pillow fight 2010 (more by Brian Reilly)

Pillow Fight NYC 2011
Saturday, April 2nd @ 3:00 PM
Union Square, E. 14th St. & Broadway

photos by Brian Reilly

Another year, another pillow fight....

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Pillow Fight in Union Square 2008 (more by Leia Jospe)

Cities all over the world will be holding public pillow fights today, Saturday, April 3rd. NYC's takes place at 3pm in Union Square. Afterparty at 10pm at the Bell House (after the Sarah Kirkland Snider show).

photos by Leia Jospe

Down and feathers are very popular fill choices for pillows, but one which unfortunately is associated with numerous animal rights issues. The material is collected from ducks and geese in one of two ways. Feathers are either plucked while the animals are still alive, or they're gathered after the animals have been killed for meat, says Karen Davis, president and a director of the advocacy group United Poultry Concern. Ducks and geese who are killed for their meat are typically raised in large factory farms where animals are raised in filthy living conditions and deprived of access to water and the outdoors.

Because of the animal rights issues associated with down, Pier 1 Imports recently decided to cease using it in all of their pillows. They had been purchasing the down from a subsidiary of Maple Leaf Farms, one of the country's largest poultry producers and one which is known for unsavory living conditions for animals.

Some companies advertise that their down comes from "free-range" animals and gathered during the animals' natural molting phase. However, "free-range" is not a certified label and does not provide any assurance that the feathers were plucked humanely. [National Geographic]

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Grab your pillow and get to Union Square in NYC by 3pm.

UPDATE: Photos HERE.

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COMMENTER: Fuck the arcade fire bk vegan, how was the PILLOW FIGHT SHOW!

ME: I ended up not making it this year, but here are some pics...

That one via HERE. More HERE and HERE. Videos below...

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Details here. Pictures from last year here. Don't use pillows with real feathers in them.

Pillow fighting is the new moshing...

Saturday afternoon (February 18, 2006) @ 2:00 PM, hundreds descended on Union Square in NYC for a pillow fight.

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