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V Musings: A Plant-Based Diet Sourcebook Part 1
by Leslie Rand Wilderson
Series
The mysteries of plant nutrition are set free on page after page of this gripping work that artfully explores the benefits of edible plants one topic at a time. From wheatgrass juice to popular trends in vegan dining, V Musings gives you a broad understanding of the plant-based diet. It references plant-based products, lists plant food nutrient profiles, and illustrates the cultural aspects of plant-based living. In V Musings, Dr. Wilderson takes you on a scientific discovery tour to answer questions about phytonutrients, lay out satisfying alternatives to animal products, and unearth plant food sources that promote well-being and happiness. V Musings is a tremendous source of information for vegans and plant-based dabblers alike and will serve as a historical reference chronicling the rise of the plant-based diet. Reading a book that will give you a new outlook on plant food and an endless supply of nutrition facts to share with those you love has never been more fun! Published by Fulton Books, Meade PA 2022. Shop Barnes & Noble, Kindle, Amazon, Apple Books, Google Play, and more.
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V Musing 1 Video
Vegan Musings Deux: A Plant-Based Diet Sourcebook Part 2
by Leslie Rand Wilderson
New Book in the V Musings Series
Take a journey through the vast edible plant kingdom with a thoughtful collection of colorful collages and illuminating passages traversing the benefits of plant nutrition. Exploring essential elements of the plant–based diet, V Musings Deux guides your plant food choices and invigorates your loftiest health goals. From the investigated power of cauliflower, anecdotes about vegan sweets and wine to the rise of popular plant burger trends and data on smart plant textiles, part two in the V Musings series offers a whimsical look at the save–life–on–planet–Earth, plant–based lifestyle. In concert with its repertoire of fruit and veggie nutrient profiles, a review of the unique V Musings ten plant food groups provides an organic blueprint for building a nutrient–rich diet. The artful layout of plant–based fundamentals and scientific data joyfully unearths gems and creative trends, giving a new dimension to the wondrous world of plant nutrition. Published by Fulton Books, Meade PA 2022. Shop Barnes & Noble, Kindle, Amazon, Apple Books, Google Play, and more.
http://https://fultonbooks.com/books/?book=vmusings
V Musing 1 Video
My Hair Goes Up: Hair Poetics
Poems, essays, and ideas regarding the passage of the CROWN Act
by Leslie Rand Wilderson
Classic
My Hair Goes Up uses essays and poetics to examine the California CROWN Act (SB 188), a law written to create a respectful, open workplace and world for natural hair.
This book is a poetic tribute to the lofty, helically shaped hair that deserves to exist freely, and it shares a heartening perspective on the norms surrounding the legacy of contrived racial divisions.
My Hair Goes Up poetically deconstructs problematic human divisions and explores solutions that will create an equal existence for all people. I Am Here Publications, printed by Barnes & Noble Press 2021. Ingram Spark Distribution eBook ISBN 9780578944814. Shop Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Kindle, Apple Books, and more.
Find Plant-Based Dining
Projects
Doctor. Author. Artist.
Dr. Wilderson is a member of the Journal of Medical Optometry and International Journal of Ophthalmology & Visual Science Editorial Boards
Dr. Wilderson is an American Academy of Optometry Diplomate Candidate
Dr. Leslie Wilderson’s clinical work is published in peer-reviewed scientific journals
PHOTO ESSAY AND A BRIEF REPORT ON NEW RHEGMATOGENOUS RETINAL DETACHMENT MANAGEMENT
Principles of Diabetic Care and a PDR Imaging Case report
CLINICAL CASE REPORT CRO JOURNAL
INTRIGUING IMAGES ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
Unraced Poem featured in The Author’s Porch Magazine Issue 4 April 2022
The Science
Unraced is a consciousness campaign that deemphasizes human skin color references, which often refer to more than skin color. An unraced person values the humanity of others and realizes that being human is the only biological and socially meaningful reference.
Race is a state of mind that creates human division and social madness. The unraced cringe at the racist behavior seen in movies, where characters engage in racialized injustices that seem absurd but portray art imitating life.
To become unraced is to recognize the history of past atrocities and decide not to participate. Checking the non-race box is a consciousness that takes power from the arbiters of a system built on fear and creates a present moment rooted in liberation.
The concept of being unraced shows respect for all shades of diversity, culture, and ancestry. Become unraced to transcend racial categories for the evolution of equality.
The racialized killings may not stop, the hatred against people of African ancestry may not stop, the disparities or egregious sentiments may not stop. Still, unraced people can stop using labels from a discriminatory origin story that we did not create or perpetuate.
Humans the Remix
I am Human
Human with African ancestry, native to U.S., raised in NY
New Book
Unraced is a consciousness campaign that transcends racial categories and honors cultural diversity for equality.
UnRaced
Remove from the dictionary
one definition entry for the word race.
Remove the passage that defines race
as groupings of humans,
and the word race will still describe
the course of the sun or moon
through the celestial sky,
which shows majestic views of
the sea change in human interaction
and watches over the rise of nebulous clouds that carry away the sojourn of a delusion.
Race will still define
the dash to discover harmony.
And it will still be the channel
of quiescent engagement
in a tide of altruistic goals that humans can achieve
when the veiling dictionary entry of race,
the one defining human division,
is removed from our consciousness.
Rid the world of archaic ilk so our hearts can beat with the style and manner that allows unfathomable liberation to create identities based on affinity and feeling,
where there are no lanes or finish lines to guide the exhibition of self-expression,
where the limits go beyond the sky
and humanity is fashioned by benevolence,
humankind is shaped by its journey of goodwill,
and where our power to navigate beyond conviction is owed to the omission of race.
-Excerpted from the book, My Hair Goes Up: Hair Poetics
Dear Audrey Lorde,
“Is your hair still political?”
Yes.
BOOK TOUR
Vegan Musings Deux
A Plant-Based Diet Sourcebook Part 2
New Release Spring 2023
Take a journey through the vast edible plant kingdom with a thoughtful collection of colorful collages and illuminating passages traversing the benefits of plant nutrition. Exploring essential elements of the plant-based diet, V Musings Deux guides your plant food choices and invigorates your loftiest health goals. From the investigated power of cauliflower, anecdotes about vegan sweets and wine to the rise of popular plant burger trends, and data on smart plant textiles, part two in the V Musings series offers a whimsical look at the planet-friendly, plant-based lifestyle. In concert with its repertoire of veggie nutrient profiles, a review of the unique V Musings ten plant food groups provides an organic blueprint for building a nutrient-rich diet.
The artful layout of plant-based fundamentals and scientific data joyfully unearths gems and creative trends, giving a new dimension to the wondrous world of plant nutrition.
By Leslie Rand Wilderson
A Plant Food Sourcebook
Part One
A Plant Food Sourcebook
Part One
A Plant Food Sourcebook
Part Two
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