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PETA gets served
Animal rights group called out for repeatedly exploiting women |
Holly Richmond |
17 Jul 2008 |
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| A 2006 PETA protest. Photo: anheuser via Flickr. Yesterday, The Sydney Morning Herald had a piece about PETA titled, 'Why does a pro-vegetarian organisation treat women like meat?' Good question. The women-as-meat connection's nothing new -- 1990's Sexual Politics of Meat, anyone? But it's especially ironic coming from a group that asserts, 'Animals are not ours to use for entertainment.' Seattle's stellar Erica Barnett (writer for alt-weekly The Strange ... |
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