Aww PETA n their ever present air of ignorance.
i hesitated to even address this latest controversy beyond my tweet involving PETA mainly because i honestly think that they did it because, hey things have been kinda quiet on their front and they needed some attention and i really didn’t want to give them any
but after further thought i reconsidered..
once again ugliness rears its head and what better way to do so than to be offensive and attack fat folks..
a few things about the ad..
1. i wont even bother to post it..but it says “Save the Whales – Lose the Blubber: Go Vegetarian” and shows an overweight woman in a tight bikini
2. its stupid – i have been a vegetarian for over 8 years and trust me, it has not meant that i only ate vegetables and lost tons of weight. i am considered obese if you go by the charts and actually i have gained weight as a vegetarian
and ironically they have listed on their very site one of the reasons why..
uh just because you don’t eat meat it doesn’t mean that you don’t eat sweets
3. their EVP is just ignorant as witnessed by this statement “Trying to hide your thunder thighs and balloon belly is no day at the beach,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman.
too bad she has a hard time hiding her “fatness”
personally i am an avid beach goer and i don’t spend my time there trying to hide anything..
4. people are getting so bored with their shock n denigrate lowbrow tactics for getting their “message” across and its sad because the organization has done valuable work.
but I guess the need to not feel irrelevant at times sadly makes them resort to the lowest possible denominator..
but there is a lesson to be learned here, once again..one of the main issues that plus size folks need to fight on a daily basis is the ease in which people think its ok to use us as a punching bag for all the ills of world