Can’t Beat Meat
Back in the 70s when I was a kid growing up in Northern California, it wasn’t uncommon to encounter people who claimed to be vegetarians. What was unusual was meeting one who wasn’t fugly beyond belief.
In addition to espousing meat-free diets, the vegetarians I knew also seemed to believe in a soap-free, razor-free, comb-free, deodorant-free, fashion-free existence in which they sulked odoriferously around in flannel shirts, bell bottom jeans and sandals, their greasy hair swinging all over the place.
Hardly the kind who’d look good on a poster for a meat-free existence.
No doubt that’s why the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) insists on using scantily clad blondes for its advertisements, Pam Anderson being the most well-known example. The problem with using Pam to advertise vegetarianism as a cruelty-free lifestyle is the fact that the woman has so darn many animal-tested chemicals in and on (and comprising) her body. Besides, she’s getting old.
Now PETA’s going after a younger generation with stars like Alicia Silverstone and Sophie Monk, both of whom have posed nude for the cause. So tell me, are either likely to make you switch to being a vegetarian, or should we just thank PETA for the heaping help of eye candy to go along with our burgers?
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Hungry?
See…these ads fail the acid test for marketing. Seconds after viewing it, all I can remember is “half-naked babe”…and “please move your hand”…and nothing about…whatever org this is for…I forget…blood…rushing from head…dizzy…
Personally, I subscribe to version of vegetarianism.
That being said, they’re lovely ads – they don’t make me want to be a vegetarian, though.
That was kind of my point, Steve.
erg…that should be “this version” that’s the link there. Got carried away with the tag editing. :/
Sorry…there was a post above those pictures? I didn’t see it.
Eye candy is nice…given a choice between a PETA produced rack or a well bbq’d rack of ribs? I’ll take the ribs every time.
So the feminist in me is asking where the equal opportunity objectification is? Naked hot men wouldn’t be just as enticing for a vegetarian lifestyle? Of course not. Don’t be cruel to animals, but it’s okay to dehumanize women for “the cause.” It’s sick.
And I don’t believe for a second that their diet is responsible for those bodies (remember Silverstone’s ballooned and shrunk a few times).
Sorry. Double standards just piss me off.
Here ya go, Jae:
Not really interested in a fight, but …
Naked people are possibly the most human thing in the world. Far from de-humanizing themselves, these women are using their humanity to shape the future in a way that they desire. Billions of people worldwide oppose that display of simple humanity to prevent that power from being used. These are powerful women, using their power. Agree with them or don’t, but their commitment to their cause is self-evident and worthy of respect.
People for Eating Tasty Animals? I’m all for Tasty Animals.
Venison anyone?
I prefer veal.