PETA has never been known for their tact, or class, or sense and I ain’t talking about their ads featuring naked women. I’m talking about how they have used immigrants and now mothers to promote their own work and some disgusting politics as well.

From amiga elle, phd:

Elle writes to PETA in an open letter posted on her site:

You have a bit of everything going on here. I mean, obviously this ad can appeal to a variety of people, most notably people:

Who liken poor mothers to animals.

Who are proponents of negative eugenics and forced sterilization.

Who believe poor mothers and their children are burdens on “taxpayers.”

Who believe only certain women should have children, and who see the birth of children to some mothers as an “epidemic,” or a “problem” or any of those other negative terms.

You know, the old sympathetic me might have been tempted to believe maybe, since you keep producing such horrible ads, you don’t know the background of some of this stuff you invoke. Then I remembered some wise words from Sarah M.:

[They know] they are operating within potent historical narratives—without a history of the objectification/subjugation of women, or slavery and racism, their imagery wouldn’t be nearly as powerful.

I suspect you’re reaching people whom you might not envision as your target audience, but really, we can’t tell.

So what do people think? Has PETA taken it too far again?

Please note that comments calling women animals, crazy, etc will be subject to my censorship moderation.