[Gendergap] Pregnancy article lead-image RFC

[carolmooredc at verizon.net]

If someone wants to beat me to the punch, go for it.
Hmmm, I know some feminist photographers....
In fact, a few of us probably do.
What better consciousness raiser than a fact (or photo) on the ground 
that they then have to deal with??

On 9/6/2011 9:51 PM, Sarah wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 19:27,<carolmooredc at verizon.net>  wrote:
>> Lots of us old hippie women are exhibitionists and I could advertise and
>> get a few of us to pose. Then the young guys would have to discuss
>> whether the 19 year old or 60 year old breast/nude/buttock etc. is more
>> appropriate for an article.
>>
>> Hope that also engenders a good laugh....
>>
>> Carol in dc
>>
> It's actually a serious point, though. It would be great to provide
> images for those articles that don't portray women the way certain men
> want to see them portrayed. I recall the Body Shop did that a couple
> of decades ago -- started using images of women that fell outside the
> usual range that tended to be objectified (older, not thin, etc). They
> produced some very good ads as a result. The difficulty for us would
> be in finding those images, then in maintaining them on the pages.
>
> Sarah
>