She may not be a household name here in the UK, but boy, is Alaska loved in Spain?! That’s why we’re soooo grateful the gorgeous and courageous singer of electro-pop band Fangoria decided to pose in an anti-bullfighting advert for PETA. The stunning ad was unveiled yesterday amidst the Festival of San Isidro in Madrid – one of Spain’s biggest and bloodiest bullfighting events which takes place over four weeks. Unless you’re fluent in Spanish, you probably won’t be able to read the feature on EncierroHumano.com or the coverage from the unveiling, but so you don’t miss out, here’s what Alaska says about bullfighting:
“My mother’s first husband was a bullfighter. So it was very normal when I was a little girl for my parents to take me to corridas. Sometimes you do grow up and you say ‘what’s going on? I don’t think this is right at all so I’ve got to do something’ and my way of doing things is being outspoken and opening my mind and speaking my mind to whoever wants to listen to me… We don’t deserve to harm anyone, not a boy, not a dog and not a bull.”
Too right, and with 82 percent of Spanish citizens between 15 and 24 years old not even remotely interested in bullfighting, it’s a disgrace it continues to make a buck.
