Comments on: Badass du Jour

By: links for 2009-08-03 | Yostivanich.com

links for 2009-08-03 | Yostivanich.com — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:08:08 +0000

[...] Badass du Jour – The Pursuit of Harpyness "That title goes to Atlanta mayor Shirley Franklin, who, in addition to being the first female mayor of Atlanta, and the first African-American woman to serve as mayor of a major southern city, has been working on ending the sexual exploitation of teens in her community since 2006." Can you say awesome program. (tags: prostitution atlanta politics health rape sexual feminism sextrafficking) [...]

By: --EG

--EG — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:26:50 +0000

I spent a year-and-a-half at a college in MIssouri, and got to hear David Batstone, leader of the Not Fro Sale Campaign talk about how trafficers use MO’s I-70 corridor as a way to traffic young girls. I hope campaigns like these spread to other cities.

By: vegkitty

vegkitty — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:47:04 +0000

Glad to see my city of birth getting some love here.

Mayor Franklin, as far as I know, has always been a badass. There are always poorly-spelled letters to the editor in the local paper talking about how horrible of a job she’s doing, which makes me think that she must be doing something right.

By: AnnoyingFemaleLeadVoiceover

AnnoyingFemaleLeadVoiceover — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:45:45 +0000

So great to read about this and know that active steps are being taken. As Martha mentioned, I hope that it does have an effect on the general public. It’s easier for some to sympathize and “get it” when a personal story is brought to your attention (like the 8th grade scholarship student being pimped out by her mother who only spoke up when her private school was getting ready to suspend her for missing so many days of school), but hopefully these ads can do the same without the personal context being necessary.

By: BeckySharper

BeckySharper — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:27:27 +0000

This is awesome. God bless her. A true WIN for Womanity.

By: Isa

Isa — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:57:18 +0000

Way to go, Mayor Franklin. You rock.

By: Krae

Krae — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:35:54 +0000

Kudos to Mayor Franklin, she sounds like an amazing person.

By: martha

martha — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:00:45 +0000

I figure this has more effect on the general public. It’s a way to make people look at their own assumptions about the situation and challenge them. If the public opinion on the matter starts to change and have more empathy for these girls and young women then there is hope for very serious change.

By: mischiefmanager

mischiefmanager — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:48:48 +0000

Go get ‘em, Mayor!

Now, let’s see if the (male) cops will actually enforce on the johns. Yeah, I’m still pissed over last week’s macho-fest.