Letter to Ben Weyts Minister for Mobility, Public Works, the Vlaamse Rand, Tourism and Animal Welfare

Dear Minister,

As a passionate animal-protection advocate, I was delighted to learn from my friends at PETA and GAIA that you've pledged to ban fur farming in the Flemish Region. I'm concerned, however, as it's now December, and—despite having previously announced that you'd bring forward legislation by the end of the year—still, no law prohibiting this cruel industry has been proposed.

Every day that such legislation is delayed is a day of misery for the more than 200,000 minks on fur farms in Flanders. These wild animals are kept in cramped wire cages that deny them any opportunity to carry out their natural behavior, such as running and swimming. This confinement causes them such intense psychological distress that many go insane and begin to mutilate themselves. After a lifetime of suffering, confinement, and frustration, they're killed for a frivolous fashion accessory that no one needs—and increasingly, no one wants.

Please, honor your commitment to ban fur factory farming in Flanders and propose this important piece of legislation without delay. In doing so, you'd be joining Austria, Croatia, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and closer to home, the Brussels-Capital and Walloon regions of Belgium, which have already banned fur farms, recognizing that this barbaric cruelty is unacceptable in a civilized, progressive country.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes,

Pamela Anderson

Letter to The Honorable Peter Dutton MP - Minister for Immigration and Border Protection - Australia

Dear Minister Dutton,

As someone who is active in migrant aid operations in France, I’m writing to you with grave concerns about the treatment of refugees and their animal companions at the Australian government’s Manus Island detention centre.

The prolonged detainment of these people is appalling, but recent reporting from the camps indicates a new level of violence and suffering. I want to share with you information about a particular incident, drawn to my attention by my friends at PETA.

While refugee were being transferred between camps recently, a dog named Foxy, who was traveling with her refugee companion, was reportedly thrown from a moving bus by one of the guards.

Animal feel pain, stress, and fear just as we do, and such callous abuse is unacceptable and threatens everyone in your care on Manus. Psychology experts and law-enforcement officials agree that cruelty to animals is an important predictor of violence towards humans, and it appears regularly in the records of society’s most vicious criminals.

Just as we all love the cats and dogs who share our homes, members of the Manus Island refugee community care deeply for their animal companions and share with them the precious few resources that they have. Foxy’s primary caregiver is understandably distraught by the guard’s actions. Displaced people often form close bonds with animals, who provide unconditional love and hope. Of all the things that refugees endure, emotional trauma is often the hardest to bear.

May I hear from you soon that you’ll launch an investigation into this incident and give Foxy and her guardians the justice they deserve?

Sincerely,

Pamela Anderson

Top 10 ways to survive Hollywood

So, 

How to make it in Hollywood and Survive it? (If being a woman...)

I guess one should meet all -

1. Look the part, right. To meet the current standards of beauty - be super skinny, like size zero, max size one. But also be super sexy at the same time. I personally do not fancy size zero skeletons. Not to mention that in majority of cases, this size is reached by some sort of eating disorder. Maybe having eating disorder is a criterion of success.

2. Be certain age. I guess under 35. Or at least look under 35 From what I read, to be a woman over 35 in Hollywood is a solution to "how to be invisible".  There is like handful of women who make it beyond this age, and do not play the queen or witch or similar. 

3. Be white. Similar to previous point, one can count successful people of colour on one hand. There is a limited scope for diversity in Hollywood and those roles are already assigned. And if you are one of those diversity people, make sure you know you represent your whole ethnic group worldwide. 

4. Dont win Oscar too early in the career. So here you can look at what roles one can take to make it. I heard of the Oscar curse too early in the career. Like the death by success. Or something like that.

5. Choose politics based on the current trend in Hollywood. Go only with the current mainstream politics. For example, now you must love Hillary Clinton and still grieve that she is not the President. Refrain from any criticism of the DNC. Certainly do not support anyone even remotely progressive. Remember what happened to Susan Sarandon and her support of Bernie Sanders. Basically have a sheep and crowd attitude to politics.

6. Choose some appropriate sobbing causes to support ~like starving children or saving some "developing" country. Or protect women as they are helpless (by definition). Supporting Wikileaks and any revolutionaries is a big no. If you support free speech, make sure you only support free speech of some people. Not free speech for all.

7. Do not have any opinion of your own. And if you do, make sure you apologise for it. See many people's experience re the current scandal with sexual harassment. There are other examples 

8. Do not have respect for yourself if you want to survive in Hollywood. You must be ready to derive respect from what others think of you. If they think you are need to start from picking the trash (trash films), just believe them... But pick trash smartly...right?

9. Get to know famous people or better date them to suck their following out of them. They are usually insecure and easy to catch. 

10. And we all know the famous casting couch is alive and well - except when it doesn't work and you don't get your way. Be careful. Those days are over. 

Feminism

Feminism should be about strong women and strong men. Women (and men) who are confident, know themselves, know what they are and what they need (not just what they want in particular time) enjoy themselves and care about others and themselves. Women who are aware of their power and beauty (external and internal). Women who are smart and intellectually curious and seek knowledge and wisdom. Women who know how to be sexy-  get good sex and give it. 

It is not about women being like men but about equality in the society and in relationships. equality of sex. and the quality of it! ;)

Hefner seemed that he really understood it. He was quintessential second wave feminist and was really crucial in it. It is prudish opponents and censors who brought us the third wave and all this awful censorship of relationships and PC talk and other nonsense.  and these young women and men are really messed up with it.

I know I keep saying this - 

How- I think the sexual revolution gave us a lot of sex and a lot of bad sex. 

I think it is impossible to understand the current "feminism" without understanding of what has been happening since 1960s. 

We must help each other understand this- urgently 

What inspired me to write a book - Lust for Love- The Sensual Revolution - April release - but timely conversations happening now -

The impact of the internet and it's impact on human relations but also relations between individuals and states (in particular USA) and companies (running surveillance machine) -
People do not realize this and also the clickbait model and dependency that the digital giants including social media ran. big issue. It is obviously related to porn since most of the porn is available online. So the internet was supposed to liberate us and now, it is mostly about porn, computer games and gambling... and surveillance on the top of it.

Relationships between men and women and intimacy in the society. And tendency of oscillating between two extreme - sex without intimacy or puritanistic approach.

Building on the previous issue, broader problem of contemporary feminism and sex..
I mentioned this in one of my interviews, how The Sexual Revolution gave us a lot of bad sex...
I think what is happening now, with third wave of feminism and #metoo and other nonsense, stems from that. one cannot understand the current issue without understanding what has happened since 60s.
And how third wave feminists see men and how they want the state regulate intimacy (see the Swedish extreme approach). and where is individual responsibility for bad decision and where is sexual abuse and how the 3rd wave feminism conflate everything and this is not moving the society anywhere further.

Which leads me to Playboy-
my experience.

Hefner-

Hef elevated the girlie mag from the gutter made it intelligent and sophisticated Men who were worldly and appreciated the art of romance and sex men who didn't abuse women - Hef was not part of that mentality at all in fact he was opposite and a lover of the woman in all her capacities not as objects -as mates-

He gave countless careers to young women and the playboy gentleman was taught to court a sophisticated woman not oppress her but to be her equal. Style was a feminine ideal until Hef made dressing well for women important and jazz and have Aretha Franklin one of her first TV appearances everyone was equally appreciated and abuse of any degree wasn't tolerated at the mansion-
It was the sexual liberation of women /men and the social cultural education for men to be able to attract these new smart worldly educated women Hef taught men how to attract the modern powerful female-
A man dressing well for a woman etc

“Enough is Enough!” Pamela Anderson Teams Up With PAVE to Help End Ongoing Sexual Assault of Ride-Hail App Users

If we were all told as children to not talk to strangers, why do we seem to believe in the inherent safety of getting into a car with one? Ride-hail apps have been problematic since their inception, from the poor treatment of their drivers to the never ending drama between executives and shareholders, but the most harmful on the list of problems are the incidents of drivers sexually assaulting passengers. To date, hundreds of sexual assault incidents have been reported, with multiple class action suits filed. And while these companies claim to be doing everything they can to mitigate this issue, there still seems to be dangerous gaps in the process of vetting drivers. 

Enough is enough! 

As a response to the never ending allegations of drivers assaulting passengers, PAVE, (Promoting Awareness & Victim Empowerment) has teamed up with the legendary Pamela Anderson to launch a PSA about the dangers of inherently trusting just any driver. Founded in 2001 by Angela Rose in response to her own experience of being kidnapped from a shopping mall and sexually assaulted when she was 17, PAVE empowers students, parents, and civic leaders to end sexual violence with prevention education. Being a victim of sexual abuse herself, Pamela jumped on the opportunity to shed light on this issue and help bring awareness to the fact that this problem is not being adequately addressed.

“I think that the issue of safety of passengers needs to be addressed jointly with the whole way how gig economy works,” says Anderson in between takes during last week’s PSA shoot in Manhattan. ”In addition to pushing for tougher driver screening programs, the position of drivers and conditions under which they operate must be addressed. So Uber and other companies have to stop pretending they are just operating software that links drivers and passengers as they are much more. And with that, comes more responsibility which they so far have largely refused to accept.”

Pamela also notes that this campaign is not an attack on drivers as a whole, but suggests that poor working conditions may be a deterrent for experienced drivers with a penchant for professionalism, leaving the door wide open for those who should not be trusted in the driver’s seat of these vehicles.

“I find it really pathetic how these companies exploit their drivers,” she adds. “They are not considered employed even if they exclusively work for these companies. They get no sick pay, no holiday pay. They are supposed to be liberated entrepreneurs but they are de facto precarious workers exploited by global companies. So, it is important to remember that when trying to fight for safety of passengers, this is not a fight against Uber drivers and this needs to go hand in hand with attempts to draw attention to the conditions under which they operate, and how the companies are taking advantage of them. These issues are linked and should be addressed jointly.”

As a survivor herself, Pamela continues to be a powerful voice for women, in spite of backlash she received over her comments made on a recent episode of Megan Kelly Today which seem to have been taken out of context. After sharing her own story of being bullied by Harvey Weinstein and the fact that she is not surprised about the multitude of allegations against him, she made reference to the fact that throughout her career, she was presented with opportunities and gifts that she vehemently avoided. Some feminist groups took offence to Pamela’s suggestions that women - especially women in Hollywood - need to keep their eyes open and their guards up, and chalked it up to victim blaming.

“I did not say that women deserved being abused or that the pigs like Weinstein were not to be punished,” Pam wrote on her Instagram account following the backlash she received. “Quite [the] opposite. I said myself that Weinstein is a sexist pig and a bully. So this is not victim blaming, but looking at the issue from the angle of women being aware of certain problems and how to spot them and fight them. It is totally hypocritical to ignore this. And it is not helping anyone to ignore the realities in the society we live in. The causes of the problem and solutions are complex and women who do not live in the utopian bubble must be aware of what is going on. And that is what I have highlighted.”

The PSA is scheduled for release on January 9th, 2018.

Pamela Anderson Loves Coco de Mer

I am so excited to present my first lingerie collection, in collaboration with Coco de Mer. Designed by women for women, the collection combines glamour and femininity with a touch of my famous flirtatious fun. A modern take on 1960s pin up, I have chosen my favourite silhouettes to flatter the female form and empower women to look and feel their best.

www.coco-de-mer.com/pamela-anderson-loves-coco-de-mer/

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I think this narrative of "victim blaming" and "lack of solidarity" is trying to coerce me (and others) into consensus on something that should be debated and discussed broadly.

I can tell you that from my experience of working on protectin - be it a protection of journalists and human rights defenders and internet security - there is ALWAYS a call and recommendation to see the issues in their complexity. There is understanding of a need to address the issue on structural and legal level, to punish perpetrators but also to build resiliance and ability of "self-protection". What techniques you should use online, what precautions you should take when covering certain issues as a journalists. There are also a lot of self-protection courses. There is even a well known story of suffragettes learning martial arts and protection when doing activism for right to vote.

I did not say that women deserved being abused or that the pigs like Weinstein were not to be punished. Quite an opposite, I said myself that Weinstein is a sexist pig and a bully.

So this is not victim blaming but looking at the issue from the angle of women being aware of certain problems and how to spot them and fight them. It is totally hypocritical to ignore this. And it is not helping anyone to ignore the realities in the society we live in. The causes of the problem and solutions are complex and women who do not live in the utopian bubble must be aware of what is going on. And that is what I have highlighted.

I do NOT wish apologise for what I said.

And will not get coerced into apology.

This exactly what I am saying is a problem with the contemporary "victimhoood feminism"! The people who subscribe to that notion tolerate and actually expect women to talk about the stories of abuse and experiences with creeps.

But they would NOT tolerate a woman with her own opinion. So pathetic.