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Re: [Culture] Grrrrlll Cheerleaders

Matthew Snyder
Mon, 22 Mar 2004 08:47:28 -0800

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> At the demo today, there was a novel corps of young ladies in punkish attire, 
> carrying pink and black pom-poms, doing cheerleader routines and chanting 
> "1-2-3-4 We don't want your fucking war" and other nasty bits which I didn't 
> quite catch. I thought it added a nice touch to the march, a cheer squad something 
> I don't remember having seen at the old protest marches of the sixties.

There used to be a photo display of this group on the bulletin board at the 
Wooden Shoe when I was working (excuse me, "staffing") there several years
ago.  There are groups of radical cheerleaders all over the country and some
of the groups take their art very seriously:

http://www.geocities.com/radicalcheerleaders/

--
Matthew Snyder
Philadelphia, PA


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