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		<title>Pam Anderson and PETA Release Another &#8220;Banned&#8221; Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Hess</dc:creator>
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So, Pamela Anderson's new commercial for PETA, which features the former pin-up screening airline passengers for "prohibited" leather, fur, and animal products, won't be shown on the CNN's Airport Network. According to the New York Post, "PETA planned to debut the spot tomorrow at all three Gotham-area airports, and later this fall in the other [...]]]></description>
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<p>So, <strong>Pamela Anderson</strong>'s new commercial for PETA, which features the former pin-up screening airline passengers for "prohibited" leather, fur, and animal products, won't be shown on the CNN's Airport Network. According to the <em>New York Post</em>, "PETA planned to debut the spot tomorrow at all three Gotham-area airports, and later this fall in the other 45 major airports serviced by CNN. But the network wrote to PETA saying it's 'particularly sensitive because children make up part of the demographic in airports.'" PETA, <em>banned?</em> You don't say.</p>
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<p>Let's see: We have a Transportation Security Administration screener turned into a sexy Halloween costume. We have that TSA screener repeatedly assaulting people. We have what looks like some illegal search and seizure. We have an unintelligible racial stereotype. We have butts. Why wouldn't anyone want to show this thing in an airport? Probably because airports hate animals!</p>
<p>The <em>Post</em> says that the "propensity for nudity by PETA has backfired this time," but seeing as PETA dedicates an entire <a href="http://www.petatv.com/banned.asp">online television station to screening its banned ads</a>, I'm betting this is a strategy, you guys. Whenever PETA produces a "too hot for TV" ad, it gets to drum up some viral press over the injustice, but skips out on shelling out the cash required to actually show the thing on a network.</p>
<p>Since other PETA banned ads feature a man clubbing a woman to death, animatronic cats fucking, and women appearing to stuff asparagus into their vaginas, Pammy's short-shorts and belt play actually fall on the Lighter Side of PETA. Which raises the question: If PETA produces its ads in an attempt to get banned anyway, why doesn't it skip the soft-core stuff and start filming straight-up animal-friendly pornography? It's a sad day when I have to give PETA pointers on how to more effectively exploit women in order to save the chinchilla.</p>
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		<title>Sex Up Your PETA Sea Kitten</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Hess</dc:creator>
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When I first learned of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' new "Save the Sea Kittens" ad campaign, I was confused&#8212;and not because re-branding one species of animal (fish) as another (kittens) doesn't make any fucking sense. No, I was confused because PETA's campaign just doesn't seem overtly sexist enough! There are no Playboy [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">When I first learned of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' new "<a href="http://www.peta.org/sea_kittens/index.asp?c=skembed">Save the Sea Kittens</a>" ad campaign, I was confused&#8212;and not because re-branding one species of animal (fish) as another (kittens) doesn't make any fucking sense. No, I was confused because PETA's campaign just doesn't seem <a href="http://www.feministing.com/archives/017289.html">overtly</a> <a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/06/23/huffington-post-sexism-goes-green/">sexist</a> <a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/01/28/the-morning-after-licking-pumpkin-edition/">enough</a>! There are no <em>Playboy</em> models, lettuce bikinis, or shrink-wrapped naked ladies to objectify in <a href="http://www.pukeimmediately.com/post/177141993/create-your-own-sea-kitten-at-peta-org">this campaign</a>&#8212;just some cute fish you can dress up in costumes in an attempt to humanize them.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I know. I was suspicious, too.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Thankfully, PETA supporters accustomed to sneaking a bit of lasciviousness into their animal rights advocacy can dress their cute fish in a variety of super sexy fish costumes. Ta-da:</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/files/2009/09/seakitten.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-6191 aligncenter" title="seakitten" src="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/files/2009/09/seakitten.jpg" alt="seakitten" width="307" height="261" /></a><br />
This is my sexy sea-kitten, complete with string bikini, pageant tiara, fetish-y cat whiskers, and porno lips.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/files/2009/09/seakitten1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6192" title="seakitten1" src="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/files/2009/09/seakitten1.jpg" alt="seakitten1" width="360" height="300" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Your BDSM sea kitten can sport a pink studded collar, or opt for a more traditionally sexy ruffled tube top. The truly kinky sea-kitten, though, ties on a bonnet.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/files/2009/09/seakitten3.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-6194 aligncenter" title="seakitten3" src="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/files/2009/09/seakitten3.jpg" alt="seakitten3" width="362" height="304" /></a><br />
On the accessories side, choose from bloated sex-doll lips or a tray of kitty litter (if your sexy fish is into the whole scat thing).</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/files/2009/09/seakitten2.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-6193 aligncenter" title="seakitten2" src="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/files/2009/09/seakitten2.jpg" alt="seakitten2" width="361" height="301" /></a><br />
Umm . . . for the sea-kitten into furries?</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Of course, as we've seen from PETA's other sexy ad campaigns, dressing up your spokesmodels in sexy outfits actually <a href="http://www.feministing.com/archives/012708.html">tends to dehumanize them</a> instead of the other way around. Oh, well. At least it keeps dudes interested.</p>
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