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PETA Condemns NYT Photos On Pure Reflex

PETA, the perpetually outraged animal rights group, is very upset that the New York Times Magazine ran a fashion photo shoot last weekend featuring bees. "The entire world is talking about the fact that bees are dying off—The New York Times has even reported on it—and yet The New York Times Magazine does a fashion spread with bees in it. That's pretty irresponsible," PETA told Animal NY. But Animal also spoke to a beekeeper, who said such photo shoots were perfectly safe for the insects. Perhaps PETA just wants bees to be paid fairer wages for their modeling work. Two more photos of honeymongers inconvenienced by fashion, below. More »

3:24 PM on Wed May 14 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
3,247 views, 91 comments

Latest by TheDiscerningBrute: @Buzz Killington: Yeah! Who wants to empathize with animals anyway? That's SO gay. What's next? Getting rid of slavery? Women voting? Can you imagine? more »

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Mmmm, Test Tube Meat

PETA, the animal rights group skilled at making potential supporters forget about its cause because of all the nude women writhing around at the anti-fur PR stunts, is putting up a million-dollar prize for the first researcher who comes up with a good way to make meat in test tubes. Ahhhhhh! Throwupthrowupthrowup. Intellectually, it's clear that test tube-bred animal tissue would be a good way to allow people to have their precious Slim Jims without actually killing cows, and would presumably be chemically similar to normal meat. But really, just the thought of eating "test tube meat"—god, it's painful to even type it. Can't wait for the marketing machine to get started on the euphemisms for that product (suggestions?). After the jump, two clips that sum up my feelings on this issue: The classic "Soylent Green" ingredients scene, and Jim Gaffigan's "Hot Pockets" routine—"How about we fill a pop tart with nasty (test tube) meat? You cook it in a sleeve thing. Dunk it in the toilet." More »

10:17 AM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
2,362 views, 52 comments

Latest by katieee: Slim Jims are chemically similar to normal meat - the technology exists, people. @allyzay: You're totally right. Eating one or even two vegetarian meals a day isn't really that difficult. A bowl of cereal for breakfast! A meatless pizza! Fries! Lots and lots of fries! I know it's different for people more »

animal rights

Save This Monkey From Modeling!

Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, a chimp-rights group, is assailing Sports Illustrated with a vicious letter-writing campaign! The group is upset that the magazine used a macaque (FANCY WORD FOR "MONKEY") and a bear in its photo shoot for this year's Swimsuit Issue [Folio]. S.I. is like, whoa! We take care of the animals, and besides, what mammal wouldn't be happy nestled up against the thighs of a swimsuit model? The two bear/ model-relations pictures, which have caused all the human outrage, after the jump. The bear does look kind of annoyed by that muzzle. More »

11:32 AM on Fri Apr 4 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
3,472 views, 40 comments

Latest by Rosewater: A bear in a muzzle and costume and a monkey with shorts on? what the fuck? And then people get so upset when someone gets their face slashed by said humiliated animal. You fuck with the bull, you get the horns. more »