"I knew that thing about little minds and foolish consistency and hobgoblins. I wanted to enjoy my one life on this planet, so sometimes—arrest me—I did eat butter."<p>Vegans don't avoid butter from some arbitrary rule. They do so because they reject the commodification of animals. They refuse to support an industry where cows are repeatedly forcibly impregnated, separated from their calves, and slaughtered the moment they stop producing milk.<p>Interesting article, but she was never vegan.