Compassion Consortium - Looking For Vegan Love In All The Wrong Places?

Have you been looking for Vegan love in all the wrong places? Join us for our February book night at 8:00 PM on February 9, featuring Maya Gottfried, author of Vegan Love: Dating and Partnering for the Cruelty-Free Gal, With Fashion, Make-up and Wedding Tips . Click here for more information regarding this event. ​ By Maya Gottfried (Author), Dame Darch (Illustrator) ​ “Delightful . . . offers great support for those seeking help in navigating romantic relationships while maintaining a cruelty-free lifestyle.” —Gene Baur, president and cofounder of Farm Sanctuary 2018 IPPY Silver Award Winner in Sexuality/Relationships In ever-increasing numbers, people around the world are opting for a Vegan lifestyle (eating a plant-based diet and eschewing animal products such as leather), and those who do report feeling happy and healthier, with boundless energy and glowing skin among the benefits. But what happens when their love interest unapologetically orders a steak on a date? Vegan Love offers guidance on how to spread the Vegan love and bring compassion for all beings into one’s romantic life. Going cruelty-free need not mean alienating potential partners or long-term lovers. Author Maya Gottfried shares her experiences of going Vegan and playing the Vegan dating game, as well as insights by notable Vegan women, both straight and LGBTQ, from various walks of life, including Jane Velez-Mitchell of JaneUnchained.com ; Marisa Miller Wolfson of the film Vegucated ; Jasmin Singer, author of Always Too Much and Never Enough; and Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of the Food for Thought podcast. Vegan Love also features a wealth of fun, practical advice about Vegan makeup, Vegan clothes, and Vegan weddings, with a detailed resource guide. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Maya Gottfried was born and raised in New York City, loves animals, and writes books, essays, and articles for children and grown-ups. ​ Maurice Sendak said of Maya's first children's book, Last Night I Dreamed a Circus : "Ingenious; original; simply a delicious wonder!" The book was also honored with a Parents’ Choice 2003 Recommended Award. Maya received the Pennsylvania School Librarians Young Reader’s Choice Award for her second book, Good Dog , which was also a Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee. Her book Our Farm: By the Animals of Farm Sanctuary , now in its second printing, was selected as the official children’s companion to Jonathan Safran Foer’s New York Times bestseller Eating Animals for Fairfield, CT’s month-long "One Book, One Town" program. ​​ In addition to her books for children, Maya has written various essays, blogs, and articles appearing in outlets ranging from Oprah Daily to Lilith magazine. Her essay “ Untitled ,” published in the anthology Half / Life: Jew-ish Tales from Interfaith Homes , was consistently picked as a favorite of the collection by reviewers. For more information regarding this book and Maya, click here .