France’s First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy recently came out of the fur closet and revealed she doesn’t wear fur, and although she may have worn it back in her old modeling days, any fur that’s on her bod now is fake.
“I do not wear, buy or own fur,” wrote France’s first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, in a letter obtained by G2, to Dan Mathews, senior vice president for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals U.S. “Every designer who kindly lends me clothes for public appearances can tell you that I do not accept to wear fur pieces, even when they’re only a small part of the outfit.”
Not to be one upped, U.S. First Lady, Michelle Obama, recently made a statement echoing Bruni-Sarkozy’s style. It was shorter, but still got the point across.
“Mrs. Obama does not wear fur,” Michelle’s deputy press secretary Semonti Mustaphi confirmed.
Written by Vegetarian Star on June 12th, 2009 in Authors.
Comments Off on Kathy Freston Shatters Meat Myth: Our Hands Weren’t Capable
We’ve all probably had that jerk friend who, after learning we’re vegetarian, makes a remark like, “See these teeth. These are canines. They’re meant to cut meat.”
Author Kathy Freston has blogged at the Huffington Post and cites several authoritative sources that give wonderful explanations why our friends are full of baloney-literally!
It’s all in the hands, as Kathy explains early humans would not have been able to handle ripping an animal apart for dinner. Our pretty fingers were just too delicate.
“…Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine President Dr. Neal Barnard says in his book, The Power of Your Plate, in which he explains that “early humans had diets very much like other great apes, which is to say a largely plant-based diet, drawing on foods we can pick with our hands”
“There is no more authoritative source on anthropological issues than paleontologist Dr. Richard Leakey, who explains what anyone who has taken an introductory physiology course might have discerned intuitively–that humans are herbivores. Leakey notes that “[y]ou can’t tear flesh by hand, you can’t tear hide by hand…. We wouldn’t have been able to deal with food source that required those large canines” (although we have teeth that are called “canines,” they bear little resemblance to the canines of carnivores).”
“We don’t have sharp claws to seize and hold down prey. And most of us (hopefully) lack the instinct that would drive us to chase and then kill animals and devour their raw carcasses. Dr. Milton Mills builds on these points and offers dozens more in his essay, “A Comparative Anatomy of Eating.””
If you know anyone with sharp claws, you probably should make up an excuse to get out of the relationship. Read Kathy’s entire blog at the HuffingtonPost.com.
Comments Off on Jason Mraz Digs “I’m Yours” Remix, Not McDonald’s Setting
Some fans got together and did a remix of Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours,” from his album, We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things.
Everything’s cool and all except the fact that it’s filmed at MCDONALD’S and features people ordering all SORTS OF NASTY MEAT DISHES!
Of course, raw vegan Jason is cool about it and let’s people know on his Myspace blog, that while he’s not down with McDonald’s, he’s down with people having fun with his song.
“I’ve seen a lot of covers and heard a lot of parodies of “I’m Yours,” but this one is super sized. While I don’t advocate that brand of fast food, I dig what these talented people are doing by taking their art into the real world, being joyous and unafraid to shine their light in random acts, enrolling others in their wonderful state of play. This is life you guys. This is it. There ain’t no dress rehearsal. Order what you want.”
Seriously, people need to make an “I’m Yours,” remix at a vegan restaurant.
Written by Vegetarian Star on June 11th, 2009 in Chefs, Models.
Comments Off on Heather Mills Insists Dancing With The Stars Money Went To Viva!
Heather Mills has just called out Huffington Post writer Roger Friedman who claims the former model and ex wife of Paul McCartney failed to donate her earnings from Dancing with the Stars to charitable organization Viva!, Vegetarians International Voice for Animals.
“Dear Huffington post Roger freedman please take your lies off Wiki. All my fees from Dancing with the stars went to Viva after taxes not me.”
The Wikipedia quote read:
“Heather was eliminated from the show in the sixth week of the competition on 24 April 2007, donating £50,000 of her £110,000 fee for appearing on the show to Viva!, although she had previously said that she would donate her entire fee to animal rights groups.”
Other allegations of charities not receiving promised money from Heather have surfaced in the past, including one from Adopt-A-Minefield.
“While on a panel with fellow foodie Mario Batali at Seattle’s Paramount theater last weekend, Bourdain poked fun at Batali’s PBS series Spain… On the Road Again; which featured the chef and Paltrow on a culinary tour of Spain. “Why would you go to Spain with the one bitch who refuses to eat ham?””
Now we know how he really feels about Paltrow.
Jerk? Funny? A little bit of both?
Personally, we’d like to see Gwyneth be an even bigger bitch and refuse every animal.
The drummer of the all vegetarian band Rise Against, Brandon Barnes, sat down for a little one on one chit chat with tomtimms.com where he talked about how easy it is to be veg and gave some thoughts on global warming and Sarah Palin.
So it was sorta by chance you all were vegetarians and had the same beliefs.
Yeah we all have same politics, not all bands have that dynamic. We’re all veggie and minded on those beliefs.
How is it on the road and finding the grub.
Well the catering is all veggie, restaurants are very accommodating to vegetarians. We can get pasta and veggie burgers. Most major cities now have vegetarian restaurants.
What do you think about Governor Palin talking about the ice glacier’s not melting due to Global Warming.
Yeah I saw the skit with Tina Fey on SNL, one of her lines was “There isn’t global warning, its just god hugging us a little tighter”. Most of the major scientist in the world agree that global warming is the cause, so you can’t really argue against it as its pretty much fact. I think alot of the Republicans wanna believe it’s not. Climate change does go in cycles, however they wanna keep drilling. What happened to the battery operated car, it’s a possibility. There are all these people who own oil and sell oil there keeping things like that from developers as they wanna make more money. Sarah Palin probably does know.
Read the rest of the interview with Brandon at tomtimms.com.
Comments Off on Chrissie Hynde Cancels Zoo Show, Protests Petting Zoo Slaughters
When we heard Chrissie Hynde and The Pretenders were doing a show at the Minnesota Zoo, we did a double take.
The zoo is the last place a staunch animal rights supporter like Chrissie would hang out at, right?
Turns out, she did write a letter after learning animals in the family petting zoo area are eventually sent off to the slaughterhouse.
“How can a zoo invite children to touch and play with and express joy over animals for their uniqueness, only to turn around and sell those very animals to slaughter?” she wrote.
The Pretenders show at the zoo has been rescheduled, but another venue has yet to be chosen.
Sue McLean, the concert’s promoter, cited several factors for the change in venue, including size of the crowd and the zoo’s curfew at 10:30 PM.
The latest tour is to promote The Pretenders’ album, Break Up The Concrete.
Comments Off on Alicia Silverstone Set To Appear At NYC Wine And Food Festival
The New York City Wine and Food Festival isn’t until October, but good wine events require proper planning, so time to mark your calendars and cancel the family reunion.
This year’s list of celebrities include well know celebrity chefs like Giada De Laurentiis and Guy Fieri. But there are some non-foodie celebs in the lineup, including Alicia Silverstone.
Founder and director of the festival, Lee Schrager explained that the festival week coincides with the release of Silverstone’s vegan diet book. Plus, it’s all about the diversity. You know there will be vegan drunks, or uh, wine connoisseurs there who would love to see Alicia.
“I was having lunch with a good friend of mine, [book publisher] Pam Krauss, and she said she had Alicia Silverstone’s book coming out on the exact days of the festival. It’s a vegan cookbook, and it’s very funny because if you go to a lot of vegan Web sites, you’ll see “Alicia Silverstone.” She’s obviously big in the vegan world. The fact that someone is a vegan doesn’t mean they can’t go to a wine tasting. So I think it’s all about diversity.”
No, being a vegan doesn’t mean forgoing the alcohol, but not all alcohols are vegan.
Some wines contain or use animal ingredients in the production process, such as isinglass (fish bladder), gelatin, egg albumen, casein (milk), and chitin (shells of crabs or lobsters).
To animal check your favorite alcohol, visit barnivore.com, with over 700 listings for beer, wine, and liquor.
