Longtime animal rights activist Joan Jett has teamed up once again with PETA for a new commercial calling on women's rights advocates to think beyond species and fight for rights. reproductive of females.
Premiering during The Rachel Maddow Show On Monday (October 21), the ad features the punk rock legend's face transforming into images of other women and animals such as a cat, a fox, a cow, a monkey, a dog and a sheep. Watch it below.
“We are daughters, sisters and mothers,” Jett says in the ad. “We all feel pain, fear, and love, and if any of us were forcibly raised, or had our breast milk or eggs taken and sold, or our children stolen for experimentation, we would all feel violated, angry, and disconsolate .”
She continues: “Ask yourself: Would I wish this fate on my mother, my sister or me? We are all sisters under the skin. End speciesism.”
Jett has been working with PETA for more than a decade, notably appearing in a print ad promoting a meat-free diet in 2012. Most recently, he spoke on behalf of the organization at SeaWorld's 2022 annual shareholder meeting and lobbied for for the theme park to put an end to its “sordid business.” breeding program.”
Speaking of women's reproductive rights, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts endorsed Kamala Harris and Tim Walz earlier this month, stating that the Democratic presidential nomination “will guide us toward a more positive future” for “us, our children, our country and our planet.” “
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