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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/content_objectid=13600203_method=full _siteid=50143_headline=-WEIRD%2DWORLD%2DTHIS%2DWEEK-name_page.html The Mirror [UK] | 7 Nov 2003 WEIRD WORLD THIS WEEK By Steve Purcell Fed up with Tony Blair for always waxing lyrical about war, a group calling themselves the Opposition Society decided to put their words into action and on Tuesday called for women to wax for peace on National Get Rid of That Bush Day. Posters around Brighton called for other women to join them in protest and to "Wax 'em off, put 'em in an envelope and send 'em to Tony Blair with a message stating...'I got rid of my Bush -- now you get rid of yours.'" [...] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Salon.com | 28 March 2001 Bush's pubic enemy No. 1 | A feminist art student launches a hair-raising protest. By Fiona Morgan March 28, 2001 | SAN FRANCISCO -- Jackie Sumell's art project, she says, is less about art than about social intervention. An MFA student at the San Francisco Art Institute, Sumell has put out the call to female friends and acquaintances: Shave your pubic hair, put it in a little plastic bag and send it to her in the mail (anonymously, please). Her rallying cry? "No Bush! -- It's not yours, it's mine." It may sound ridiculous, and more than a little bit gross. (Sumell warns that her project is not for the faint of heart, and says her roommates are a little bit miffed.) But she's had a great response so far -- more than 200 contributors. She plans to hang the bags of bush on a clothesline at the National Organization for Women's April 22 march in Washington. And if all goes well, there will be 538 of them -- the number of certified votes by which Bush won in Florida, plus one. Sumell is using this number to symbolize the way the election has, she says, set back women's rights. xponent Get Rid Of That Dick Day Is Done Differently Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
