After you've recovered from Super Tuesday madness, there are two pro-events going on in New York on Thursday that y'all should know about. Planned Parenthood of New York City is having their Body Politic '08 event Thursday at 6pm which will be featuring a number of fantastic women legislators from New York to chat politics with.
After meeting the amazing legislators PPNYC have lined up, later that night the Young Professionals' Council for Choice's cocktail event is going to be at swanky lounge Runway with (free) fancy drinks and goodies for pro-choice lovers to enjoy. So if you're in the area and are up to some politics, choice and cocktails, definitely hit up these two happenings.
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When I saw the picture for this post, I thought it was going to be criticizing the use of a thin, white and upper class mostly decapitated woman to advertise for a pro choice event.
But then I remembered I what site I was on.
I thought the same thing, too, MirandaJay
Vanessa, Thanks for the heads up. I'm definitely going to check out the PP event. Anyone else going to be there?
Julie
I slinked away yesterday without saying anything, but I also find that ad massively problematic.
It's as if every problem with the way modern feminism is 'marketed' rose up and took form, and the form is this ad. It's fun! It's partytastic! It's white and rich and urban! It's all about abortion rights!
Now, obviously, this ad is deliberately all about abortion rights, but I have trouble teasing out the thought or message behind the ad (besides the text of 'come to the party') Being pro-choice is fun? Abortion rights are about rich ladies drinking martinis?
If I were a pro-life nutjob, I would know precisely how to read it: "Yay, abortion keeps us from having to abstain from drink for 9 months! PARTAY!" But as a feminist I'm having a hard time imagining any actual thought behind its construction. I'm sure that reflects a care-free lack of thought, but when a care-free lack of thought leads to something like this, it seems like it's a symptom of something bigger.
Cecily, DUH, the message is pretty clear to me! Here, I'll spell it out for you: Feminism is and always has been about rich white women!
Well yes, but I meant an intentional subtext.
To permit the public more easily to follow the various phases of the five historical pageants, the E.N.I.T. (Italian State Tourist Office) arranged for the publication of a pamphlet, with a circulation of 500,000 copies, containing the history of the individual events, in Italian, French, English, German, and Spanish. It also provided for the publication of 50,000 posters, displayed throughout Italy and especially in the offices of travel agencies and air and steamship companies.
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