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Steve Jobs Receives Vegan Chocolates For Apple Rejecting Seal Hunt App

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, April 29th, 2010 in Animal Issues, Food & Drink, Tech.

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PETA is rewarding Steve Jobs for Apple’s decision to reject an app that let players club seals, the iSealclub application.

The Apple CEO should be receiving his vegan chocolate seals any day now.

Senior vice president of PETA, Dan Matthews, included a letter to Jobs, along with his chocolate goodies, thanking him, reminding him he shares company with several political leaders around the world that think the annual seal hunt is inappropriate.

From Techcrunch:

“On behalf of PETA and our more than 2 million members and supporters worldwide, thank you for rejecting the proposed iSealClub iPhone application, which has drawn a great deal of attention to Canada’s annual baby-seal slaughter. You are in good company. Global leaders as diverse as Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin, and the Dalai Lama have taken a stand against the slaughter, and the European Union recently voted to ban seal fur.”

“As a token of our appreciation, we will be sending you some vegan-chocolate seals.”

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Feminist Equates Eating Meat With Misogyny At Harvard Speech

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, April 29th, 2010 in Authors, Food & Drink.

Carol J. Adams "The Sexual Politics of Meat"

Carol J. Adams "The Sexual Politics of Meat"

Carol J. Adams, author of the book, The Sexual Politics of Meat, spoke on the campus of Harvard University, urging students to go vegetarian, comparing eating meat to misogyny.

The event was sponsored by the Harvard College Vegetarian Society.

Adams said that meat eating is often equated with masculinity and places that celebrate meals of meat also tend to objectify women, such as Hooter’s.

Some criticized Adams for not bringing enough statistics into her speech, such as the effects of meat on human health and the environment.

Adams responded by saying both meat eating and debasing women should be looked at as “experiences” rather than numbers.

“I don’t give a damn about statistics,” Adams said. “I feel that using statistics participates in a rationalized way of thinking about the problem that undercuts my perspective.”

The Harvard Crimson reports most of her aggressive questioners were male.

They probably had just come from their dinner of burgers from the student union.

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Pamela Anderson Launches Her New Fragrance Malibu At SEARS

Pamela Anderson has just approved the completed male component to her fragrance line, Malibu.

The actress had already launched Malibu Blue for days and Malibu Pink for nights, both in women’s fragrances.

Anderson Tweeted, “I’ve received the final approved Malibu men’s fragrance I’ve been working on. Done. Natural, sexy… Smells Amazing. Coming out soon.”

The fragrances are a good combination of ethical and affordable, as they’re sold in pharmacies like CVS and agree with her vegetarian values and are not tested on animals.

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Celebs Attend Good HouseKeeping Shine On Event

A couple of months ago, Dr. Oz put three Chicago firefighters on a vegan diet.

Mauricio “Mo” Tirado, Egnechles “Iggy” Brown and Doug Crowley have all since lost 20-30 pounds each, according to an article in the Chicago Sun-Times.

Crowley was able to stop taking cholesterol medication, Brown is excited he can see his abs again and oatmeal is starting to grow on Tirado.

The men plan to stick to their diets as much as possible and say that if they do ever consume meat, it will be in very small amounts.

Dr. Oz enlisted the help of The Engine 2 Diet author Rip Esselstyn, a Texas firefighter who got his team into better shape by convincing them to eat vegan at the firehouse.

“Firehouses are the dumping ground of all of America’s leftovers — you couldn’t create a better atmosphere for unhealthy eating,” Esselstyn said. “It’s such a masculine culture — they think you need to eat dairy, eggs and meat and if you don’t you’re a little sissy girl.”

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Emily Deschanel “Good” Interview On Vegetarian Issues

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, April 29th, 2010 in Actresses, Food & Drink.

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Emily Deschanel recently interviewed with Good.

The Bones actress has been a vegan since she was a teenager, and is involved with animal activism as well, her better known campaign being promoting the Great Ape Protection Act that would end using chimpanzees in medical laboratories and allow them to retire in sanctuaries.

Here are a few highlights from the interview.

Favorite vegan dessert:
I am obsessed with the peanut butter cups from Alica Silverstone’s new book called The Kind Diet. So tasty! I use raw almond butter.

On convincing people to go vegetarian/vegan:
There is a book called The China Study which discusses the largest nutritional study in history. They set out to determine that animal protein was healthy, but the results were the opposite. Sometimes people need to be grabbed by the health angle. I like to let facts speak for themselves.

On natural remedies versus medication:
If I get a headache the first thing I do is drink some water or coconut water. Hydration is a common cause for headaches. Then I check to see if I have been clenching my jaw. I look for the cause instead of covering the symptoms up with medication. Modern medicine has saved many people’s lives, but I do believe in doing research and looking for alternatives before taking something.

For the entire interview with Emily, visit Good.

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Billy Corgan Says Happiness Is Chocolate Vegan Milkshake

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, April 29th, 2010 in Celebrity Tweets, Food & Drink, Male Musicians.

LAKERS VS ROCKETS

Billy Corgan was in deep thought recently when he pondered the true meaning of happiness.

After about 30 seconds, he discovered it, and decided to share on Twitter.

“Happiness is: to thy own-Self be true.”

Later that afternoon he realized that being true involves whipped soy milk and cocoa..

“Actually, happiness IS: to thine own Self be true + a chocolate vegan milkshake!”

Never lose sight of the dream Billy!

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Zoe Saldana Rice, Pigeon Pea Recipe Makes Vegan Bouillon Handy

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 in Actresses, Food & Drink, Recipes.

Zoe Saldana Visits The Daily Show With Jon Stewart On April 22, 2010 In New York City

Zoe Saldana, who is currently starring in the film The Losers, offered her mother’s recipe for Moro de Guandules (rice with pigeon peas) as part of the Mother’s Day special in In Style magazine.

It’s always nice to take a recipe that calls for meat ingredients and easily make substitutions, and that’s exactly what you can do with this recipe by swapping the chicken bouillon for vegetable.

Rapunzel makes a wonderful vegan version with or without added sea salt.

Look for the recipe in the May issue of In Style, which goes on sale this Friday or jump here to get started now.

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Heather Mills Wins Whitney Houston Tickets, Offers DJ Vegan Cupcake

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 in Business, Food & Drink.

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Heather Mills was the winner of Whitney Houston tickets after calling in during a radio contest.

According to The Mirror, when the DJ wanted to confirm if she was indeed “the” Heather Mills, he asked her if she owned V Bites, the vegan restaurant Heather opened last year in Brighton.

“Yes,” Heather replied. “Come down for a cupcake.”

Heather’s spokesperson said, “Heather entered the competition to win the tickets for an 82-year-old mother of a friend. Her friend is a massive Whitney fan and as it appears that the event is totally sold out this would be a good opportunity to really cheer her up.”

Tickets to a concert and vegan desserts.

Can a night get any better?

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