Veguary refers to the second month of the year (February! This month! Right now!) in which those enthusiastic about improving their health, fighting global warming, or simply taking an ethical stance, eliminate meat from their diets. Veguary offers carnivores a nice lil' allotment of time (come on, it IS the shortest month of the year...) to try and reduce their meat intake. This Veguary, I'm stocking up on tofu and seitan - stickin' it to the man (otherwise known as the meat industry) one soy burger at a time.
It's a known fact that vegetarians are generally quite sexy individuals. In fact, a few of my favorite musicians continue to promote a healthier world through their vegetarianism. Morrissey (pictured) is an avid crusader in the fight for animal rights. If the Irishman's sensitive balladry hasn't taught us anything, Moz will gladly lend his beautiful voice to the voiceless: whether the 'voiceless' in question is a human being or, erm, a baby chicken. His band, iconic '80s mope-poppers The Smiths, even released an album entitled Meat Is Murder.
Not a Morrissey fan? Well, I bet you're a Beatles fan! (Oh come on, we all are.) Paul McCartney and John Lennon: both vegetarians. George and Ringo were both veggies too.
Radiohead's wunderkind Thom Yorke maintains a vegetarian lifestyle as well. Not so surprising, as he seems like a pretty enlightened guy.
From Kurt Cobain to Alanis Morrissette, the dudes from Rage Against The Machine to the lovely ladies of Indigo Girls, - vegetarianism attracts all different types of people who want to create positive change and confront prevalent problems that threaten the well being of our planet.
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