The Week contest: Meat fight
This week's question: French butchers have written to the government asking for protection against militant vegans, who they accuse of trying to kill off the country's meat eating culture by vandalizing butchers shops with anti-carnivore graffiti and stickers. If Hollywood were to make a movie about the escalating conflict between butchers and vegans, what title could it give the film?
Click here to see the results of last week's contest: Live long
RESULTS:
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
THE WINNER: "Apocalypse Cow"
Roman T. Ciapalo, Dubuque, Iowa
SECOND PLACE: "Gangs of No Pork"
Talia Rauch, Teaneck, New Jersey
Sign up for Today's Best Articles in your inbox
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com
THIRD PLACE: "The Kale-ing Fields"
Annette Entin, North Caldwell, New Jersey
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Flora! Flora! Flora!"
Bruce Carlson, Alexandria, Virginia
"Get Charcuterie"
Ken Liebman, Williston, Vermont
"Boeuf-fy the Vegan Slayer"
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Indiana
"Lentil Shop of Horrors"
Wallace Fingerett, Woodland Hills, California
"Enemy of the Steak"
Nancy Persson, South Easton, Massachusetts
"An Eye For A Ribeye"
Guy Rusiski, Pittsburgh
"Shootout at the Okra Corral"
Rich Savage, Taylors, South Carolina
"From Hare to Zucchini"
Bruce Mitchell, Camdenton, Missouri
"Hamburger Nill"
Troy Huffman, Aurora, Colorado
"Burger on the Orient Express"
Joe Frank, Scottsdale, Arizona
"In Ham’s Way"
Steve Ziobro, Reeseville, Wisconsin
"A Farewell to Hams"
Laurel Wroten, Fort Klamath, Oregon
"To Sirloin, Without Love"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
"Give Peas a Chance"
Catherine Pomiecko, Natick, Massachusetts
Create an account with the same email registered to your subscription to unlock access.
-
'Elevating Earth Day into a national holiday is not radical — it's practical'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Harold Maass, The Week US Published
-
UAW scores historic win in South at VW plant
Speed Read Volkswagen workers in Tennessee have voted to join the United Auto Workers union
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
-
Today's political cartoons - April 22, 2024
Cartoons Monday's cartoons - dystopian laughs, WNBA salaries, and more
By The Week US Published
-
Puffed rice and yoga: inside the collapsed tunnel where Indian workers await rescue
Speed Read Workers trapped in collapsed tunnel are suffering from dysentery and anxiety over their rescue
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
-
Gaza hospital blast: What the video evidence shows about who's to blame
Speed Read Nobody wants to take responsibility for the deadly explosion in the courtyard of Gaza's al-Ahli Hospital. Roll the tape.
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
-
Giraffe poo seized after woman wanted to use it to make a necklace
Tall Tales And other stories from the stranger side of life
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
-
Helicopter sound arouses crocodiles
Tall Tales And other stories from the stranger side of life
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
-
Woman sues Disney over 'injurious wedgie'
Tall Tales And other stories from the stranger side of life
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
-
Emotional support alligator turned away from baseball stadium
Tall Tales And other stories from the stranger side of life
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
-
Europe's oldest shoes found in Spanish caves
Tall Tales And other stories from the stranger side of life
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
-
Artworks stolen by Nazis returned to heirs of cabaret performer
It wasn't all bad Good news stories from the past seven days
By The Week Staff Published