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Ginnifer Goodwin Talks Veganism, Wears Leather for "W"

Emily Farris — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:28:00 GMT

Ginnifer Goodwin, otherwise known as Margene the third Mormon wife on HBO's "Big Love," recently got all gussied up for the June issue of 'W.' She wanted to let everyone know she's nothing like Margene or like Gigi, her character in "He's Just Not That Into You." It was a good interview and the pictures (after the jump) in which Goodwin describes herself "as seemingly tough and hardened but always on the verge of falling apart” are gorgeous. In fact, the whole thing makes us like her more than we already do. Except we have one little problem with it. The story is supplemented with a blog post on Goodwin's recent turn to veganism. The actress says she did it for health reasons and also because of the way animals are treated at industrial farms.

So why then is she wearing...

"Versace’s leather jacket; Kiki de Montparnasse’s silk bra; Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière’s viscose jersey briefs with attached leather belt. Yves Saint Laurent gloves; Falke hosiery."

Just wondering. We love hamburgers and leather handbags. So we can't hate on a girl. But she might piss off a few vegans with that get-up.

[W: Not So Goodwin]

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PeTA: Again With Thinking Sex Sells Unpopular Idea

Colleen Kane — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:04:00 GMT

You can guess how this one goes. PETA wanted to run an ad during the Super Bowl. It was SEXY because it showed scantily-clad women cavorting about with vegetables, licking a pumpkin suggestively, etc. The claim is "Studies Show vegetarians have better sex."

NBC refused to run the ad, saying it was too suggestive...although something tells us there will still be plenty of scantily clad women in evidence in the Super Bowl commercials. Now you and others can watch the clip anyway online without them paying the Super Bowl fee.

Here's that "too sexy for prime time" commercial.

'Veggie Love': PETA's Banned Super Bowl Ad

But it doesn't matter anyway, because:

PETA! Enough already. Does this ever work? Depends what your definition of work is. It got attention. Did anyone see this ad and decide to become vegetarian? No. Was this ad going to convert any football-loving, hot-wings-pounding Joe Sixpack if it ran anyway? No. Did anyone see this and think that PETA, and by extension, vegetarians and vegans, are a bunch of crackpots? Certainly.

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Crush of the Week: Veggie Pride Paraders

Emily Farris — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:09:00 GMT

We should first make clear that aside from one misguided and carbohydrate-loaded year, we do not practice vegetarianism. It's not beyond us to lick the blood from our steak plate, or better yet, sop it up with lard-fried French fries. In fact, we won't even date vegetarians (perhaps because we know they wouldn't want to watch us happily slurping up cow's blood?)

But we've been known to have crushes on plenty of people we probably wouldn't date if given the opportunity, and the Veggie Pride Paraders are some of those people.

We also love superheroes and people who aren't afraid to talk about their poop:

After the walking carrot and pea pod at the front of the procession came a couple in banana costumes, holding hands as they marched, and then a man in a "Super Vegan" costume with a blazing "V" on his chest and a woman waving a hot pink tinfoil pig with a plaintive sign reading, "Save me."
Bringing up the rear of the march were the ecofarmers with a long tube of pink netting representing a meat-eater's colon. It had signs pointing to "butt cancer," "polyps" and a large plastic "colostomy bag" filled with plastic poop.

Because there's nothing we appreciate more (not even butt cancer or superheroes) than people who appreciate their food—whether we agree with their choice of cuisine or not— the hundreds of proud vegetarians and vegans who swarmed New York City's Meatpacking District yesterday are our crushes of the week.

[NY Daily News: Vegetables on march against meat biz]

[Video: NY Mag at Veggie Pride Parade]

[Veggie Pride Parade]