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Title: using transphobia to fight animal abuse?
Post by: Shana A on February 22, 2009, 11:29:25 PM
Post by: Shana A on February 22, 2009, 11:29:25 PM
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
using transphobia to fight animal abuse?
Posted by Vanessa at 4:33 PM
http://transgroupblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/using-transphobia-to-fight-animal-abuse.html (http://transgroupblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/using-transphobia-to-fight-animal-abuse.html)
also at http://thecolonic.blogspot.com/2009/02/using-transphobia-to-fight-animal-abuse.html (http://thecolonic.blogspot.com/2009/02/using-transphobia-to-fight-animal-abuse.html)
PETA is no stranger to exploiting sexism to push a vegan agenda. While I appreciate the shock value of naked pregnant women locked in pig cages amidst a bustling city, voyeuristic portrayals of under-weight women in lingerie have never struck me as creative or effective. Sex sells mindless consumption. Veganism is hardly an ill-thought choice.
Enter transphobia. Green gossip blog Ecorazzi took no issue with projecting heteronormative anxieties and transphobic ridicule onto the animal rights initiative. In this context, fur is a "drag"--meaning it is bad, and a bloodied cross-dresser is somehow supposed to be quirky or funny. This is all in advertisement for a fashion show where cross-dressers will cat walk fur coats with fake blood and animal traps. The cat walk is just a cruel play on the walk of shame, cloaked by humor and couture no less. Look, it's a ->-bleeped-<- with a bloody jacket! Everyone laugh.
using transphobia to fight animal abuse?
Posted by Vanessa at 4:33 PM
http://transgroupblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/using-transphobia-to-fight-animal-abuse.html (http://transgroupblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/using-transphobia-to-fight-animal-abuse.html)
also at http://thecolonic.blogspot.com/2009/02/using-transphobia-to-fight-animal-abuse.html (http://thecolonic.blogspot.com/2009/02/using-transphobia-to-fight-animal-abuse.html)
PETA is no stranger to exploiting sexism to push a vegan agenda. While I appreciate the shock value of naked pregnant women locked in pig cages amidst a bustling city, voyeuristic portrayals of under-weight women in lingerie have never struck me as creative or effective. Sex sells mindless consumption. Veganism is hardly an ill-thought choice.
Enter transphobia. Green gossip blog Ecorazzi took no issue with projecting heteronormative anxieties and transphobic ridicule onto the animal rights initiative. In this context, fur is a "drag"--meaning it is bad, and a bloodied cross-dresser is somehow supposed to be quirky or funny. This is all in advertisement for a fashion show where cross-dressers will cat walk fur coats with fake blood and animal traps. The cat walk is just a cruel play on the walk of shame, cloaked by humor and couture no less. Look, it's a ->-bleeped-<- with a bloody jacket! Everyone laugh.
Title: Re: using transphobia to fight animal abuse?
Post by: Miniar on February 23, 2009, 08:41:34 AM
Post by: Miniar on February 23, 2009, 08:41:34 AM
That's a disgusting poster.
That's all I can say about it..
disgusting!
That's all I can say about it..
disgusting!
Title: Re: using transphobia to fight animal abuse?
Post by: Janet_Girl on February 23, 2009, 08:55:57 AM
Post by: Janet_Girl on February 23, 2009, 08:55:57 AM
PETA is a group of radicals that have caused business to close, people to lose jobs, lower the standard of living for more people and the loss of income tax revenue. They think they are helping animals, but they do it at the expense of people.
They are not worth your time to take seriously.
Janet
They are not worth your time to take seriously.
Janet