Animal Liberation Matters, But Vegan Brunch Matters More

By Lili Trenkova "Sorry, I can't make your event [sic] this week. I'll try to make it to the next one, ok?" Since starting Collectively Free, I've heard these sentences in one form or another more than I ever imagined I would. I have come to expect them, but I have yet to understand or accept them. And 9 out of 10 times they come from people of privilege, people who are neither low-income, nor are a single parent, nor have a disability for instance. It seems like a lot of us perceive social justice activism as a recreational activity, as something to be done on weekends between brunch and a movie, or on Facebook over morning coffee - unless ...