ANGER OVER LADY GAGA MEAT COVER
Lady Gaga – born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta – has angered animal rights activists after posing in nothing but strips of meat for the September cover of Japanese Vogue Homme.
The striking image, by photographer Terry Richardson, is for a photo shoot in the magazine, titled Lady Gaga ‘The Naked Truth’.
While Gaga (24) is known for her bizarre outfits and creative photo shoots, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) was not very amused.
“Lady GaGa’s job is to do outlandish things, and this certainly qualifies as outlandish because meat is something you want to avoid putting on or in your body,” said PETA President Ingrid Newkirk.
“No matter how beautifully it is presented, flesh from a tortured animal is flesh from a tortured animal. Meat represents bloody violence and suffering, so if that’s the look they were going for, they achieved it,” she added.
Gaga, who has described herself as bisexual, has sold more than 15 million albums and 51 million singles worldwide since bursting onto the music scene in 2008.
Gaga overgrilled. Meat is meat and the crowds must eat, im sure it wasnt meant to offend. These tortured animals are bred to become dead. But it doesnt make her Beefcake, does it make her a beef-koekie?
Vleisboer
I don’t find it offensive, people eat meat and wear leather.
….. I’m no fan of Lady Gaga and the cover certainly is somewhat nauseating to look at but that is what Lady Gaga does: she shocks. Would she have sold so many albums and singles being sweet and innocent? I don’t think so. Personally, I just see it as wastage. If you’re going to kill an animal then eat it … don’t wear it.
Pret a Porter. Tommy
Animals are killed all the time for clothing. I thought about this whilst taking off my alligator shoes, my leopard mink jacket and my Ibex lederhosen.
It was a refreshing thought when I washed myself with whale-lard soap and scrubbed between my toes with my sponge from some exotic (now dead) coral life form now on the extinct specie list. I thought, yes! animals serve a greater purpose besides stealing human air and defecating in pristine forests.
Now while im lying on a hide and goosedown whilst writing this gibberish to you, I think Lady Gaga covering her privates is a good thing.
Beef up on the best skattie!
….. Very funny or very disturbing … can’t decide which.