Inflatable, Creative Pro-Turkey Activism

by Stephanie Ernst · 2009-11-19 06:34:00 UTC
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Trying to come up with creative new ways to advocate for animals can be exhausting, especially when the prevailing view of animals -- as lesser beings or even objects here for us to do with what we want -- is so ingrained in our society and traditions that we are faced with it everywhere, particularly around the holidays.

So this morning, I want to point out the awesomeness of -- and hope maybe you'll take inspiration from? -- my Chicago area-based pal Marla, aka the Vegan Feminist Agitator. I've been inspired and amused ever since I saw Marla mention her family's three-year-running Thanksgiving tradition last week: If you were to drive by Marla's house today, you would see a giant inflatable turkey hanging out in the front yard, next to a sign pleading with passersby, "Please don't eat me!" And accompanying the giant turkey is, of course, a supply of vegetarian (titled vegetarian, but actually vegan, I'm sure, as is often the case with starter kits) starter kits for anyone who wants to pick one up.

I love, love, love this. I have to endure giant inflatable pumpkins, snowmen, Santa Clauses, snow globes, and more in my St. Louis neighborhood every fall and winter, and if I could get my hands on a cheap giant plastic turkey (or maybe a pig as Christmas approaches? and an egg as Easter approaches?), I'd consider copying my friend's creative idea.

You can see a picture of Marla's setup here.

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Photo above by Flickr user RadioFish

Stephanie Ernst wrote the original Animal Rights blog at Change.org until December 2009. She can now be found at Animal Rights & AntiOppression.
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