Uhhh, any "hegans" in da house?
Posted by Lenorre on Mar 24, 2010 · Member since Sep 2005 · 77 posts
Umm, so Bitch Magazine on my Facebok posted this article. It's apparently about a new fad of 40's to 50's men going vegan to get healthier; they call themselves "hegans" apparently. I'm all for people not eating animals and animal parts as well as getting healthy, so that's cool. But this "hegan" thing? Uh, what? Because the V in "vegan" stands for vagina? Or we need a new name to make it more "manly" because so many men are stupid enough to only stop eating animals and get healthy if they make the label a bit more masculine? WHAT? It's silly.
Have a read: http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/food/articles/2010/03/24/men_leave_their_own_mark_on_veganism/
Warmth.
hmmmm.....
My perception of it is they simply want to specify they are in it for Health not animals or Vegetables so they replaced v with an h. Personally, I think it is a step in a right direction that way they can still wear their leather and what not, but still have a that accurately describes their eating habits whilst not confusing others about vegans.
Anything that will produce more people who don't eat meat/eggs/dairy for whatever reason is good, I think. In the article it says 'vegan' sounds militant, maybe that's the reason. I know several people who are vegetarian or vegan for health reasons predominantly...maybe the 'he' stands for 'health' instead of just being men.
I guess I'm a "hegan".
No. . . wait. . . that is a seriously dumb word. Let's make a pact to never use it!
I'm not vegan for health reasons anyway. Animal products in my food just repulse me.
It certainly sounds (since the word "he" is present) that it refers to the part about being about men. Don't worry--the media come up with all sorts of silly words that they hope will become trendy. Don't get me wrong. I think the word is dumb, too, but I don't anticipate it being used for long.
I thought some doctor, maybe McDougell, already coined a word for dietary-only vegans for health reasons. I think it was vegitan or something.
I would like to think that it is health-vegan as opposed to he-man-vegan. Regardless though, that article made me happy. The last paragraph sums it up for me really, aside from animal products, I eat whatever I want and don't worry about it. If only more people believed me.
i sent the article to my dad earlier today... i liked it... you have to find the right angle to get people to make the switch... i feel like a main reason men don't wanna be vegan is because it isn't "manly"... i don't understand why men feel they have to eat animals to be manly it's really stupid IMO
i sent the article to my dad earlier today... i liked it... you have to find the right angle to get people to make the switch... i feel like a main reason men don't wanna be vegan is because it isn't "manly"... i don't understand why men feel they have to eat animals to be manly it's really stupid IMO
Didn't you know? "It's the man's job to go out and club the mastodon, and the woman's job to stay home and cook it." At least according to Kenny on the Bill Cosby Show. ::)
But if more men had to go out and club the animals to death themselves, there'd be a lot more hegans...uh, vegans.
That's what my carnivore husband says.
i sent the article to my dad earlier today... i liked it... you have to find the right angle to get people to make the switch... i feel like a main reason men don't wanna be vegan is because it isn't "manly"... i don't understand why men feel they have to eat animals to be manly it's really stupid IMO
Didn't you know? "It's the man's job to go out and club the mastodon, and the woman's job to stay home and cook it." At least according to Kenny on the Bill Cosby Show. ::)
But if more men had to go out and club the animals to death themselves, there'd be a lot more hegans...uh, vegans.
That's what my carnivore husband says.
Very true. I have a lot more respect for the hunter than the ones that just buy it at the store. At least the hunter knows where their food came from. I actually have friends who won't buy meat with bones in it because "that's gross." Silly. They want to forget it once was an animal. Their kids don't get it either. I'm guessing they think there's a chicken nugget tree or something. Or is it a bush?
I sent this to my dad too.....he sends me his republican propaganda all of the time, I figure he can read this....
hahahaha yeah, go Boston Globe. I read this article and was horrified at the term hegan. But I know one of the guys in the article and he's awesome and is vegan for all the right reasons. A review of his restaurant from the same day: http://www.boston.com/yourtown/malden/articles/2010/03/24/cheap_eats_at_the_pulse_cafe_in_somerville_a_vegan_restaurant/
Here is a great response to the hegan article: http://bostonist.com/2010/03/25/hegans.php
Great line: Christine Liu at Boston Citysearch, never one to miss an opportunity to make a portmanteau (opportmanteaupertunity?), felt the word was lacking a certain je ne sais quoi. She suggested “soyboys,” “boorganics” or “beast-free beasts” might roll off the tongue more easily.
HAAA!
HE-GAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE!
sorry
I sent this to my dad too.....he sends me his republican propaganda all of the time, I figure he can read this....
Mine too!
We're in good company:
Oprah: Have people been angry when they've approached you?
Tina: Nobody was angry the first week—not even my Republican parents.
Oprah: I love that your parents are Republicans.
Tina: Everyone's parents are Republicans!
-Interview about Fey's Palin impersonation
Because the V in "vegan" stands for vagina?
*giggle*
That is all :P