new post on passion school

[opiumpoppyfields]

A new post about how I am no longer going to identify as a fruitarian or raw foodist.

Dropping Labels and Dogma.

Comments

[vaysha.livejournal.com]

I feel like people use labels in a way to be elitist and set themselves apart from others. I think when we have to identify to one thing or another we in a way negate all else. I don't mean say your raw foodism or fruitarian stuff but All of it! I was talking to a friend about gender (Which I think is fluid) and how identifying one way or another so tightly (she has been more masculine identified for a few years and decided to grow her hair which is scary for her because of long hair being associated with femininity) is to not embrace balance. I am totally feminine and am with a guy but I know I have very "masculine" gender attributes to my personality and perspective and I also feel being a woman is quite empowering which is why so many cultures there is oppression for women, it's a fear of that power of creation and intuition we have. It all feels so excessive- she should be able to grow her hair and still feel herself in the ways she is gender identified as masculine- it's just hair. We are all on a path and experiencing our own process. I am inspired by your diet and adopt some of it, perhaps something else is valuable to me and my focus is elsewhere. It doesn't make me less and it doesn't make you less say that your focus is not on advocating for disabled people or whatever the other "trip" is.
The whole dogma and if you are not doing this than you are not good enough to be considered a true vegan or "insert whatever" is no different than the whole christian republican us and them trip. What the hell is going on in our culture that we need to do that? It's kind of weird but I know what you mean and I see it everywhere in all different sorts of genres of humanity.

[vaysha.livejournal.com]

hahah, holy long comment. your posts are so thought provoking. I wish this was over a juice or tea so that we could really get into it :)

[opium.livejournal.com]

yeah! well, maybe if I am in washington sometime! i wanna visit a bunch of people there at some point.

[opium.livejournal.com]

yeah being put in a box is no fun :/ also it is really lame when someone identifies as ONE thing, like some people are EXTREMELY attached to labels - like "I AM A VEGAN" and nothing else or "I AM A CHRISTIAN" - well, if you do that, people are going to make assumptions about you before they know ANYTHING ELSE about you.

[unbrushed.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed reading this post. It took me awhile to get to this point, but I don't really care much about labels regarding sexuality/gender/veg*n/whatever. Everything is always changing/fluctuating, and that's just fine. Do what you want and what you believe in and what feels best. Period. Situations change, bodies change, minds change...

:]

[opium.livejournal.com]

totally. I still consider myself a vegan but if someone questions me about what I'm eating I'm not going to say "OH, I'm a vegan." However, I would love to have some sort of shirt that declares I am a raw vegan, or eat a lot of fruit/carbs while at the gym so people are like whaaaa? she eats carbs? BUT SHE'S THIN! then people can question me, but i dont have to declare myself just because i want to. plus, the gym is a health-centered place. i don't need to declare my diet or stance in every place i go, or to everyone i meet (not that i did, but i did enjoy doing it, but now i am tired of it)