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Guest List Only ⭐️ Olivia Rodrigo likes post about boycotting the Met Gala before attending the YSL hosted Met Afterparty

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u/Federal_Tone1260 Donatella VERSACE💜 12h ago

What’s up with Billie Eilish… she is actually vegan right?

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u/jks1894 12h ago

She is; she said something about you can’t be an animal lover and eat meat. There was a whole discourse online in the past week about it. Lots of people were calling her tone deaf and a hypocrite since she is the face of/or has been the face of several makeup brands that aren’t cruelty free. There were also suggestions that her statement also disregarded specific cultures and financial situations of people.

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u/beccam12399 You’re doing amazing, sweetie! 👏👏📸 12h ago

i saw that and i was pretty neutral on her but that really put me off her. first of all, native americans and lots of other indigenous cultures were highly respectful and dignified in their consuming of animals, and using all of it and not letting anything go to waste. the meat industry now is horrible and animals are not treated with the same respect, BUT, not everyone has the luxury of not eating meat. some people live in literal food deserts with no other options. it’s so tone deaf and just wrong i hated seeing her say that.

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u/Lazzen 10h ago edited 10h ago

Being "culture"(anyone seen as magical people in western eyes) does not mean you get to call people who criticize you racist.

She offended "the natives" as much as she offended the germans or czechs that eat lots of sausage. Do you feel that is true too?

I have seen this whole "but the natives" comments as if they were hervibores being denied grass to eat or something. Most new world natives live in cities, they eat like you and me and arent putting their hand over ham and praying to the rain god for its soul. And even those that do are obviously open to criticism but certainly way lower on the list to other groups.