Panties for the revolution
The Axis
of Eve is a coalition of brazen women on a mission to EXPOSE and DEPOSE
President Select George W. Bush and his deceitful administration. Convinced
that effective political action can be irreverent and exciting, they have launched
a campaign of TRUTH-FLASHING coordinated around a line of 'protest' panties.
....Axis of Eve, [is] a fledgling group of rabble-rousing feminists
and anti-war activists who have taken to flashing their undies as a form of
political dissent. The Eves, as they call themselves, are on a mission to
sex up protest. They take to the streets wearing "protest panties"
which come emblazoned with anti-Dubya double-entendres like "Expose Bush,"
"Lick Bush," "Give Bush the Finger" and "Drill Bush
Not Oil." When the Eves flash them at rallies, the effect is somewhere
between a 1970’s love-in and George Bush’s worst, frat-addled
nightmare of a panty raid gone awry. (more...)
This is a protest I can really get behind (or get my behind in!).
As political activists (or even concerned citizens), we need to think outside
of the box. The majority of Americans are anaesthetized by television and pablum
news. They believe what they are told; they are sheep. Shock value is needed
to wake up the masses and to get them to question the rhetoric. And a bit of
the ‘crazy’ is needed to reinvigorate those of us who are feeling
that nothing we do will ultimately change anything.
The June issue of Utne contained
an article by Bradford Keeney, “Tricksters of the World Unite!”,
that set forth this same idea–to think of creative, fun, even wacky ideas
to personally become motivated and desensitized, and then spread this message
out to family, friends and community. But mostly, have fun with it. The opposition
is serious, oppressive--and let’s face it....boring! We can do more to
wake up the silent masses by being outrageous than we can by preaching to them.
As Keeney says, we need to act more like the Trickster.
Crazy wisdom, at its essence, is about tripping ourselves into seeing, hearing,
and feeling the world with a different awareness. It offers everyone the chance
to have accidents of enlightenment and transformation (Keeney, Utne, June
2004)
I like the Axis of Eve action plan:
...Needless to say, the Republican National Convention—which the Eves
described bitterly, and biblically, as "when the snake comes to the Garden"—will
be a prime panty-flashing opportunity. The Eves are plotting a racy panty
performance for Sept. 1 featuring 100 women dressed in white trench coats
and their signature matching panties. "At 3 p.m.," the Axis Web
site advertises, "Eves will perform a group FLASHING in order to create
a media spectacle and send a political postcard: we will not tolerate lies
and cover-ups!"
I have ordered
myself a subversive thong, and if I can get a decent photo (one that doesn’t
make me look my age and 20 pounds overweight!), I’ll submit it to their
photo gallery.
And guys....you don’t have to be left out of all the fun...(although
they need to have ones that say "Weapon of Mass Seduction" for those
who aren't into bush!)
I think I need one of these!
8:49:58 PM 
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