http://www.easyvegan.info/2008/10/18/dear-ms-newkirk/ Heathen. Vegan. Feminist. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:54:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.easyvegan.info/2008/10/18/dear-ms-newkirk/comment-page-1/#comment-740411 easyVegan.info » Blog Archive » Lettuce be thankful! Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:12:59 +0000 http://www.easyvegan.info/2008/10/18/dear-ms-newkirk/#comment-740411 [...] of Mates of State is one example. I actually like this ad, because I don’t think it’s pornifying to either of the two models. There’s also equal-opportunity nudity - a standard I think PETA [...] [...] of Mates of State is one example. I actually like this ad, because I don’t think it’s pornifying to either of the two models. There’s also equal-opportunity nudity – a standard I think PETA [...]

]]> http://www.easyvegan.info/2008/10/18/dear-ms-newkirk/comment-page-1/#comment-706140 Smite Me! [.net] » Blog Archive » ARA PSAs: Women, Men and Fur Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:11:47 +0000 http://www.easyvegan.info/2008/10/18/dear-ms-newkirk/#comment-706140 [...] I’m rather ambivalent when it comes to PETA’s nude “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur,” [...] [...] I’m rather ambivalent when it comes to PETA’s nude “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur,” [...]

]]> http://www.easyvegan.info/2008/10/18/dear-ms-newkirk/comment-page-1/#comment-706138 easyVegan.info » Blog Archive » ARA PSAs: Women, Men and Fur Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:10:50 +0000 http://www.easyvegan.info/2008/10/18/dear-ms-newkirk/#comment-706138 [...] I’m rather ambivalent when it comes to PETA’s nude “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur,” [...] [...] I’m rather ambivalent when it comes to PETA’s nude “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur,” [...]

]]> http://www.easyvegan.info/2008/10/18/dear-ms-newkirk/comment-page-1/#comment-592257 Alex Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:28:44 +0000 http://www.easyvegan.info/2008/10/18/dear-ms-newkirk/#comment-592257 I tend to agree with what's being suggested here: PETA decries the "thing-ing" or assumption of property-status of nonhuman animals, while, in effect, given the context of asymmetric power relations - the gender structure - in our society, where women are assumed to be of-less value than men (their sexualization, e.g.), exploiting women as such seems to violate PETA's very premises. It seems like Ms. Newkirk A) challenges speciesism, which is explicitly anti-oppression, while B) accepting the assumption that women "enjoy being sexual things," which belies the former challenge to oppressive relationships. I tend to agree with what’s being suggested here: PETA decries the “thing-ing” or assumption of property-status of nonhuman animals, while, in effect, given the context of asymmetric power relations – the gender structure – in our society, where women are assumed to be of-less value than men (their sexualization, e.g.), exploiting women as such seems to violate PETA’s very premises. It seems like Ms. Newkirk A) challenges speciesism, which is explicitly anti-oppression, while B) accepting the assumption that women “enjoy being sexual things,” which belies the former challenge to oppressive relationships.

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