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idk i feel kind of... let down by the vegan community rn

i have a concern which has been dismissed as "silly" by 3 vegans i've spoken with and ignored by everyone else I've tried to contact, including various vegan charities.

i know they are busy and maybe they will reply & need time to craft a response so i may be speaking too soon but i actually don't think the concern is silly and i think it deserves proper consideration if we care about all animals.

but i don't think i'm going to get that.

#vegan #veganism #vegan activism

Three of my books as transparent images. The Sexual Politics of Meat (2015 edition), The Pornography of Meat (2003), and Rain without Thunder (1996).

#veganism #animal rights

Imagine saying to a mother of bunnies that ”if they’re less intelligent and can’t do philosophy then they deserve to be killed.”

Me: Tora what’s your opinion on philosophy?

Tora:

Me: your philosophy is eat when you’re hungry, sleep when you’re tired and…bite Vivvi when she’s near you

#bunny rabbit #vegan #veganism #animals #lol

So...PETA's heart is in the right place, generally. I mean, animals shouldn't be abused, exploited, mistreated, etc, and factory farming does suck, not least because animals are treated like inputs rather than sensate living beings with a capacity to suffer. I generally find PETA's unwaveringly absolutist views regarding the use of any animal product, e.g., dairy, eggs, honey, to be both abrasive and beyond my particular pale, but they're not forcing me to give them up.

That said, veganism is a hard sell for a lot of people. So, one would think that, if an organization is trying to convince non-believers to change radically their ingrained eating habits, that a congenial approach would be the answer.

So, what the fuck is up with this poster? I saw it at a bus shelter, then found the original on PETA's site. I get not wanting to use the James Montgomery Flagg original (although it was detourned effectively in the image I posted recently), as it might be unfamiliar to Young People.

But why did PETA choose this figure for its campaign? Is PETA's core demo 20-something Caucasian females who would somehow relate to this figure and not to an Uncle Sam-style image? I mean, maybe? but some coiffed upmarket bottle blonde is telling me what about PETA's image of an effective spokesperson for itself? Aside from the fact that the organization's rigid ethics seem to stop just shy of not foisting AI slop on its target audience.

I don't know if this campaign is national, but D.C. currently has as many Black adults as white, with a sizeable Latinx population along with Asian-American and other ethnic groups. And Upmarket White Girl was the one PETA thought would compel them to go vegan?

Yikes, PETA. Get a marketing department that can read the room.

#advertising #peta #veganism #terrible ads

Here are the stickers I designed. How to DIY at home: Print, cut them out, put a big piece of tape on parchment/baking paper, put sticker on top of tape, put another piece of tape on top. Cut it out (with the parchment paper so you can take it easily with you outside).

Note: try to find parchment paper that DOESN'T ROLL INTO A FUCKING TUBE Edit: i'mma have to find a flat alternative to parchment paper.