmental or political reason but because a celebrity decided to nix meat and dairy. However, I am of the opinion that the more people switching to veganism, the better. Sure, I would love if everyone was doing it because they truly believe in the cause. But I am not going to scold them if they’re doing it because they want to be like Beyoncé. That’s that old philosophical dilemma: If a man jumps into a pond to save a drowning child, does it matter if he did it out of the goodness of his heart or if he did it because he wanted to be viewed as a hero? Either way, he still saved the child, no?
If 2,000 people switch to veganism because it’s trendy, and 10 percent of them do their research and decide that, whoa—this really makes sense, then that’s good enough for me.
What about you? How do you feel about veganism’s new celebrity status? Does it grind your gears? Make you hopeful? Do you think it helps or hinders the cause?
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