Photo of the Day If there’s one universal truth about vegans, it’s that we love to eat. So when PETA learned that the National Mustard Museum, located in Middleton, Wisconsin, was in financial trouble, we wanted to help. We wrote to the colonel of mustard, the museum’s founder and curator Barry Levenson, and offered to … Read more »
PHOTO OF THE DAY If this “Fur Out, Love In” demonstration brings to mind a John Lennon–Yoko Ono bed-in, why not celebrate Valentine’s Day peacefully—without the skins of tortured animals? Imagine all the animals living life in peace …
If you saw CareerBuilder’s latest Super Bowl ad, you probably thought it was as lame as we did, which is why we came up with an ad of our own in response. Unfortunately, we received a “thanks, but no thanks” from Clear Channel Outdoor in CareerBuilder‘s hometown of Chicago, after we asked to place this … Read more »
PHOTOS OF THE DAY PETA “cops” were out in force at the Sundance Film Festival, making arrests for fashion felonies. Anyone wearing wool, leather, exotic skins, or fur saw the light. A flashing blue one, that is. The crime: Ripping off an animal The punishment: A public scolding The penance: Buying a coat that didn’t … Read more »
While Terrell Suggs is capturing awards for his defensive plays for the Baltimore Ravens, he’s also capturing hearts for playing defense for animals. The AFC Defensive Player of the Month stars in a PETA ad that’s making January a lot hotter. Quoth the Raven, Nevermore wear fur. Photo: Gabrielle Revere • Makeup: Demi V. Suggs … Read more »
Salt Lake City turned into Sexy Leaf City when PETA’s “Lettuce Ladies” rolled into town. The leafy lovelies were there to persuade folks to go lean and green in 2012 by going vegan. The SLC “occupiers” even stopped occupying long enough to chat with the green gals (and enjoy some free soy sausage). Want a … Read more »
Courtesy of Lelah Foster Having a celebrity as the face of an animal rights campaign has helped PETA achieve huge victories. For instance, vocal protests by Sir Paul McCartney and Alicia Silverstone helped convince NASA not to blast squirrel monkeys with harmful doses of radiation. Celebrities such as Olivia Munn and Sarah Silverman have helped … Read more »
Presidents, hip-hop moguls, and now PETA Senior Vice President Dan Mathews have taken the stage at New York arts-and-culture venue 92YTribeca. Dan, together with new “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” model Cornelia Guest, New York Times advertising columnist Stuart Elliott, and Newsweek and Daily Beast celebrity columnist Lloyd Grove, discussed how PETA’s eye-catching … Read more »
Seeing Chris Andersen flying through the air to make another dunk for the Denver Nuggets, two things become obvious: how he got the nickname “Birdman” and how big a fan he is of ink. Seeing Chris in his new PETA ad, two more things become obvious: He’s cut like granite, and he refuses to wear … Read more »
“What I really want to share with people is the possibility of them having the most healthy and abundant joy they could ever imagine,” Alicia Silverstone told UCLA’s Daily Bruin newspaper, before she spoke to hundreds of students on campus last night at an event hosted by UCLA’s Bruins for Animals and peta2. Alicia shared … Read more »
Photo: Gabrielle Revere New York socialite and cruelty-free fashion connoisseur Cornelia Guest is taking her passion for helping animals to great lengths in a brand-new anti-fur ad for PETA: Cornelia—who is the daughter of one of the best-dressed women of the 20th century, C.Z. Guest—used to wear fur, but she had a change of … Read more »
We learned that Taraji P. Henson rocks when she proved that she’d rather go naked than wear fur by starring in a sultry PETA ad, and tonight the Oscar and Emmy-nominated actor and singer will be honored on BET’s Black Girls Rock, in part for her work for animals. Photo: Don Flood for ArtMix • … Read more »
It’s “Flashback Friday,” and we’re going back to 1996 for some fashion history. But don’t worry—it doesn’t involve flannel shirts and ripped jeans. The models for this PETA ad that launched 15 years ago today didn’t wear anything at all: Photo: Judson Baker Boss Models became the first modeling agency to go fur-free when it … Read more »
Many of Sarah-Jane Honeywell‘s fans—the children who know her as the presenter of two British kids’ TV shows—might not have recognized her earlier this week when she was nearly naked and lying on a plate. Honeywell stripped off the bright, hip clothes she normally wears to ask people young and old alike to understand that … Read more »
Motorcycle engines roaring, 2,000 bikers gathered to show off their rides, listen to country music … and chow down on some vegan “beef” jerky at the annual Love Ride in California on Sunday. PETA’s two sexy Lettuce Ladies could barely keep up with the demand as they handed out pieces of Primal Strips jerky and … Read more »
