Kath's Classy Chicks

Princess Diana – remembered.

Kath Walker — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 18:16:37 +0000

I’m no Royal sycophant or creepy worshipper, but reflecting on the death of Diana 20 years ago, it makes me wish there were more of her kind in positions of power. Compassionate, vulnerable, humble. Here’s my artistic tribute to her.

Beautiful Vegans #7 – Ariana Grande

Kath Walker — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 15:48:27 +0000

“I love animals more than I love most people, not kidding. But I am a firm believer in eating a full plant-based, whole food diet that can expand your life length and make you an all-around happier person…”

Courtney Love as a pin-up girl

Kath Walker — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 14:05:09 +0000

Been wanting to do Courtney as a pin-up for a while. I love her badass authenticity.

“Preachy vegans get right on my t*ts”

Kath Walker — Sun, 09 Apr 2017 19:10:56 +0000

Does anyone remember the film ‘They Live’? You know, where you see the world as it really is if you put on a pair of black sunglasses. Pretty much everyone will have seen the Matrix – blue pill, life stays as it is, same old same old; red pill, you see the world for what it really is.

This is what veganism feels like. There isn’t a way to unsee what you’ve seen, to unknow what you know. And the only thing you feel you want to do is TELL AS MANY PEOPLE WHO’LL LISTEN. And that’s where it gets very very tricky. Most of the time I try to restrain myself in the interest of retaining friends, but the urge is always there to want to hold people’s eyelids open a la Clockwork Orange and make people aware of the insanity the meat and dairy industries don’t want you to see.

There’s always the ‘if enough people taste good vegan food they’ll get it’ approach – potentially quite successful. Or the humorous approach; ‘Eat your own leg, leave mine alone a**hole’. Ha ha. But sometimes you just want people to see the uncut brutality of thousands of male chicks being crushed alive because they are of no commercial value. Or a cow being unceremoniously raped over and over so that she’ll give up her milk and her babies just so humans can put semi-skimmed on their cornflakes. Or how about piglets being castrated with no pain relief. This is happening now. This is real.

Vegans are not the enemy of non-vegans. We just don’t want innocent beings to suffer. And what is so wrong with that?

This is what depression feels like #5; leaden paralysis

Kath Walker — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 17:58:52 +0000

It was a while before I realised this was a symptom of depression and not laziness. It’s a really nasty little symptom and saps you of all energy. You feel trapped and like a ton of lead is weighing you down from the inside.

Beautiful Vegans #6; Serena Williams

Kath Walker — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 17:19:32 +0000

Would you ever ask Serena Williams where she gets her protein? Thought not.

This is what depression feels like #4; the non-stop critical inner voice.

Kath Walker — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 19:09:40 +0000

Imagine going through life with a constant critical narrative in your head, chipping away at your self-worth. You’re never good enough. You messed that up didn’t you? Why can’t you just stop doing that? Stupid, useless, flabby IDIOT. Sure, you can find ways to turn the volume down, or even shut it up for a while. But it always finds a way back, drip feeding you self-esteem eroding nuggets of anti-wisdom.

These things work for me;

1/STOPPING the inner put-down in it’s tracks and replacing it with a mood-boosting affirmation. For example; counter ‘You’re useless’, with ‘Ease up on yourself, learning something takes time’.

2/REALISING the inner voice isn’t you, it’s the illness talking.

3/CONSCIOUSLY choosing to acknowledge this nonsense just isn’t true (this one took quite a while to master but is quite powerful).

4/LAUGH at the voice. Not easy when it’s so insidious, but it doesn’t half disempower it.

Attention Masochists!

Kath Walker — Fri, 30 Dec 2016 17:53:57 +0000

I’ve really enjoyed this year…..so so so much. Haven’t you?

Beautiful Vegans #5; Peter Dinklage

Kath Walker — Sun, 11 Dec 2016 16:55:59 +0000

“I love animals. All animals. I wouldn’t hurt a cat or a dog — or a chicken, or a cow. And I wouldn’t ask someone else to hurt them for me. That’s why I’m a vegetarian.”

We love Peter….xxx

Beautiful Vegans #4; Joan Jett

Kath Walker — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:33:08 +0000

“Twenty years ago I thought: What’s the difference between eating a bloody steak and killing my dog, slitting him open and roasting him?”. Joan, we love and salute you for your compassion! xxx