Look at these pictures of our great Chicago Animal Rights Radical Cheerleaders debut! We're so hot, fighting for the animals!

Day One: Saturday, December 15, 2007 outside of Chicago Fur Mart

I'm the one with the bullhorn, Rachel's the one talking next to me (she's the AR Radical Cheerleader from Portland, the only one of us with previous RC experience).

Me talking to Emelda (probably saying, "Let's cheer!" and jumping up and down excitedly/to keep myself warm...).

Such an awesome shot.

I have no idea what we're laughing at... oh wait, was this when some guy had just proposed to me?

Day Two: Sunday, December 16, 2007 outside of Elan Furs

Emelda trying to figure out how to work the bullhorn, apparently. (Just kidding. She's an expert at it.)

"Liberation!" (Side note: the girl to my right with the pink hoodie is the cutest girl ever. She's sixteen, her entire family except her dad is vegan [that's her brother next to her], and they were all arrested at a protest in Lake Forest... charges were dropped. And she's also going to be a Radical Cheerleader!)

Our Cheers

Liberation

What the animals need is a revolution
Not your anal electrocution
Let's give the animals liberation
But please don't take us to the police station
What's the solution?
Shut them down!
Chicago Fur Mart
Get out of town!

Get Psyched
Get psyched!
Get pissed!
Shake your booty and
Raise your fist!
(two times through)

Hotter
(aka, the individual cheers)
My name's Emelda and you know what I've got
(What do you got?)
I've got a message that's hotter than hot
(Hot hot is hot?)
I love my body and you should too
(Uh huh, uh huh)
Don't need a fur or to be a size two
(Fuck your beauty standards, fuck fuck your standards
Fuck your beauty standards, fuck fuck your standards)

My name is Fuchsia and you know what I've got
(What do you got?)
I've got a message that's hotter than hot
(Hot hot is hot?)
Consuming animals leads to pollution
(Uh huh, uh huh)
Becoming vegan is the simple solution
(Goooo vegan, go go go vegan
Goooo vegan, go go go vegan)

My name's Elizabeth, you know what I've got
(What do you got?)
I've got a message that's hotter than hot
(Hot hot is hot?)
Hands off the animals, just let them be
(Uh huh, uh huh)
No justice, no peace, until they are free
(Free the animals, free free the animals
Free the animals, free free the animals)

My name is Rachel and you know what I've got
(What do you got?)
I've got a message that's hotter than hot
(Hot hot is hot?)
Every creature on earth is here for itself
(Uh huh, uh huh)
Not a commodity to stock on your shelf
(End exploitation, end exploitation
End exploitation, end exploitation)