Slog - Comments on Mini Storage and the Womb: A Politically Charged Advertising Masterpiece http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/mini_storage_and_the_womb_a_politically I am young, poor, and relatively thingless. Nevertheless, this brilliant New York billboard linking storage space to threatened women’s reproductive rights makes me want to march out and rent a closet from Mini Storage: In my new and unnecessary closet, I’ll ponder the duality of my stored coat hangers (are they sinister--or helpful? Sinister? Helpful?), and hang my hopes that some day, groups like New York’s Catholic League—which called Mini Storage’s signs “absolutely disgusting… it's strange enough that this company feels the need to advertise their pro-abortion stance on their billboards for mini-storage units, but the fact that they have... Copyright 2008 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:03:53 -0800 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:33:04 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Ben Coat hanger on billboard: Not cool.

Bloody fetus remains on billboard: Totally cool.

]]> Ben http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/mini_storage_and_the_womb_a_politically#c784773 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/mini_storage_and_the_womb_a_politically#c784773 Life Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:11:54 -0800 Comment by Cato the Younger Younger I have always said the Dems need to make every election about the right to choose. Voting Republican=back alley aboritions with...the coat hanger.

Great billboard and subtle message...

]]> Cato the Younger Younger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/mini_storage_and_the_womb_a_politically#c784781 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/mini_storage_and_the_womb_a_politically#c784781 Life Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:14:48 -0800 Comment by giantladysquirrels I miss you, Cienna. Where you been?

]]> giantladysquirrels http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/mini_storage_and_the_womb_a_politically#c784794 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/mini_storage_and_the_womb_a_politically#c784794 Life Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:25:20 -0800 Comment by Bison It's strange to me that this sign is suddenly so interesting to people. I remember reading about it a couple of months ago, so it's not like it just went up.
http://feministing.com/archives/007226.html
I've really come to expect more from the anti-abortion folks. I would expect them to have better surveillance on a modern day Sodom like Manhattan.

At least the sudden attention provoked a press release from the Catholic League's Bill Donohue:
http://www.catholicleague.org/release.php?id=1319
I really enjoyed the part where he evoked the image of "a bloody baby who survived a botched abortion." I'm guessing that would be a wee bit more common an occurrence were abortion illegal, so I'm thinking he's making their point for them.

]]> Bison http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/mini_storage_and_the_womb_a_politically#c785192 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/mini_storage_and_the_womb_a_politically#c785192 Life Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:58:47 -0800 Comment by raindrop Even better if they also promoted adoption!

]]> raindrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/mini_storage_and_the_womb_a_politically#c785250 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/mini_storage_and_the_womb_a_politically#c785250 Life Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:33:04 -0800