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What with the popularity of vegan manifesto/fake diet book Skinny Bitch, the intersection between veganism and feminism has been taking a bit of a beating lately. Julie Klausner’s takedown of the book in Salon gets to the heart of why even those sympathetic to animal rights issues are a tad leery of the tome:

[T]he authors’ advice accounts for much of the book’s humor, including quips like ‘you need to exercise, you lazy shit,’ ‘coffee is for pussies’ and ‘don’t be a fat pig anymore.’ It was a formerly anorexic friend of mine who nailed it when she read excerpts from the book. ‘When you have an eating disorder,’ she told me, ‘that’s the voice you hear in your head all the time.’

Now from Portland, Oregon, comes the news that the nation’s first vegan strip club, Casa Diablo, is open for business. The dancers wear no leather, fur, silk, or wool (wool stripper costumes? That makes me itchy just thinking about it!), and the menu boasts “no-frills” Mexican entrées that lean heavily on vegan soy and wheat meats. According to owner Johnny Diablo, “We put the meat on the pole, not on the plate.”

Posted by Miriam Wolf | Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 5:18pm | 1 comment
Tagged with: veganism, skinny bitch, casa diablo, stripping, salon, vegan strip club, johnny diablo

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Hey, I'm working there! Not a fan of the "meat on the pole" slogan, but it's been entertaining so far. I was hoping that Portland would have a PacNW gastropub/strip club first, though.

I knit and actually have a wool stripper outfit, but it's not hard to dress vegan since most of the shoes are made of vinyl.

susanwayward Feb 14, 2008 10:55AM | link

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