Story and Photos Holly Feral Web Feature sponsor Virtuous Pie Originally published in Driftwood Issue One “Bummer,” his blog post began. Brian Thomas Wilson had just heard that an important part of his tattoo kit wasn’t vegan. It’s a toe-stubbing moment for any vegan but especially upsetting for the man who owns Scapegoat Tattoo, the world’s first devotedly vegan tattoo shop, located in the vegan metropolis of Portland, Oregon. The scuttlebutt came to Brian through Facebook,

Story Melissa Bastian Breedlove Photos Holly Feral Web Feature sponsor Portland Vegfest Originally published in Driftwood Issue Three I am sitting in Sweetpea, an all-vegan bakery in an all-vegan mini-mall in the vegan mecca that is Portland, Oregon, absolutely full to the brim with vegan biscuits and gravy and eyeing a freshly stocked shelf of colorful vegan doughnuts. Putting this fuel to use, I’m carefully strategizing how to pack as many vegan bowls, cheeses, corndogs, an

Story and Photos Holly Feral Web Feature Sponsor Gigantic Bicycle Festival Originally published in Driftwood Issue One Nicole J. Georges is a world-famous graphic novelist. She travels the globe teaching, draws with senior citizens, and gives voices to pooches. I hung out with Nicole while she worked on her new book, Fetch, a memoir about the dog who has appeared in many of her comics, and we talked about how scandalous daytime television drafted the course of her life. The s

Story and Photos Helen Feliciano-Bailey Web Feature sponsor New England Vegfest Originally published in Driftwood Issue Three EXPLORING THE CITY Just over 400 miles north of the bustling city of Bangkok sits the mountainousChiang Mai. The “New City” has a cultural identity unlike anything you'll find in otherareas of Thailand. Its historic character, warm people, and serene yet adventurousatmosphere are sure to leave a lasting impression on any visitor. While it’s truethat in

Artists Sue Coe & Zoe Kolln Web Feature sponsor VegOut Seattle Originally published in Driftwood Issue Three ...in which we bring together two artists working from different parts of the world. In this issue, English artist and illustrator Sue Coe chats with Olympia, Washington, artist and tattooer Zoe Kolln. Both artists use printmaking and illustration as a means to spread awareness and engage with issues ranging from veganism to social justice and human rights. ZK: How did

Interview Nefer Flores Photos & Introduction Francesca Carpinelli Lead Photo Hair, makeup & style: Eve White; Model: Danielle Chaves; Photo: Holly Feral Web Feature sponsor SoCal Vegfest Originally published in Driftwood Issue Two Día de los Muertos, called Hanal Pixan in the Yucatan Peninsula—Maya for “Food of/for the Souls”—is a beautiful celebration of the dead. It is said that the dead visit their families every year on this date, so most households will set up an altar a

Story Alex Payne Photos Nicole Brodeur Web Feature sponsor V-dog Originally published in Driftwood Issue Two Paris Unexpectedly, France’s growing vegan scene greeted us before we stepped off the plane. Our flight attendant, the perfect petite picture of a chic young Parisian, noticed a copy of Laika poking up from our seat-back pocket. She’s vegan, she said, but she didn’t think her hometown had much to offer in the way of plant-based dining. Happily, Paris would prove her w

Story Holly Feral Photos Holly Feral, Jeremie Frémaux, courtesy of Miyoko Schinner Web Feature sponsor Bare Bones Body Care Originally published in Driftwood Issue Two As someone who recently started a business, I can tell you that the fear of failing wakes me up at night. It ranks between the fear of death and having an unknown sex tape surface. The thought of going on to start another business, and then another, and another after that… It seems an unfathomable feat of huma

Story and Photos Daniela Lais Web Feature Sponsor Fetch Eyewear Originally published in Driftwood Issue Two In Austria, we have some rules for visitors. One says: If you travel to our country, you need to visit the Stephansdom (St. Stephen’s Cathedral) in our capital, Vienna. It’s an impressive 12th-century cathedral with 13 bells; one of which, The Pummerin, is the second biggest bell in Europe. And high above, ornate glazed tiles along the roof shine in a mosaic of the Vien

Story and Photos Michele Truty Images courtesy of the publisher Web Feature sponsor Vegan Street Fair For publication in Driftwood Issue Two The Taco Cleanse by Wes Allison, Stephanie Bogdanich, Molly Frisinger, and Jessica Morris You had me at “Cleanses are the fucking worst,” the opening line in Laura Beck’s foreword for The Taco Cleanse. Truth be told, if it had started any other way, I would have stopped right there. So thanks be to the Taco Gods I was met with such a we