Comments on: Pamela Anderson displays her parts for PETA http://www.about-face.org/pamela-anderson-displays-her-parts-for-peta/ Thu, 23 May 2013 19:15:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: A B O U T – F A C E — blog » Gallery of Offenders: Treating animals ethically, but what about women? http://www.about-face.org/pamela-anderson-displays-her-parts-for-peta/#comment-1158 A B O U T – F A C E — blog » Gallery of Offenders: Treating animals ethically, but what about women? Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:47:28 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/?p=3560#comment-1158 [...] latest shock tactic showcases Pamela Anderson marked up like a butcher’s diagram, helpfully indicating where to find her “breast,” “rump,” [...] [...] latest shock tactic showcases Pamela Anderson marked up like a butcher’s diagram, helpfully indicating where to find her “breast,” “rump,” [...]

]]> By: Stephanie http://www.about-face.org/pamela-anderson-displays-her-parts-for-peta/#comment-1157 Stephanie Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:18:54 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/?p=3560#comment-1157 UGH PETA really drives me crazy. But clearly they feel they can do it given the larger context of unhealthy media images of girls and women. The Healthy Media for Youth Act might be a light in this very dark tunnel, how. The bill (H.R. 4925) encourages healthier media images of girls and women for the benefit of all youth. It is currently in the U.S. House of Representatives and needs your help to get out! The Healthy Media for Youth Act would do three things: 1. create a grant program for media literacy programs 2. facilitate research on the health effects of media images 3. set up a National Taskforce on Girls and Women in the Media which would create voluntary standards for more girl-positive media. Sounds good right? Certainly, PETA would be encourage to change its tactics! If you want to support this bill, visit www.girlscouts4girls.org. Girl Scouts has drafted a letter that you can modify and send to your Member of Congress urging her or him to cosponsor the Healthy Media for Youth Act. STAND UP FOR GIRLS AND WOMEN TODAY! UGH PETA really drives me crazy.

But clearly they feel they can do it given the larger context of unhealthy media images of girls and women.

The Healthy Media for Youth Act might be a light in this very dark tunnel, how. The bill (H.R. 4925) encourages healthier media images of girls and women for the benefit of all youth. It is currently in the U.S. House of Representatives and needs your help to get out!

The Healthy Media for Youth Act would do three things:
1. create a grant program for media literacy programs
2. facilitate research on the health effects of media images
3. set up a National Taskforce on Girls and Women in the Media which would create voluntary standards for more girl-positive media.

Sounds good right? Certainly, PETA would be encourage to change its tactics! If you want to support this bill, visit http://www.girlscouts4girls.org. Girl Scouts has drafted a letter that you can modify and send to your Member of Congress urging her or him to cosponsor the Healthy Media for Youth Act.

STAND UP FOR GIRLS AND WOMEN TODAY!

]]> By: A B O U T – F A C E — blog » Pamela Anderson displays her parts … | Pamela Anderson http://www.about-face.org/pamela-anderson-displays-her-parts-for-peta/#comment-1156 A B O U T – F A C E — blog » Pamela Anderson displays her parts … | Pamela Anderson Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:39:12 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/?p=3560#comment-1156 [...] A B O U T – F A C E — blog » Pamela Anderson displays her parts … Related postsLunaire Wacoal: underwear sale Pamela Anderson wallpaper hotOnline movie download Barb Wire DivXPamela Anderson wants to age naturally | Daily Times IndiaPamela Anderson Profile and Biography | Celebrity DaysBaywatch star Pamela Anderson and PETA : Indian TV TodayPlayboy Pamela Anderson Rapidshare Free Full Downloads with ...Reality TV Spoilers.net: "Baywatch" Actress Pamela Anderson ...coded by nessus Tags: anderson, burgeoning-organization, displays-her, feel-, pamela-anderson, parts-, parts-for, peta, political-protest You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site. [...] [...] A B O U T – F A C E — blog » Pamela Anderson displays her parts … Related postsLunaire Wacoal: underwear sale Pamela Anderson wallpaper hotOnline movie download Barb Wire DivXPamela Anderson wants to age naturally | Daily Times IndiaPamela Anderson Profile and Biography | Celebrity DaysBaywatch star Pamela Anderson and PETA : Indian TV TodayPlayboy Pamela Anderson Rapidshare Free Full Downloads with …Reality TV Spoilers.net: "Baywatch" Actress Pamela Anderson …coded by nessus Tags: anderson, burgeoning-organization, displays-her, feel-, pamela-anderson, parts-, parts-for, peta, political-protest You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site. [...]

]]> By: Chani http://www.about-face.org/pamela-anderson-displays-her-parts-for-peta/#comment-1155 Chani Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:27:10 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/?p=3560#comment-1155 Sabrina, I would feel the same way if a male model was used - because he shouldn't have to rely on his looks to get across an important message either. Also Michelle makes a good point that in many of these ads we don't actually see the animal that is being harmed, only a half-naked celebrity. We are already inundated with images of half-naked celebrities in the media that one more doesn't really stand out or make me sympathize with their cause. I think PETA would get more respect and more support if they made their list of accomplishments more visible in their ads, as Canaduck pointed out. Now they are just a joke, it seems like few people take them seriously and they are just known as the people who do the nude ads. Exacerbating this problem is that celebrities (especially women) seem to jump on the bandwagon and do a PETA ad whenever they want some publicity for themselves, not the ethical treatment of animals. Sabrina, I would feel the same way if a male model was used – because he shouldn’t have to rely on his looks to get across an important message either. Also Michelle makes a good point that in many of these ads we don’t actually see the animal that is being harmed, only a half-naked celebrity. We are already inundated with images of half-naked celebrities in the media that one more doesn’t really stand out or make me sympathize with their cause. I think PETA would get more respect and more support if they made their list of accomplishments more visible in their ads, as Canaduck pointed out. Now they are just a joke, it seems like few people take them seriously and they are just known as the people who do the nude ads. Exacerbating this problem is that celebrities (especially women) seem to jump on the bandwagon and do a PETA ad whenever they want some publicity for themselves, not the ethical treatment of animals.

]]> By: teresa http://www.about-face.org/pamela-anderson-displays-her-parts-for-peta/#comment-1154 teresa Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:10:04 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/?p=3560#comment-1154 Great article! I'm an "older" female animal rights' activist, with a less-than perfect body BTW;) I've never gone naked in my activism, or feel necessary. I do alot of fur protesting out here, in Chicago, IL during our brutal winters, and it would not be a good thing anyway! We get our point across with graphic signs, educational literature, loud chants, and us girls all wear our warmest winter gear. Great article! I’m an “older” female animal rights’ activist, with a less-than perfect body BTW;) I’ve never gone naked in my activism, or feel necessary. I do alot of fur protesting out here, in Chicago, IL during our brutal winters, and it would not be a good thing anyway! We get our point across with graphic signs, educational literature, loud chants, and us girls all wear our warmest winter gear.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.about-face.org/pamela-anderson-displays-her-parts-for-peta/#comment-1153 Jennifer Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:18:51 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/?p=3560#comment-1153 Michelle, you are SO funny! I loved this! Michelle, you are SO funny! I loved this!

]]> By: Sabrina http://www.about-face.org/pamela-anderson-displays-her-parts-for-peta/#comment-1152 Sabrina Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:58:17 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/?p=3560#comment-1152 Would you feel differently about this ad if it included a male model, comparably dressed and positioned and marked-up in the same way? Or if PeTA used male models just as often as female models? Would you feel differently about this ad if it included a male model, comparably dressed and positioned and marked-up in the same way? Or if PeTA used male models just as often as female models?

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]]> By: Canaduck http://www.about-face.org/pamela-anderson-displays-her-parts-for-peta/#comment-1150 Canaduck Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:01:32 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/?p=3560#comment-1150 As an animal rights activist, I agree with you--and I know that many of my friends feel similarly uncomfortable with PETA's antics. That said, people don't realize that PETA actually still does a lot of very important work that we don't hear about. (2009 alone: http://www.peta.org/mapofaccomplishments/) And the argument that the public doesn't often pay attention to animal rights issues definitely holds merit, so I can understand to some degree why PETA sometimes chooses such ridiculous tactics. One of the main goals in a lot of their advertising is simply to receive media coverage, thereby exposing greater numbers of people to important issues. But what message most end up leaving with, I don't know. Anyway, their too frequent lets-disrespect-women-to-make-a-point schtick (enthusiastic though said women) makes me extremely uncomfortable and I feel like it's unnecessary and insulting to rely on it. Fortunately, though, it's no longer the early 80's, and there are some really fantastic organizations out there--Vegan Outreach, Mercy for Animals, and Farm Sanctuary, for starters--who have also made great strides in animal rights, and all without the exploitation of anybody else. And so I choose to support groups like these instead of PETA. Thanks a lot for this blog post. :) As an animal rights activist, I agree with you–and I know that many of my friends feel similarly uncomfortable with PETA’s antics. That said, people don’t realize that PETA actually still does a lot of very important work that we don’t hear about. (2009 alone: http://www.peta.org/mapofaccomplishments/) And the argument that the public doesn’t often pay attention to animal rights issues definitely holds merit, so I can understand to some degree why PETA sometimes chooses such ridiculous tactics. One of the main goals in a lot of their advertising is simply to receive media coverage, thereby exposing greater numbers of people to important issues. But what message most end up leaving with, I don’t know.

Anyway, their too frequent lets-disrespect-women-to-make-a-point schtick (enthusiastic though said women) makes me extremely uncomfortable and I feel like it’s unnecessary and insulting to rely on it. Fortunately, though, it’s no longer the early 80′s, and there are some really fantastic organizations out there–Vegan Outreach, Mercy for Animals, and Farm Sanctuary, for starters–who have also made great strides in animal rights, and all without the exploitation of anybody else. And so I choose to support groups like these instead of PETA.

Thanks a lot for this blog post. :)

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