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Laura Lee. May 3, 1988. Vegan and tree hugger. Animal rights activist. Queer. Curly hair and tattooed. Left-handed. German, Lebanese, and Scottish descent. Big family of animals. Enjoys nature, music, webdesign, figure skating, rain, photography, crafting, bagpipes, poetry, and Wall-E.

Vegan?

A vegan is someone who does not consume any animal products and avoids the exploitation of animals. Why? Animals used by the food, entertainment, clothing, and experimentation industries suffer from extreme abuse and neglect at the hands of people. Factory farmed animals receive horrific treatment, such as lifelong confinement, painful castration, and even boiling alive. Animals in labs die by the thousands from induced illnesses and injuries without veterinary care. Animals in circuses are even beaten to perform for humans. We can avoid this unnecessary torture with a plant-based diet and cruelty-free products. No matter how different we are from other species, we are co-citizens of the Earth, and we are animals too. They, like us, can suffer. The only road to compassion is to recognize that they are not our property, our food, or our entertainment. VEGAN -- For the people, for the planet, for the animals.

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Mail: laura@julytree.org
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01/20/2010: "Changes"

music: Matchbox 20 - "How Far We've Come"
mood: Sentimental

Things are changing, majorly. I just cut off 8 inches of my waist-long hair that I thought I'd never cut. But it was a big step for me, showing me I don't have to be afraid of change, that I can embrace it. For years I was so attached to my hair that the thought of parting with it made me cry. But no more!

I am re-evaluating a lot of things in my life now, which might cause some pain to those who are close to me. But it must be done.

I don't know where I'll be in a year from now, but I'm working on it. I just need to make my own path without letting my inhibitions hold me back.

We are going to Hawaii soon and I can't wait. I want a break from life and a change of pace.

Please also visit this new website for our renovated animal advocacy group: Richmond Friends of Animals. It's finally a website based solely around MySQL! Haha, Julytree.org is so retro with CGI. But I like it that way (for now)!