Not long ago, PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) unveiled a huge billboard in Jacksonville, Florida, which called fat women “whales” as it urged people to go vegetarian to lose the blubber. Upset about the ongoing “fat discrimination” that PETA resorts to on a regular basis to make its point, ManiK Magazine has just launched an anti-PETA ad.The ad starts from one of the most famous campaigns from the activist group, the one that has celebrities sans clothes saying they’d rather go like this than wear fur. In the protest ad, a curvy black woman is seen decked all in furs but without any actual items of clothing per se, with a caption urging PETA to lose the sarcasm and apply “ethical treatment to all.”
“ManiK Magazine released their direct response today to PETA’s (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) continuous abuse of publicly humiliating advertising campaigns that make the plus-size community the ‘punch line’ in efforts to promote vegetarianism as opposed to eating meat.” a press statement on the new campaign reads. The “Save the apology, lose the sarcasm” campaign also tells PETA that “Standing for something while falling for nothing takes great strength but you can be bette... (read more)
