Reddit reviews The Animal Activist's Handbook: Maximizing Our Positive Impact in Today's World (Flashpoint (Lantern))

I didn't like it at first but now I love it and look at it as one of my few tiny windows of opportunity to show to people a) why it's important and b) why it's easy, delicious, and healthy. If I'm not directly asked I can't easily bring it up without coming off as peachy and potentially alienating. I know I won't convince anyone in the moment but it can plant the seed in their minds.

The book that convinced me to take this opportunity and not squander it is [The Animal Activists Handbook] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Animal-Activists-Handbook-Maximizing/dp/1590561201). Highly recommend a read, and the ideas there apply to advocating for any social cause, too. I read it on recommendation from Peter Singer.

You should give her this book and this article to read, especially this part:

> for every person we convince that veganism is overly demanding by obsessing with an ever-increasing list of ingredients, we do worse than nothing: we turn someone away who could have made a real difference for animals if they hadn’t met us! Currently the vast majority of people in our society have no problem eating the actual leg of a chicken. It is not surprising that many people dismiss vegans as unreasonable and irrational when our example includes interrogating waiters, not eating veggie burgers cooked on the same grill with meat, not taking photographs or using medicines, etc.

And tell her if she really cares about animals, she should spend her time leafleting instead of hounding your boyfriend.

Not only do I know that I do believe animal rights is possible, but I know that some of the most successful vegan activists have tried both approaches (celebrating the strides we DO make vs. refusing to celebrate anything short of our end goals). They taught me that I'll make the biggest difference by being friendly and celebrating compromises rather than being militant and telling people that their activism isn't good enough. See Matt Ball's and Bruce Friedrich's famous book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Animal-Activists-Handbook-Maximizing/dp/1590561201

Here's a link!

Read the reviews, they are much better in articulating the book, as-well as I haven't finished it yet: but I am enjoying it so far. :)

This is a great book: https://www.amazon.com/Animal-Activists-Handbook-Maximizing-Flashpoint/dp/1590561201