The footage isn’t the highest quality in this video of our recent POM Horrible campaign launch, but it interests me because it’s a great example of how the technology helps with the flow of information (and if you watch the full video you’ll see it gets better at the end). That’s a no-brainer of course, … Read more »
This photo was just too good to pass up. The caption, courtesy of The Commercial Appeal reads: “Busted by PETA “fashion police” wearing naughty pleather cop costumes at Adams and Main Wednesday, Dennis Abernathy proclaimed “I’m guilty, arrest me” and miniskirted Monika Meilleur of Durham, N.C., obliged.” The full article, which actually contains info about … Read more »
A coworker sent me the photos below today. I lost the e-mail that included info about what the hell was going on—but I’m pretty sure it involved saving animals’ lives with help, of course, from our busty friends down at the precinct. The Fashion Police precinct that is! So here’s the deal. Even if I … Read more »
The BBC just reported on a study by Southampton University scientists which showed that individuals who were vegetarian by the age of 30 recorded an average of five IQ points higher than meat-eaters. The initial IQ tests were performed in the ’70s, and the results of the study (after adjusting for social and economic factors) … Read more »
Virgil Butler, the former slaughterhouse worker from Arkansas who dedicated his life to educating others about the horrors of factory farming, died last night in his sleep at the age of 41. Virgil spent 9 years working in Tyson slaughterhouses, killing as many as 80,000 birds a shift in extremely dangerous working conditions and for … Read more »
After reading about Christina Ricci’s continued refusal to stop wearing dead animals (including, for God’s sake, reindeer), Dodger, the owner of Ricci’s biggest fansite, replaced all of the site’s information about her—including more than 900 photos—with PETA anti-fur ads and the following inscription: Offline due to fur usageWell, that’s it. I’ve had this Christina Ricci … Read more »
This one’s for you die-hard Law & Order: CI fans (and closet Wonder Years fans) out there: We spent some time hanging out outside Vogue in New York this week, with some information for the magazine about their continued fur promotions, when who should show up but the lovely Olivia d’Abo? Anyway, I thought that … Read more »
So we just heard from Christina Aguilera that she has replaced the fox-fur stole she wears on stage with a faux-fur version after receiving a letter from PETA. Apparently, she had specifically asked her tour’s costume designer, Roberto Cavalli, to only use fake fur, but in a press release to Women’s Wear Daily, Cavalli bragged … Read more »
Shaq’s sensitive hands So, after a few months of getting used to their new synthetic ball, the NBA has decided they need to switch back to balls made from cows next year. Because Steve Nash and Shaq didn’t like the way the new balls grazed their delicate hands. This has been tough for us sports … Read more »
This video is pretty cute. It’s an award-winning PSA that a PETA member gave us to help encourage people to get their pets spayed or neutered. I’m not entirely sure where the narrator’s odd accent is from, but I feel like it adds to the overall effect. On a vaguely related note, when I first … Read more »
My good friend and colleague Joel Bartlett just started watching Veronica Mars, starring the lovely Kristen Bell, who was voted the world’s Sexiest Vegetarian this year. Joel, who has never been one to let daily life get in the way of an obsession (see, for instance, his popsicle-stick castle), has not stopped talking about his … Read more »
If you caught the new episode of CSI on Thursday, you’ll know that the story involved a murder at a “poultry manufacturing plant.” Meaning, like, a murder of a human. But there was also plenty of footage used in the show from PETA undercover investigations of chicken slaughterhouses. We’re already big CSI fans because of … Read more »
Look out, ladies and gentlemen, here comes Madonna. In a £35,000 chinchilla fur coat. For those of you doing the math, that means Madge needs to have more than 60 furry animals electrocuted just to keep her warm on a Wednesday night—which means that if you’re planning on being anywhere near her U.K. residence this … Read more »
Up until a couple of months ago, I had never heard of POM Wonderful, but apparently they’re this big company that sells pomegranate juice for like three times what any sane person should pay for a beverage that has no known alcoholic effects. If I’m going to pay five bucks for a drink, I want … Read more »
