I’ve not really taken the pulse of the internet to gauge how badly the latest Lady Gaga outrage has gone down, which no doubt means I’m saying exactly the same thing as so-and-so-whose-opinion-must-be-noted pointed out days ago.
Her decision to adorn herself in a garment of many meat cuts is undoubtedly distasteful - and probably didn’t smell that great either. It certainly resulted in plenty of column inches decrying the dead animals whose carcasses were used to create her unique attire. It’s possible there was also an important point being made - and not simply that Gaga will go to almost any lengths to remain fresh and controversial.
Meat and its byproducts are used in many forms every day. Fur generates an awful lot of headlines, but leather is the material of choice for shoes and almost every accessory going. Wearing leather doesn’t elicit the same outrage that fur does, yet it’s still sourced from an innocent animal that was probably bred for the purpose and didn’t have a very good life.
I’m not saying Lady Gaga is right to wear a bikini made of stitched together pieces of meat, but there are plenty of us out there - including vegetarians like me - who find ourselves wearing the offcuts of the meat production industry because it’s available and we’re made to consider it desirable. Now that's what I find distasteful.
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