Comments on: PETA pushes shock value. Again. http://www.about-face.org/peta-pushes-shock-value-again/ Sat, 18 May 2013 13:29:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jokes for friends » How to not laugh at your own jokes? http://www.about-face.org/peta-pushes-shock-value-again/#comment-1384 Jokes for friends » How to not laugh at your own jokes? Sat, 25 Dec 2010 04:21:57 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/?p=4286#comment-1384 [...] A B O U T – F A C E — blog » PETA pushes shock value. Again. [...] [...] A B O U T – F A C E — blog » PETA pushes shock value. Again. [...]

]]> By: MM http://www.about-face.org/peta-pushes-shock-value-again/#comment-1383 MM Thu, 09 Dec 2010 23:45:22 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/?p=4286#comment-1383 I'm proud of my healthy, vegetarian figure, but it sure as hell doesn't look like that. Maybe I need to cut out eggs and dairy to sprout plasticine double D's? I’m proud of my healthy, vegetarian figure, but it sure as hell doesn’t look like that. Maybe I need to cut out eggs and dairy to sprout plasticine double D’s?

]]> By: Kathryn http://www.about-face.org/peta-pushes-shock-value-again/#comment-1382 Kathryn Wed, 08 Dec 2010 21:44:55 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/?p=4286#comment-1382 Oh PETA...I recently wrote to them about their many ads featuring naked women in sexual positions vs. their ads featuring men with clothes on doing activities (such as boxing or talking about their music/acting career) etc... Their response? Women should be allowed to use their bodies as a means of protest and we shouldn't try to limit them like countries who enforce clothing restrictions on women etc...etc.. It makes me sick that people would try to use the idea of female liberation as an excuse to objectify women. As an animal lover and vegetarian, I much more prefer Mercy for Animals, you should check them out if you're interested. They actually show animals in their ads... Oh PETA…I recently wrote to them about their many ads featuring naked women in sexual positions vs. their ads featuring men with clothes on doing activities (such as boxing or talking about their music/acting career) etc… Their response? Women should be allowed to use their bodies as a means of protest and we shouldn’t try to limit them like countries who enforce clothing restrictions on women etc…etc.. It makes me sick that people would try to use the idea of female liberation as an excuse to objectify women.

As an animal lover and vegetarian, I much more prefer Mercy for Animals, you should check them out if you’re interested. They actually show animals in their ads…

]]> By: A B O U T – F A C E — blog » PETA pushes shock value. Again. | Huges Mews http://www.about-face.org/peta-pushes-shock-value-again/#comment-1381 A B O U T – F A C E — blog » PETA pushes shock value. Again. | Huges Mews Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:23:45 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/?p=4286#comment-1381 [...] Originally posted here:  A B O U T – F A C E — blog » PETA pushes shock value. Again. [...] [...] Originally posted here:  A B O U T – F A C E — blog » PETA pushes shock value. Again. [...]

]]> By: Brian http://www.about-face.org/peta-pushes-shock-value-again/#comment-1380 Brian Sat, 04 Dec 2010 08:55:34 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/?p=4286#comment-1380 I am making a conscious decision to lose some weight, I gained much of it following an accident that laid me laid up and mobility challenged, but I am doing it for health reason not to make myself more attractive, I am attractive now, I have no problem finding dates or being accepted by friends, I do not apologize for my appearance and I always try to look my best, if everyone can gain this confidence they too, I think, would be much happier. I have a lot of problems in my life at the moment, my appearance is not one of them. PETA is cruel to humans and humans are animals too I am making a conscious decision to lose some weight, I gained much of it following an accident that laid me laid up and mobility challenged, but I am doing it for health reason not to make myself more attractive, I am attractive now, I have no problem finding dates or being accepted by friends, I do not apologize for my appearance and I always try to look my best, if everyone can gain this confidence they too, I think, would be much happier. I have a lot of problems in my life at the moment, my appearance is not one of them. PETA is cruel to humans and humans are animals too

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.about-face.org/peta-pushes-shock-value-again/#comment-1379 Jennifer Sat, 04 Dec 2010 03:42:04 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/?p=4286#comment-1379 Sadly enough, Elizabeth, as a result of the bombardment with images like this, I AM fairly obsessed with my body and weight. So, yeah, I do often make the choice not to eat meat because of that sort of brainwashing. (And, by extension, were I to be as skinny as I'd like to be would eat as much meat as I want--even the most cruelly treated.) Way to hold to the moral high ground, PETA! You've really made some significant mindset changes here!! Sadly enough, Elizabeth, as a result of the bombardment with images like this, I AM fairly obsessed with my body and weight. So, yeah, I do often make the choice not to eat meat because of that sort of brainwashing. (And, by extension, were I to be as skinny as I’d like to be would eat as much meat as I want–even the most cruelly treated.) Way to hold to the moral high ground, PETA! You’ve really made some significant mindset changes here!!

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.about-face.org/peta-pushes-shock-value-again/#comment-1378 Elizabeth Fri, 03 Dec 2010 20:44:31 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/?p=4286#comment-1378 This advertisement is disgusting. Even with the minimal amount of clothing on the woman's body in the poster, she still is not appropriately covered. (More than an appropriate amount of her breasts are showing.) If you wouldn't get away with putting this picture on the cover of a magazine, you surely shouldn't use it for an advertisement, especially not in an airport. It doesn't matter that the image is a scan; I still see a woman's body portrayed in an unethical way. If I wanted to be a vegan, I'd wouldn't make that choice so that I could go on a diet. PETA is very out of touch with women, who it envisions are only obsessed with their bodies and weight. I have considered going vegan or at least vegetarian in the past, but it was for reasons unrelated to weight. PETA's advertisements are counterproductive: they make me and others question veganism more than support it. (That's not to say that veganism and vegetarianism are not valid decisions. I'm just saying that PETA's advertising is extremely questionable.) We are bombarded with images of half naked women all the time. You know what might actually be more attention grabbing and original? Actually showing me animals and giving me real facts about the health impact of hormones and antibiotics, the food industry's impact on the environment, and anything else that is actually relevant to the ethical treatment of animals. This advertisement is disgusting. Even with the minimal amount of clothing on the woman’s body in the poster, she still is not appropriately covered. (More than an appropriate amount of her breasts are showing.) If you wouldn’t get away with putting this picture on the cover of a magazine, you surely shouldn’t use it for an advertisement, especially not in an airport. It doesn’t matter that the image is a scan; I still see a woman’s body portrayed in an unethical way.

If I wanted to be a vegan, I’d wouldn’t make that choice so that I could go on a diet. PETA is very out of touch with women, who it envisions are only obsessed with their bodies and weight. I have considered going vegan or at least vegetarian in the past, but it was for reasons unrelated to weight. PETA’s advertisements are counterproductive: they make me and others question veganism more than support it. (That’s not to say that veganism and vegetarianism are not valid decisions. I’m just saying that PETA’s advertising is extremely questionable.)

We are bombarded with images of half naked women all the time. You know what might actually be more attention grabbing and original? Actually showing me animals and giving me real facts about the health impact of hormones and antibiotics, the food industry’s impact on the environment, and anything else that is actually relevant to the ethical treatment of animals.

]]> By: Brian http://www.about-face.org/peta-pushes-shock-value-again/#comment-1377 Brian Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:25:40 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/?p=4286#comment-1377 I applaud AF for calling out PETA on this. Many members of PETA are feminists as well so I fail to understand what they are thinking. If the poster read "Be proud of your body scan: Drink Diet Coke" the reaction would be horrendous in it's thunder of feminists voices, yet PETA seems to get a pass. Truth in fact I know more than a few chubby vegans/vegetarians. I also know many men and women who in fact find the more cherubic and rubinesque to be quite "sexy". For bringing this to peoples attention AF gains much respect from me. Keep up the good work and fair coverage. I applaud AF for calling out PETA on this. Many members of PETA are feminists as well so I fail to understand what they are thinking. If the poster read “Be proud of your body scan: Drink Diet Coke” the reaction would be horrendous in it’s thunder of feminists voices, yet PETA seems to get a pass. Truth in fact I know more than a few chubby vegans/vegetarians. I also know many men and women who in fact find the more cherubic and rubinesque to be quite “sexy”. For bringing this to peoples attention AF gains much respect from me. Keep up the good work and fair coverage.

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