We all know that Holland is a pretty progressive place—you know, they ride bikes there, there’s universal national health care, good stuff like that*. All cool things, in my opinion, but what I didn’t know is that there is actually a legitimate political party there called “Party For The Animals” that holds a couple of … Read more »
About a year ago, I was part of a big brainstorming meeting where we came up with all these ideas for ads that we could make to draw attention to the suffering of chickens in factory farms that wouldn’t be just, like, pictures of sad chickens. It was a great meeting, and we came up … Read more »
Remember Rocket Boy from the other day? Well, just when you thought we were all out of impotence ads for this year, we’re rolling out the pièce de resistance. Nice work, Brad.
In some ways, there’s just so much to say about Rocket Boy, and yet now that I’m sitting down to write about it, it kind of leaves me a little speechless. Rocket Boy was an ad that we created about 10 years ago (when I was but a Rocket Boy myself) to highlight the connection … Read more »
Every now and then I’m struck by just how much work we get done at PETA. Especially when we have weeks like we had last week: We won the Pom campaign, Smithfield Foods announced that it’s phasing out gestation crates for pigs, and CareerBuilder finally stopped its abusive chimpanzee ads. Much as I’d like to … Read more »
African Gray Prodigy, N’Kisi His name is N’kisi, and he’s been getting a whole lot of press lately in scientific circles because of his huge vocabulary and his unique sense of humor. Instead of mimicking things he’s heard already, N’kisi goes right ahead and invents his own phrases to describe new ideas that he’s introduced … Read more »
UPDATE: Victory! POM Promises to End Deadly Animal Tests. Check it. The recent statement by POM Wonderful’s owners Stewart and Lynda Resnick that “POM Wonderful pomegranate juice has ceased all animal testing and we have no plans to do so in the future” seems pretty great, until you read the fine print. According to the … Read more »
Victory! Raley’s has discontinued the sale of live lobsters. Update: After Thousands of Complaints From Customers, Raley’s Has Agreed to Discontinue the Sale of Live Lobsters in Its Stores! Earlier this week, a customer of Raley’s—which is a popular grocery chain in Nevada, New Mexico, and California—sent PETA disturbing pictures of live lobsters kept in … Read more »
Today is my birthday, which—for those of you not familiar with birthday rules—means I can do anything I want. And what I want to do today is post this video that my friend Joel and I made a while ago for a song I wrote, which happens to be about birthdays. What does this have … Read more »
My New Year’s resolution this year is to finally cancel the membership to my gym, which I enrolled in around this time last year in a fit of optimism and utter lunacy. The people at my gym are notoriously cunning, and last time I went there to try and end things, I walked out with … Read more »
I don’t know why people keep sending me pictures of scantily clad girls, but as long as they do I’ll keep posting them. Here’s what rock star activist Ashley Fruno has to say about her demo yesterday: “It was REALLY cold (only 32 degrees, but snowing really hard), we cut the demo off after an … Read more »
In case you haven’t seen it yet, here’s PETA’s new Christmas e-card. I wrote the lyrics (with a little help from my friend Noah) and recorded the song on my computer at home, and Shawn from our Web department did an amazing job animating it. Enjoy! P.S. We’re not really mad at Santa. P.P.S. … Read more »
Earlier this week, the cast of The Drowsy Chaperone showed up at PETA President Ingrid Newkirk’s booksigning to help launch her brand-new book, 50 Awesome Ways Kids Can Help Animals. After Ingrid gave her speech, the Broadway stars entertained the crowd with original songs inspired by the book. The whole thing is kind of amazing. … Read more »
So very recently we revamped the PETA Catalog. Yes, it looks great, and yes, the layout is exceedingly pretty. But whatever. Because there is one massive flaw in the design, which I have brought to the urgent attention of the PETA higher-ups. The image for the lovely “Don’t Test on Me” ringer T-shirt, which used … Read more »
