PETA

[Glacier]

It's good to see a traditional native singer from the north do well down south.

TORONTO -- Nunavut-reared throat singer Tanya Tagaq claimed the $30,000 Polaris Music Prize on Monday night, then used her acceptance speech to support the wearing and eating of seal -- and lob an expletive at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

Tagaq's record "Animism" beat out higher-profile offerings from the likes of Drake and past winners Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett to claim the award, given to the best Canadian album of the past year as determined by a group of journalists, and host Jay Baruchel -- the lanky Montreal-bred star of "This is the End" and "Goon" -- fell to his knees and fanned his arms toward her in admiration as she took the stage.

After thanking her producer and family, Tagaq shifted into an impassioned "side note."

"People should wear and eat seal as much as possible because if you can imagine an indigenous culture thriving and surviving on a sustainable resource, wearing seal and eating it, it's delicious and there's lots of them.

"And f--- PETA," she added.

In the spring, Tagaq posted a "sealfie" -- a picture of her daughter, who joined her onstage Monday, next to a dead seal. The snap was part of a movement intended to support the Inuit seal hunt, which is seen as being under attack by animal rights groups.

As a result, Tagaq said at the time she was harassed by critics -- but such backlash certainly didn't soften her stance.
"I really believe that if hipsters can make flower beards 'in,' then you can do it with seal," she told the crowd of mostly music industry folk. "Come on guys.


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[WhenWhatWho]

Seems like political correctness is undergoing a correction. About time.

[Glacier]

This is the same person who took that famous Sealfie a femonths back...

[logicalview]

"And f--- PETA," she added.

I have a feeling a lot of people have this same opinion. What a bunch of complete loons.

[JLives]

Even environmentalists and animal rights supporters don't support PETA. They're a bunch of hypocrites killing several thousands animals a year in it's facilities. Not to mention their crazy view of not supporting keeping animals as pets to begin with.