We could all use a little more empathy – for the animals we raise into lives of great pain and exploitation, for the people who buy foods because they are convenient, not knowing they are chemically tinkered with until they are addictive, and for the people who might enter into these industries under grand delusions of betterment, only to become part of the machine themselves.

Meet Erin Red: Activist, educator, podcaster, writer, and unsung vegan hero who works tirelessly on behalf of the animals.

Ethical veganism comes down to one very important focus: the animals. The jokes being made in advertisements like Red Robin's are ultimately at their expense, and there is nothing "light" about that.