Slog - Comments on Wow. Nice Tit. But Is It Registered to Vote? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot Washington state's biggest (only?) gay rights group—Equal Rights Washington—hopes to inflate the gay vote with its "Flex the Gay Body Politic" campaign. There's a girl version of this poster too, which features a woman in a leotard giving good crotch. (And there's a larger, print-version of the poster that comes complete with abs.) But it's the boytit version of the campaign—ads and posters—that we're seeing all over Capitol Hill. "Essentially what we wanted to do with this campaign was to convey to people that we need to be engaged in the political process," says Josh Friedes, Advocacy Director for... Copyright 2008 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:36:27 -0800 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:24:33 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Andy Niable "Made ya look!"

If it gets the attentions of the hoards of apathetic queers, I'm all for it.

]]> Andy Niable http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143335 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143335 Homo Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:42:02 -0800 Comment by daniel I just hate this shit. Does everything have to get sexed up? Really?

]]> daniel http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143336 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143336 Homo Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:43:32 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO I just hate that people need to be told to vote.

Apathy their stepping stone
So unfeeling
Hidden deep, animosity
So deceiving

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143344 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143344 Homo Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:49:08 -0800 Comment by Fnarf More importantly, is there even a bit of evidence that campaigns like this get anyone to vote? Anyone? Who wouldn't have voted anyways?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143356 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143356 Homo Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:59:55 -0800 Comment by StrangerDanger I'll admit it. That's me in the photo.

]]> StrangerDanger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143357 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143357 Homo Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:59:56 -0800 Comment by Brian Kinney That sure as hell wasn't done by Justin. It fucking sucks for an ad campaign!!

]]> Brian Kinney http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143361 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143361 Homo Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:02:27 -0800 Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER Kinda looks like he's sucking in his cheeks... or maybe that's facial wasting.

]]> UNPAID BLOGGER http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143366 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143366 Homo Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:05:53 -0800 Comment by sw @3

Why, did you just quote Mr. Hetfield?

]]> sw http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143369 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143369 Homo Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:06:40 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty Zzzzzzzzz.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143370 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143370 Homo Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:07:50 -0800 Comment by femme Too bad they only endorse candidates. I would be interested in seeing how they go on I-1000, the Death With Dignity Initiative.

]]> femme http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143376 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143376 Homo Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:09:39 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV It's a deliberate plot to disenfranchise the dumpy, overweight, and otherwise non-posterworthy queens! An outrage! Outrage!

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143378 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143378 Homo Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:10:03 -0800 Comment by CommonKnowledge of course the models are caucasion. (my snarky comment for the day, thank you).

]]> CommonKnowledge http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143382 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143382 Homo Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:11:45 -0800 Comment by daniel Towleroad has proof the pic is of Big Brother Jessie Godderz. (Isn't that copyright infringement?)

http://www.towleroad.com/2008/09/big-brothers-je.html

]]> daniel http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143389 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143389 Homo Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:18:20 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave is it possible for gays to reach out to one another in a non sexualized way?

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143403 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143403 Homo Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:35:01 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways apparently not...

and they couldn't have found an out of the closet man tit?

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143414 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143414 Homo Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:39:36 -0800 Comment by Jack #10 -just talked to them.

ERW has endorsed the Death with Dignity Init.

I called, curious, at the first of the week.

Good for them.

]]> Jack http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143485 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143485 Homo Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:43:03 -0800 Comment by Sean Gay men are more likely to suffer from "subclinical eating disorders" than straights, but not full blown anorexia or bulimia. That means they engage in some of the same behaviors as anorexics and bulimics, but they don't suffer from the mental illness that makes it nearly impossible for them to stop starving themselves. It's rare to find a male with a full blown eating disorder.

Just thought I'd share.

]]> Sean http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143505 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143505 Homo Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:01:44 -0800 Comment by inkweary They leave something as important as the poster design for political campaign to an intern? What else do they leave to the interns? Policy?

]]> inkweary http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143530 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143530 Homo Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:16:56 -0800 Comment by Jigae It just gives more fuel to the conservative fire that gays are living a "sex-obsessed" lifestyle. Awesome.

@16: So... does this mean we shouldn't worry about gay body image issues, anorexia, and bulimia?

]]> Jigae http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143553 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143553 Homo Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:29:02 -0800 Comment by Sargon Bighorn Given the number of Gay men that have big bellies, smoke alot, drink alot, use drugs for kicks, and are not spending any time what so ever at any gym, I'm wondering what Gay men they are targeting.

]]> Sargon Bighorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143676 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143676 Homo Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:00:50 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball @20 -- ex-ACT-ly. The only aspirational thing that poster inspires in me is the desire to suck that guy's tit.

It doesn't make me want to vote. Issues take care of that, thanks.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143690 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143690 Homo Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:17:10 -0800 Comment by Greg Titillating but ultimately useless.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143694 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143694 Homo Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:24:18 -0800 Comment by Kaypro Craig Ferguson, host of the CBS "Late Late Show," is a recently naturalized US citizen and the sharpest comic on American TV. Watch his Sept. 10 monologue about voting as a citizen's right and duty:

"If you don't vote, you're a moron."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdRVQ4xwwmQ

]]> Kaypro http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143695 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143695 Homo Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:24:54 -0800 Comment by Danielle Why does the lesbian one suck? Why can't the picture have a nipple like the guys' one? Us gay girls deserve better!. :)

]]> Danielle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143715 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1143715 Homo Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:59:13 -0800 Comment by Beth While everyone is busy debating over the look and underlying themes of these posters time is ticking away to register to vote and protect GLBT rights in the November election. Register to vote in Washington State by October 4 here: https://wei.secstate.wa.gov/osos/secure/pages/Onlinevoterregistration.aspx
Thanks for the publicity Dan!

]]> Beth http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1144064 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1144064 Homo Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:47:53 -0800 Comment by floofy inkweary - spare me the stupdity. You're saying that designing a poster is the same thing as designing policy? These are two separate areas. Why don't you get informed enough to know something before putting your foot in your mouth. A little research would show you that this is the same group that just helped land the community 170 new rights extended under the state's domestic partnership law. But from your response, I suspect you are one among our apathetic and ill-informed...

]]> floofy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1144235 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1144235 Homo Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:29:40 -0800 Comment by Margurite Obviously the intern is into beefcake because the woman's poster is lame. But it DID make me look. Isn't that the point of adverteasing? But next time, my dears, I expect to see a series of Real Queers gracing your GOTV posters. You know who I mean. Start with that skinny little intern who crafted these things; make the boy who made the posters the poster boy. Then I want to see a transwoman who will never pass but proudly doesn't give a rip. Then show us a lesbian and a female ally, and ask the viewer to dare decide which is which. Shall I go on? What? Oh, ok Dan, I'll give you your soapbox back now.
XXOO,
M'e
p.s. Margurite HEARTS Equal Rights Washington, even in their more tasteless moments.

]]> Margurite http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1144737 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/wow_nice_tit_but_is_it_registered_to_vot#c1144737 Homo Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:24:33 -0800