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Veganism in the *Fashion* News
Veganism is still growing in prevalence in the mainstream news, even in the fashion world! * New York Magazine’s blog, The Cut, featured Olsen Haus shoes because the brand “Makes Being Vegan Stylish.” The fashionable blogger wrote a...
Raising Sympathetic and Empathetic Children
After watching a little boy pulverize a bug earlier this week, at the encouragement of his mother, I have been thinking more and more about raising children that are vegan, animal lovers, respectful of life, and generally good additions to the human ...
Buy a PETA Tee and Save $5
By any PETA shirt by Father’s Day, June 19, and use the coupon code FD59 to receive $5 off any one tee shirt!...
Happy Vegan Birthday, Natalie Portman and Ingrid Newkirk!
My knowledge of vegan pop culture failed me this week: I missed wishing a happy birthday to well-known, outspoken vegan advocates! Tuesday, June 9, was the 28th birthday of the gorgeously adorable, much-loved vegan princess Natalie Portman. Then, two...
PETA VP Bruce Friedrich on How to Be an Effective Animal Advocate
Last night the Humane League of Philadelphia hosted a very successful dinner and lecture. We welcomed author and PETA VP Bruce Friedrich on his book tour for The Animal Activist’s Handbook as more than 50 guests piled into a small upstairs dini...
Vegans Take Over the News on TV
Stop what you’re doing! Turn on the TV and be sure not to miss PETA’s Senior Vice President Dan Mathews on the Today Show this morning, Wednesday, May 20, between 7:30 and 8 a.m. Eastern time. According to PETA, “Dan will be talking...
Circus Cruelty Comes to My Town
Last night was the opening night of the Ringling Brothers’ Circus in Philadelphia. It was also my first time attending a protest; usually I stick to spreading the word about being veg. For two hours before the event started, I stood outside of ...
New Animal Activist Handbook from Vegan Outreach Founder and PETA VP
Two outstanding men in the animal activist world - Matt Ball, co-founder and director of Vegan Outreach and Bruce Friedrich, a vice president of PETA - have poured all of their tips, suggestions, and knowledge into one easy-to-understand new book: Th...
Call Me FishingHurts: PETA Employees Have a Tendency to Legally Change Their Name
It seems that the 22-year-old PETA employee FishingHurts, formerly known as Rachel Feather, has some company. Ms. FishingHurts, of Arizona, legally changed her name last year in February 2008 to show support for animals’ rights by creating a pe...
EPA Plans to ‘Reduce Reliance on Animal Testing’ in the U.S.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently released a new Strategic Plan for Evaluating the Toxicity of Chemicals, which reevaluates the way that we test products in America. The report, which was put together by the Science Policy Council in ...
A Chrissie Hynde Moment
In fall 2007, when handbag designer Hogan created a ponyskin leather purse and named it “the Chrissie” after Pretenders’ lead singer and PETA activist Chrissie Hynde, she successfully sued. So I’m wondering - now that designer...
Bob Barker Hosts Animal Rights Gala
I hope you haven’t forgotten about Price Is Right’s original host, the animal-loving Bob Barker, because he certainly hasn’t forgotten about the animals! He may have retired from his TV gig, but he’s not just kicking back and ...
How To: Get a Job Working for the Animals
Last night I attended the first (and hopefully now monthly) Vegan Drinks Philly. About 70 vegans, vegetarians, and veg-inclined people packed into the small bar room at the local vegan go-to restaurant Horizons. It was a fun, social, easy going, frie...
Buy Your Vegan Sweetheart a Cruelty-Free Valentine’s Gift
Since the four new Go Max Go Foods vegan candy bars won’t be on sale until after Valentine’s Day, sweet-craving vegans will have to look elsewhere for the upcoming hearts-, love-, and chocolate-filled holiday. Lots of candy brands are veg...
Would You Eat Sushi Made from a Golden Retriever?
This photoshopped picture of a sushi roll made out of a golden retriever pup is making it rounds through cyber space, getting every reaction possible - WTF, LOL, OMG … you know, the usual. At first I was disturbed, but if you think about it, th...
Singer Neko Case Speaks Out on Zoos, PETA, and More
Singer Neko Case loves animal, thinks zoos are stupid, and hates PETA. In a recent interview with Spinner, fiery redhead Case shared her feelings: “Those stories are so depressing,” she told Spinner. “And the animal is always the one who gets m...
Ecorazzi Provides Animal-Friendly Celeb Quotes
One of my (many) favorite things about the green blog Ecorazzi is the writers’ impressive abilities to find celebrity quotes about vegetarianism and animal rights. Here’s a sampling of some recent Razzi finds: Michael Vick, on his “...
Government Estimates 1 in 200 U.S. Kids are Vegetarian
For the first time ever, the government wants to know how many children are vegetarian. The recent federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study on kids that choose not to consume meat estimated that about 367,000, or 1 in 200, American ch...
Collection of Effective Animal and Environment Ads at Web Ecoist
PETA, and all their counterparts and campaigns, pumps out dozens of print ads every month. The ads do a lot of good and clearly make a point. But PETA is not the only animal rights organization that makes creative, vivid pictorial ads. Web Ecoist re...
Dogs Rescued from Michael Vick’s Fighting Ring on Sports Illustrated’s Cover
Sports Illustrated not only wrote an amazing follow up story about the dogs that survived Michael Vick’s dog fighting ring, but it was the cover article, which means feature article length. Check out the cover here, featuring rescued pup Sweet ...
Pledge to Eat Veg for 30 Days with PETA’s Experience Project Challenge
Making New Year’s resolutions is pointless if you don’t have incentive to stick to them. Last year, I pledged to myself that I would start working out again. I am proud to say that I stuck with it! If you haven’t set a goal for your...
Man Demands Donated Kidney Back. Could Lab Animals Do the Same?
If you’ve spent more than five minutes perusing the Internet today, then you’ve probably come across an article - or 700 - about the New York man who wants his donated kidney back. Apparently, Dr. Richard Batista donated a kidney to his w...
Happy 2009: A Look Back at 2008
As 2008 comes to a close, I’ve taken some time to look back over what the year brought for Living Without Meat. This site is only about a year and a half old in total, so I’m still getting to see it grow and expand daily. As I peruse what...
Oprah Named PETA’s 2008 Person of the Year
PETA wants Oprah Winfrey to know that her outspoken compassion for animals has not gone unnoticed or unappreciated - the animal rights organization named the talk show maven their 2008 Person of the Year. It all started when Oprah, a known dog lover,...
Nudity Rules: Opinions Vary on Naked PETA Ads
PETA’s on a mission to bring naked women (where is the male nudity?), who are anti-fur, to the masses. Dozens of female celebrities have posed nude for the animal organizations “I’d rather go naked than wear fur” campaign. We&...
Wipe Your Rear with a PETA Ad
People have pretty strong feelings about PETA; whether they’re good or bad, they’re strong and usually outspoken. Some people go out of their way to convince others that the animal organization is evil. Others defend them to no avail, wea...
Hayden Panettiere: Animal - and Leather - Lover
Heroes cheerleader Hayden Panettiere is stir up some controversy with animal rights organizations and bloggers. Recently, she collaborated with fashion brand Dooney & Bourke to design the “Hayden Clutch,” which is a calfskin and leat...
Discount Code for Shopping with PETA
On top of having fun vegan snacks, shirts, and whatnot as they always do, the PETA store also has gift sets put together such as the cat or dog lovers, snackaholic, and cruelty-free beauty. Plus, you can get free shipping right now when you spend at ...
