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Starry Messenger

(32,375 posts) Tue Jul 3, 2012, 11:04 AM Jul 2012

France's bearded feminists 'praise' powerful men

Is it time to don beards here too in the US, mes seours?

A group of French feminists are working to satirize sexism one fake beard at a time.

The women of La Barbe wear beards as a decidedly tacky political prop, according to an in-depth BBC report on the group. With whiskers and wit, they strive to poke fun at patriarchy and sexist attitudes.

Their modus operandi is simple: they sneak into high-level, male-dominated meetings - like the shareholder meetings of major corporations - then slip on their beards and start reading ironic statements congratulating the men on how effectively they wield power and exclude women.

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On a recent outing, the group held up congratulatory signs at the Cannes Film Festival. None of the 22 films selected for the official competition were directed by women.

Obamanut's post about Chris Christie's town halls reminded me I saw this story yesterday and forgot to post it.

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France's bearded feminists 'praise' powerful men (Original Post) Starry Messenger Jul 2012 OP

Thank you for posting libodem Jul 2012 #1

It's fun to share them! Starry Messenger Jul 2012 #2

I love the blue bars censoring the men's faces. Hilarious. yardwork Jul 2012 #3

That's funny and subversive. Gormy Cuss Jul 2012 #4

It reminded me of the Gorilla Girls from the art world. Starry Messenger Jul 2012 #5

we need a group like this here maddezmom Jul 2012 #6

Yes! Starry Messenger Jul 2012 #8

if I do it, I want one of those ZZ Top kind of beards maddezmom Jul 2012 #9

I wish I lived close enough to NY to participate Aerows Jul 2012 #10

ha! This is great. Whisp Jul 2012 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author loli phabay Jul 2012 #11

libodem

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1. Thank you for posting

Reply to Starry Messenger (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 01:58 PM

Jul 2012

And bringing us interesting articles. Someday l hope to become more proficient and bring something to the table.

Starry Messenger

(32,375 posts)

2. It's fun to share them!

Reply to libodem (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 07:41 PM

Jul 2012

I'm glad you enjoy them libodem. I think everyone here likes finding interesting content to post. I pull a lot of things off my news readers and feeds like Twitter and Tumblr. They don't drift past so quickly here so more folks get to see them.

yardwork

(64,463 posts)

3. I love the blue bars censoring the men's faces. Hilarious.

Reply to Starry Messenger (Original post)

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 09:36 AM

Jul 2012

Gormy Cuss

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4. That's funny and subversive.

Reply to Starry Messenger (Original post)

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 09:39 AM

Jul 2012

I like it.

Starry Messenger

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5. It reminded me of the Gorilla Girls from the art world.

Reply to Gormy Cuss (Reply #4)

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 11:14 AM

Jul 2012

But this is even funnier, since they go in and pretend to be men. I would have loved to have seen something like this during the hearing where Sandra Fluke wasn't allowed to testify.