Just when you thought safe sex was. . well, safe.

Think again. As I recently learned, most condoms are made with casein (a protein derived from cow's milk) and it gets worse, some are tested on animals (I'm having trouble visualizing what that would entail and I'm not sure I want to know anyway). There are some great opportunities for witticisms here and my brain is failing me. I think my chakras are out of balance. 

There are however a few companies selling vegan condoms including Glyde and Condomi (extra points to the Condomi marketing people for sneaking the term 'hammered-out' into their home page). The Glyde ones even come in multiple flavors including licorice, which ironically is not vegan in its candy form. The Condomi ones are apparently bio-degradable also. Which brings me to my next point. 

If you're a die-hard (no pun intended) environmentalist, you wouldn't use condoms anyway as they are made from non-sustainable resources, are disposable, and non-biodegradable. The trifecta of eco-conscious no-no's.  I suppose we will start seeing a surge in the population of environmentalists? Meh, not necessarily a bad thing. 

Luckily (or unluckily depending on your perspective) I care about the environment but not so much that I would abstain (pun alert! pun alert!) from using condoms at all. Now to make some important decisions. . . vanilla or strawberry flavor? 

Feminists: keep your panties on!

Today's blog practically wrote itself when I stumbled across this article about feminists in Portland, Oregon protesting the opening of a vegan strip club.  My first reaction to seeing 'vegan' and 'strip club' in the same sentence was 'Yeah baby, that's what I'm talkin' 'bout!' If that gets me kicked out of the feminist club, so be it. I can go back to saying 'snowman' instead of 'snowperson'. Because that was helping so much. 

The club, opened by Johnny Diablo, serves veggie burgers and boasts vegan and vegetarian dancers wearing pleather instead of leather (Pleather. I love saying that word. Pleather.) 

The feminists claim it's wrong to be promoting animal rights at the expense of exploiting women. Listen dears, enjoying the nude female form (in a safe and consensual way, mind you) is not exploitation any more than a piece of art is exploited when one looks at it.  

I'm with the animals on this one. Getting 'history' changed to 'herstory' is hardly as important as stopping the needless suffering of millions of animals. Why don't they protest a non-vegan strip club if they're so worried about the exploitation of women, you ask? 'Cuz the fact is, they're simply taking advantage of the media blitz about the club to get a little of their own attention. Can you say. . exploitation?

So ladies, keep your panties on and let the people enjoy their Boca burgers and boobies.

Hey, if taking my clothes off can help animals (see yesterday's blog), then sign me up. A little exploitation is a small price to pay. And I'll put my money where my mouth is on this one: pledge to go vegan, and I'll send ya' a naughty picture of me. ;-)

Go sexy vegans!!!

(photo source: http://www.myspace.com/casadiablo)

Nudity (and a little cuchi-cuchi) for the masses!

I recently penned a nasty-gram to PETA Europe about their decision to make the 'Running of the Nudes' event in Pamplona, Spain an exclusive event. They are discouraging tourists and participants from attending and instead having a clique of scantily clad models touring Europe to campaign against the traditional Running of the Bulls event. 

Heh? 

This is a great example of where the animal rights movement does itself no favors. The whole point, you idiots, is to get people interested in the nekkid people instead of the bulls! The tourists still have an excuse to get drunk, the tourist industry is kept whole and most importantly, the bulls are safe. It's win-win-win! Well it WAS anyway. Sigh. 

But even better, they discourage the average person to come and bare their souls (and boobies) for their cause, and instead have an exclusive team of European models. Sure, while we're screwing things up, let's contribute to the fashion industry's unrealistic standards of beauty! Brilliant. 

This calls for a nude counter-protest! Or a witty t-shirt. I could go either way. 

In obtusely related news, the Latin singer Charo has released a dance version of a traditional Spanish song as a protest to bullfighting. Because a little 'cuchi-cuchi!' lends credibility to any serious cause, does it not? Would 'get off my team' be a little harsh here? Hey I have an idea, how about Charo running naked through the streets of Spain for the bulls? Brilliant. 

For some practical ways to support this issue, check the HSUS website. Peace out. 

Adventures in BaconSalt-ing

Missing something in your life? How 'bout a little bacon? 

According to the BaconSalt website, everything should taste like bacon. Really? EVERYTHING? Well it is vegetarian AND kosher after all. So I did what any good vegetarian would do. I declared it BACON DAY. All bacon, all the time. 

The plan for breakfast was to try it with some tofu scramble (side bar: much chatter 'round the blogsphere about Fantastic Foods discounting this product but I found it alive and well on their website). But I digress; back to the bacon. No tofu scramble at the store so I had to rack my brain for other ideas (bacon 'n yogurt?, bacon 'n bran flakes?) when I had an epiphany: Hash brown patties. Frozen, potato-y goodness, like tater tots but less tot, more grease and (drum roll) completely vegan by accident (hmmm that gives me an idea for another piece. . ). 

So here's how our bacon-flavored friend fared:

Hash browns with BaconSalt: Delish!
Corn with BaconSalt: Num Num Num
Tofu pot-pie with BaconSalt: Bacon-y goodness

What I like best about this product is it's a nice break from the usual 'holier-than-thou' attitude of some vegan/natural food products. Really, how many products flaunt their vegan-ness then mention how good their product tastes on a nice juicy steak?  

Yep, time to pull these here babies out of storage: 

(Photo source: http://www.baconshirts.com/products/iheartbacon-panty)

Shout out to Justin from BaconSalt and Warren from Baconshirts for the pics! 

The smurfs got into the ice cream again

Blue ice cream. Really? I saw this in the grocery store last night and just like a car accident, as disturbing as it was I couldn't look away. 

A little searching on the internets for 'blue moon ice cream' revealed a Wiki article (of course) which did nothing to clear up the mystery, describing the flavor as 'smurf blue' or 'marshmallow' sweet (uhh last I checked marshmallows were white. just sayin'.)

This really bears no relation to the general topic of this blog, except perhaps to be grateful there's no non-dairy version. I may have been tempted to buy it out of sheer demented curiosity. 

Now, back to more important things, like my BaconSalt research. 

A little tease. . . .

Pleather. BaconSalt. Vegan floggers. The search for vegan caramel Frappucchinos. Vegan 'cheese' (shivers of horror). BaconSalt. Whipped 'cream'. Whipped cream AND floggers.  Hmmm.  Did I mention BaconSalt? Fake fur. Fake furry handcuffs. Fake boobs. Constructing vegan marshmallow fluff. Nutella: vegan? Greasy breakfast joints. Worried about what 'extras' might be in your food when you special order? You know you are. 

CUPCAKES! 'nuff said. 

See, no topic is too tough (or strange) to be covered. Send any other ideas my way. Be careful what you dare me to do, I will probably take you up on it. 

(Photo source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimberlyfaye/2719690188)

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