That's the claim put forward by fashion journalist Harriet Walker:
Do you agree? Is veganism really no longer regarded as "weird"?
Full article: Relax, it's no longer weird to be a vegan (The Guardian, 4 January 2014)Vegan used to be one of those insults thrown around with the same mainstream anti-beard incomprehension as "socks and sandals" or "Guardian reader". Unfortunately, since the latter two became cool – and beards did too – the former's prospects are also looking up. So it's time to revise our ideas of who's a weirdo and who isn't.
You can't swing a nut roast right now without hitting something to do with veganism – whether it's the arrival from Germany of the first all-vegan supermarket chain, Veganz, or the 22-day no meat, no dairy diet that Beyoncé and Jay-Z have just celebrated the end of (well you would, wouldn't you?).
Do you agree? Is veganism really no longer regarded as "weird"?