has anyone noticed how there seem to be a lot of young trendy people sort of carelessly wearing animal fur this winter?
it's those damn hats. you know, the ones with the flaps that hang down over the ears and the one snapping up above the forehead. they're cute. and MADE OF ANIMAL SKIN! what sorts of animals? no idea. rabbit, maybe? fox? squirrel?
i feel like it's sort of passé to be any sort of activist with regards to fur. it's maybe sort of passé to be any sort of activist at all, but i think that's okay. weeds out a little insincerity.
weird how i know so so so many 'vegetarians' though. i want one of those hats, oh do i want one. but i won't get one. because i don't think it's right to breed rodents in order to kill them and steal their warm coats. especially when they're being bred for that purpose and living 12 to a 2 ft x 2 ft cage for their entire lives, with most of their matter being thrown in garbage cans behind suburban warehouses.
and you know what. i needed a winter coat this year and decided to go full out and buy one brand new from the bay's 70% off whoops-it's-already-snowing sale and i was seriously seriously limited by wanting a jacket with a hood sans-animal.
seems like most people aren't really thinking about fur-wearing these days. that concerns me.
1 comment:
I noticed! It really shows how much of our collective cultural mentality is so wrapped up in what's fashionable. I'm too tired to reflect in this now, but I did take notice. Maybe I'll post your post on my blog and then reflect on it there! woot! Blogging, huh?! What fun!
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