Fucking finally, January is finished. I’m sure you’ll excuse extreme profanity in the case of this particular month, it’s been relentless and at least three thousand days long. The Controversy With the end of January comes, as always, the end of my stint of temporary veganism. This is good news to many, I’m sure. As the popularity of Veganuary rises, so do the voices of people that criticise the concept or take the piss out of participants. Some of these complaints are valid (for example, I recently learned that veganism can and has been used as a smoke screen for those with eating disorders, and promotion of it can be harmful to those people), and some are mean spirited and unwelcome. This is the first year that I’ve considered not getting involved in future years. Despite my love of embracing vegan cookery once a year, it’s become apparent that many people associate it with the wave of restrictive weight loss dieting that hits us each January. This disturbs me. Long time readers will know all …