‘MEGGAN ANDERSON: Hypomanic Euphoria’ New DVD From MegganAnderson.com – COMING SOON!
MegganAnderson.com is in full production of our FIRST DVD, MEGGAN ANDERSON: Hypomanic Euphoria! It will feature popular comedy sketches from Meggan, behind the scenes footage, commentaries, interviews, never before seen photos and EXCLUSIVE sketches and content that won’t be available anywhere else except for the DVD! You can check out Meggan’s Director’s Statement over on Bold.Sexy.Red.‘s website. Coming soon. Stay tuned!
SYNESTHESIA TELEVISION PROJECT FOR ARTIVIST
Artivist, which is known for their provocative film festivals bringing activism and art together is in production of the new television show 30 Day Challenge to a Greater You. Out of a few thousand submissions, Artivist has selected 30 entries to be produced for an episode each. Meggan Anderson’s submission was one of the first 15 they selected. In production now with a tentative air date in 2012.
Meggan’s submission about synesthesia and her desire to produce, write and star in a short, avant-garde film about the condition caught the eye of producers. “I’ve known I had this condition all of my life” says Meggan. “It was just last year when I learned that it had a name: synesthesia. It’s been a whirlwind of a journey both personally and professionally learning how to use this through art. Learning how to accept that nothing is wrong with me and that it’s a very real thing.”
“I have a form of syn called Sound→Color Synesthesia. Syn is a fusion of the senses and with me, it’s the senses of sounds, colors and shapes. Every sound I have ever heard, produces an involuntary visual of particular colors and shapes, sort of like a transparent kaleidoscope. It’s every moment of my life, and it always has been that way. Syn colors and shapes never change. If I painted a picture of a song for instance and then heard the song 20 years later, I would paint the exact same picture. I thought this was a normal human trait as a small child. I was asked one day to draw a picture during my time with a speech pathologist of “how I felt.” Music was playing during this setting, so I simply drew with crayons the song I was hearing. Upon telling my pathologist what I was specifically drawing, he quickly laughed it off as a child’s imagination. It was that point where I knew that this was not “normal” and I kept it a secret until I learned as an adult that it was the condition of synesthesia.”
“What I once was afraid of…afraid to ever tell anyone, I am now finding how to use this through art and my life as a whole.” says Meggan. “I am now proud to declare that I’m a Synnie, and I couldn’t imagine a world where the colors weren’t there in my life. Honestly, it would frighten me if one day I ever woke up and I was “normal.”
Artivist and the 30 Day Challenge to a Greater You is giving people who have passionate goals to help make the world a better place via activism and art the resources, tools and professional guidance to make their goals breathe into life. Stay tuned for details and further upcoming information.
Geekweek.com’s LIVING LA! – January 25th Episode!
“Fungitarians, Outerspacians & Lunatics” – Over 17k Geekweekers caught Tom & Meggan streaming LIVE from The Little Bar! Meggan shares her Sundance adventures, plus Tom shares some BIG NEWS about his future for the Moon. Catch it!
Meggan Stars In New Radio Commercial!
Meggan’s production company, Bold.Sexy.Red. Productions just released a new radio commercial for New Jersey-based Platinum Alarms! Meggan not only performs in the spot, but she wrote and directed it as well. Check it out below! Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase “forced entry!”
Geekweek.com’s LIVING LA! – January 18th Episode!
Over 14k Geekweekers tuned into LIVING LA’s first episode of 2012! Catch it here if ya missed it!
Watch live video from GeekWeek on Justin.tv
Lettuce Ladies PETA Tour!
Wearing nothing but strategically placed lettuce leaves and holding signs that read, “Turn Over a New Leaf: Go Vegan,” Meggan with PETA’s sexy Lettuce Ladies will brave the cold in order to hand out delicious, free vegan sausage breakfast sandwiches to passersby. The ladies will also give out copies of PETA’s vegetarian/vegan starter kit to help people offset holiday weight gain and resolve to do better in 2012 for their health, the well-being of the planet, and animals.
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2011 – Salt Lake City, Utah Noon-1pm – SE Corner of S. Main & 200 S.
Wednesday, January 4th, 2011 – Cheyenne, Wyoming Noon-1pm – NW Corner of Carey Avenue & West 16th Street
Thursday, January 5th, 2011 – Colorado Springs, Colorado Noon-1pm – NW Corner of Pikes Peak Avenue & Tejon Street
Friday, January 6th, 2011 – Denver, Colorado Noon-1pm – SE Corner of 16th Street & Glenarm Place
Southwest PETA Tour!
Meggan will be once again, traveling on the road with PETA as a part of their Animal Prints, Not Animal Skins campaign. “There’s nothing sexy about wearing the skin of a dead animal on your back” says Meggan. “With so many alternatives in the 21st century that are just as comfortable, durable and stylish, no one has any excuse to buy fur, leather, wool and other exotic skins.”
Nearly Nude PETA Protestors Target Winter Fashion In Palm Springs
The Desert Sun Newspaper – Palm Springs, California
PALM SPRINGS — Two nearly naked women painted to look like a leopard and a cow were joined Tuesday by a handful of clothed People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals supporters asking shoppers to eschew fur, leather and the like.
“It’s never easy to expose yourself, but for an hour, it’s nothing compared to what the animal goes through,” faux leopard Meggan Anderson, 27, said as she stood behind a banner that read, “Animal Prints, Not Animal Skins.”
Anderson, a Los Angeles resident who’s volunteered for hundreds of similar protests over the past eight years, said she was encouraged by honking and thumbs up signals from motorists on Palm Canyon Drive.
“Every time I look back here, more and more people are holding signs,” she added, looking toward the PETA supporters from around the Southland who joined the protest near Tahquitz Canyon Way. “It’s great.”
Matt Bruce, a PETA assistant campaigner, handed out fliers to passing pedestrians at times during the hourlong protest.
“It’s the 21st century, and with all the fashionable alternatives to wool, leather and fur, there really is no reason to wear the bits and pieces of animals,” he said.
Some passers-by promptly trashed the handouts, while others held onto them.
“The pamphlet has information that I didn’t even know,” said Aleya Cotten, 14, of Palm Springs. “It further reinforces how much I wouldn’t want to buy something that would cause an animal to get hurt.”
Thursday, December 22nd – Bakersfield, CA Noon-1pm – Intersection of Chester Avenue and 18th Street
Friday, December 23rd – Los Angeles, CA Noon-1pm – Intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue
Geekweek.com’s LIVING LA! November 30th Episode!
“Occupy LA, Circular Breathing & Breasts” – Over 11k Megganites tuned in to catch it LIVE! Check out the podcast’s website at LivingLA.net
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Front Page Of Hometown Newspaper!
Today’s front page of The Daily Southerner, based out of Tarboro, North Carolina; where Meggan grew up, features a cover story about Meggan! Read Online PDF Download JPEG Download
Tarboro Native Arrested In Moscow Protesting For Animals
FROM STAFF REPORTS
TARBORO — Tarboro native Meggan Anderson (formerly Meggan Whitten) and an associate were arrested by Moscow district police officers in October when they attempted to “strip down to bikinis on a cold October day in central Moscow to drive home PETA’s message” according to the Moscow Times, an English language newspaper published in Moscow, Russia.
The women were detained temporarily at the local precinct where they were denied access to their Russian translators, then transferred to a nearby court. Their release was granted when a judge failed to appear to hear the case.
Upon her release, Meggan’s European tour continued in Tallinn, Estonia, and Helsinki, Finland, after which she returned to the U.S.
So, how did a small-town North Carolina girl end up in the ‘pokey’ in Russia?
Anderson, a 2002 graduate of Tarboro High School lived in Tarboro from the age of 2 until she graduated. Upon early graduation from Tarboro High, she moved to California to attend college in San Diego at California State University San Marcos. Throughout this time, Meggan was actively involved in volunteer efforts for one cause or another, particularly PETA.
“I have been volunteering for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) for over eight years now and we do tours nationwide and in this case internationally,” Anderson said. “We go out and do outreach to people for various animal issues. The focus of this tour was ‘fur’.”
Anderson’s volunteer work got an early start in 1999 when she volunteered for The Salvation Army during the flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Floyd. Four years later, Anderson stumbled across PETA’s video “Meet Your Meat,” which provides a no-holds-barred look into the meat industry. Anderson, a true Tar Heel who grew up eating pork with almost every meal, went vegetarian on the spot.
“For me, becoming a vegan was the biggest thing I could do for animals. On average, one vegetarian saves around 90 lives of animals each year, by simply not eating them” says Anderson. “It’s ethical, environmental, political, and healthier.”
According to Adam Miller, Media Coordinator for PETA, Anderson has been one of PETA’s most active volunteers since 2004.
“Anderson’s passion for speaking up for animals has led her to participate in some of PETA’s most captivating campaigns and demonstrations,” Miller said. ”She has dressed as a bikini-clad “Lettuce Lady” to promote a vegan diet, stripped down to prove that she’d “rather go naked than wear fur,” crashed the stage at a fur showcase at Bloomingdale’s, and appeared as a shackled and beaten “elephant” to protest the arrival of the Ringling Bros. circus in Dallas. Anderson’s activism has landed her on local and national television broadcasts multiple times, including alongside another PETA-supporting Anderson—Pamela Anderson, that is—on whose show for the E! Network Meggan has appeared.”
The protest that landed her in hot water in Russia was called the “Bare Skin, Don’t Wear Skin” anti-fur protest in Moscow. The police made their arrest as Anderson and her associate began to undress in the frigid temperatures.
In 2008 she received from George W. Bush the President’s Volunteer Service Award for her work with PETA.
Anderson, a trained classical flutist, is also a highly successful model and actress in Los Angeles where she now lives.
The 5’10≤ striking redhead landed a runway show both with The Gap and Express. She also modeled for companies such as Von Zipper, American Apparel and PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).
As far as her acting career goes, she says, “I do mostly television and independent films.”
Meggan’s acting credits include numerous films and television shows such as Fashion House and Zeke and Luther. As a student of The Groundlings with a knack for comedy, Anderson also has made appearances on comedy shows such as MAD TV, Chuck, and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! She also has made an appearance on the web series The Rascal on Sony’s comedy site Crackle.com. Currently she has been filming comedy sketches for FunnyOrDie.com and co-hosts LIVING LA, a weekly podcast for Geekweek.com with over 30k viewers weekly. Anderson has starred in numerous Independent films such as Starked Out, Red Menace and Louie Laragon and the Mysterious Magical Box. She also has been a bikini model on Deal or No Deal.
As far her passion for the work she does for PETA?
“It is a good group to volunteer for. I have always loved causes, but this is the only one I have been arrested for.” She said
European PETA Tour!
Wednesday, October 19th – Moscow, Russia – Russia Fashion Week, Noon-1pm WTC – 12. Krasnopresnenskaya Naberezhnaya (Embankment). Main entrance 6. Россия Недели Моды! ЦМТ в Москве – 12. Краснопресненская набережная (набережная).Основной Абитуриентов является подъезд 6.
Friday, October 21st – Tallinn, Estonia – Location TBA Noon-1pm
Monday, October 24th – Helsinki, Finland – Noon-1pm Kolmen Sepän Patsas, Mannerheimintie, Square right outside Stockmann department Store. Kolmen Sepän Patsas, Mannerheimintie.Square oikeus ulkopuolella Stockmannin tavaratalossa.
Meggan will be traveling to Europe with PETA for anti-fur outreach. What’s wrong with fur you ask? “There’s nothing sexy about wearing a dead animal!” says Meggan. “There is simply no excuse to kill an animal just for the sake of fashion.” Please visit PETA.org for more information about what you can do to stop the abuse and exploitation of animals.
Meggan будут путешествовать в Европу с PETA для анти-меховой охвата. Что случилось с мехом спросите вы? “Там нет ничего сексуальный о ношении мертвое животное!” Говорит Meggan. “Существует просто не может служить оправданием, чтобы убить животное только ради моды.” Пожалуйста, посетите PETA.org для получения дополнительной информации о том, что вы можете сделать, чтобы остановить насилие и эксплуатация животных.
Meggan sõidab Euroopasse PETA jaoks anti-karusnaha haardega. Mis sul viga on karusnaha küsite? “Ei ole midagi seksikat umbes seljas surnud loom!” Ütleb Meggan. “Lihtsalt ei ole vabandus, et tappa looma lihtsalt huvides moodi.” Külastage PETA.org rohkem informatsiooni, mida saate teha selle peatamiseks kuritarvitamise ja ärakasutamise loomad.
Meggan matkustaa Euroopassa PETA anti-turkis etsivää. Mitä vikaa turkis kysyt? “Ei ole mitään seksikästä yllään kuollut eläin!”, Sanoo Meggan. “Ei yksinkertaisesti ole tekosyy tappaa eläimen vuoksi vaan muodista.” Käy PETA.org lisätietoja siitä, mitä voit tehdä estääkseen hyväksikäytön ja riiston eläimiä.