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Button poster art by No Touching Ground / Photo by Kelly O

After spending several hours in the past couple weeks in front of a DIY button maker—volunteering for the organizers of #ShoutYourAbortion—I couldn't believe the scale of the new GIGANTIC BUTTON on the side of All Seasons Dry Cleaners, near the corner of Broadway and East Olive Way. I stood there for at least 20 minutes, just watching people walk by. Mostly people didn't notice it. It seemed like women noticed it less than men did. A worker fellow in a King County Metro uniform who was warning folks of Metro bus delays (because of that kid that went joy-riding in a garbage truck) stopped and looked at the giant button with me. "I like it!" he said. "That'll really rile up the right-wingers, won't it?"

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Button poster art by No Touching Ground / Photo by Kelly O

The #SYA button was put there by a public artist who goes by No Touching Ground. Stranger Visual Art Editor Jen Graves has documented NTG here, here, and here.

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Button poster art by No Touching Ground / Photo by Kelly O

NTG has also put up two more pieces up in Capitol Hill, in support of #ShoutYourAbortion in the past few days….

One of the founder of #SYA Amelia Bonows homemade sweatshirt as a poster
#SYA founder Amelia Bonow's homemade sweatshirt as a poster Art by No Touching Ground / Photo by Kelly O

Check that FUCK THE PATRIARCHY pin!
Check that "FUCK THE PATRIARCHY" pin! Art by No Touching Ground / Photo by Kelly O

Oh wait, whos that up there with a bull horn?
Oh hey, who's that up there with a bull horn? Art by No Touching Ground / Photo by Kelly O

#SYAs Amelia Bonow, as a NTG poster
#SYA's Amelia Bonow, as a NTG poster Art by No Touching Ground / Photo by Kelly O