My name is Kat. I’m 21 years old, and I’m currently interning at a prominent animal rights organization in Texas. I’ve been a vegan for about a year and a half, and I’m very excited to be able to do such incredible work with this organization. I’ve been here for almost three weeks, and I’ve already learned so much. 

This blog will serve as another way for me to continue advocacy and keep track of/share what I’ve learned here.

This blog is free of speciesism, homophobia, sexism, racism, and general hatefulness. I will put trigger warnings where appropriate. 

So, whether you’re a dedicated vegan activist or a meat-lover who just happened to stumble upon this blog, welcome! I hope what I have to say will help you look at things in a different way and inspire you to get/stay active in what you care about. 

The prize for winning RSA was an 8 week internship with Dragon Rouge Branding agency. 

http://www.dragonrouge.co.uk/

From where we last left off, it was a Friday, a doctor flipped out at the existence of high schoolers in the cath lab because of what I hoped was caused by stress, and I was scared about what would happen for the next two weeks. 

(SPOILER ALERT: EVERYTHING WENT BETTER THAN EXPECTED)

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but LA has been beautiful the whole time i’ve been here. there’s been a nice breeze every day, and maybe i’m fooling myself but it seems less smoggy than usual. i went to the public library and disney hall today and people were just nice. i met a large black man who used to be a doctor but now makes cupcakes for a living, and he said he liked my shoes. so i dont know if this is a continuation of the fantastic weather and city luck i had on the roadtrip, but it’s been lovely being here. which is sort of weird.

also E3 is so cool i could joy puke.

I need to convince myself to start packing.

I need to convince myself that it’s real.

I need to convince myself that I can do it.

I need to convince myself that I did it. 

AGAIN.

-_- never be a undergraduate psych major, people. Pursue that in grad school or something. But not as an undergrad degree. ESPECIALLY in New York.

What do you do when you feel like the company you are interning for is just using you for the free labor and uses the excuse of “Money is tight for payment”? 

 I don’t want to feel like this anymore. I want to feel in love with the work I do and not feel as if I am obligated to someone who won’t even shell out any type of money for me. You’ve been in business for three years already. How are you telling me there is still money issues…… I honestly don’t know about this company. I mean, they’ve been featured in Vogue, Cosmo, Marie Claire, and a few international magazines, seen on a few celebrities but, what good is it when the people who help you (Or try to help you) are feeling as if they are just being used. 

They reassure me that they appreciate my help but, I honestly don’t feel that they do. I feel like I stuck in a bad relationship where there is no communication between each other. I really want to make this work and see if I can hold on longer in hopes that something good will come my way but, if one is not trying than how can there be any progress? I really know better but, I just don’t know if leaving would be the right thing.

 I think I should just looking for another place here in L.A. and find someone who wants the help and has the option of a possible hire. I just don’t think this company is going to cut it for me anymore. It’s pretty much been a year and nothing has changed, no growth for me, no new projects, no new responsibilities, nothing. Someone once told me that they needed me more than I needed them. This may be true but, if they need me they will meet my halfway at least. Not, leave me in the dark for a few weeks or a month and then expect me to know what’s going on. 

 Maybe it’s just time to move on. Like Madonna says “There’s only so much you can learn in one place. The more that you wait, the more time that you waste” 

I got the internship! It’s a part time organizing internship with Food and Water Watch. I would be working with a local community to raise awareness about fracking and get an anti-fracking resolution passed. It sounds awesome, I get to talk to people about why fracking is a terrible plan, use my social media/writing experience, and work with local government too!

And another one of the organizations I sent my resume to forwarded my resume to Progress Michigan, an organization that uses communications to hold politicians accountable and spread awareness. If they get back to me I don’t know what I’m going to do, but that doesn’t matter right now because people want me to intern for them!

^an interpretation of my happy dance by the ninth doctor