What's wrong with Violence Against Women Action Day?
"We need your help. Rally for Violence Against Women Action Day." I just got the call from the Center for Advanced Feminist Studies at the University of Minnesota. I guess I'm still on their mailing list.
Something is very wrong with this slogan and with this "Day". I've talked about the political inefficacy and ineptitude of demanding an "end to violence" since violence does not address EXPLOITATION and violence against women does not address what is particularly political about violence in general, but this slogan has got to take the CAKE for stupidity.
March 3, is the date to Rally for Violence Against Women....I mean to Rally Against Violence Against Women? or is to Rally Against Violent Women? Action! Action?
I am a fan of Paul and Sheila Wellstone, but this is a BAD BAD way to honor their legacy.
Something is very wrong with this slogan and with this "Day". I've talked about the political inefficacy and ineptitude of demanding an "end to violence" since violence does not address EXPLOITATION and violence against women does not address what is particularly political about violence in general, but this slogan has got to take the CAKE for stupidity.
March 3, is the date to Rally for Violence Against Women....I mean to Rally Against Violence Against Women? or is to Rally Against Violent Women? Action! Action?
I am a fan of Paul and Sheila Wellstone, but this is a BAD BAD way to honor their legacy.
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Well, as one of the organizers (not from Sheila Wellstone Institute), I do have to say that they sort of messed up the slogan. It was NOT supposed to read like that. It's the Violence Against Women Action Day Rally, not the other way around. Humph.
Um "Violence Against Women Action Day Rally" still does not trip off the tongue, but I suppose it is a bit more clear -- my question would be, how successful do you think a rally like this will be in the present political climate when it is the Right that consistently obscures economic injustice by posing as the protectors of moral values?
Do you think single-issue rallies like this really are the best way to demand a more progressive politics? This is not a rhetorical question although it may sound like one! I really want to keep an open mind!
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