Finally! Another celebrity endorsing not testing on animals! (This makes two! Along with James Cromwell!) Kanye West is doing some sort of advertising for Absolut Vodka in which the logo “not tested on animals” is prominently displayed. I saw news of this at Ecorazzi and was just delighted. I think this is especially nice because I am totally on-board any the pro-Absolut-advertising-campaign — I really liked their back-of-magazines classic advertising gimmicks (um, hi blogger who wrote a great post on why you like Absolut ads! I’m with you.) — no other alcoholic company has come close in making such iconic ads.
That’s cool in this ad. Now if he would only stop wearing fur………..
Comment by Natasha — August 13, 2008 @ 5:00 am
Oops I meant That’s cool he’s in this ad.
Comment by Natasha — August 13, 2008 @ 5:01 am
Kanye West wears fur?! Oh that’s appalling.
Comment by Emily — August 13, 2008 @ 11:00 am
your ecorazzi link goes to a spyware site…
anyhow, is there any real meaning to that ad? i think it looks more like a joke because of its non sequitur/absurd nature. i am pretty sure kanye isnt purposely an advocate for anything like that.
Comment by kathy — August 13, 2008 @ 11:06 am
Whoops! Thanks for telling me, I’ll go fix it.
Yeah, I can definitely see your point — “Be Kanye” is not a real product, and it is really absurd. Kanye West is definitely not a high-calibre cruelty-free advocate like James Cromwell. But it’s nice to get some cruelty-free recognition, no matter how poor it may be . . .
Comment by Emily — August 13, 2008 @ 2:18 pm
Yeah I agree. It’s better than nothing.
Comment by Natasha — August 14, 2008 @ 4:39 am
That’s cool. I am not that familiar with Kanye West, but I’m sure that his example will be a good one for others.
Comment by Wendy Koenigsmann — August 15, 2008 @ 6:57 pm
Oh, yeah I just saw the comment where someone else said that he still wears furs.
Ugh.
Comment by Wendy Koenigsmann — August 15, 2008 @ 6:58 pm
Hi Wendy!
Yeah, the Kanye thing is good and bad, I suppose . . .
Comment by Emily — September 3, 2008 @ 7:34 pm
kanye west wears fur…
check out his latest video with Estelle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yweinNywpOM
Ugh!
Rita
Comment by rita — September 22, 2008 @ 8:29 am
Thanks for the video link Rita! That’s just appalling.
Comment by Emily — October 21, 2008 @ 1:13 pm