I woke up this morning to a picture that absolutely blew my mind - courtesy of YBF and my soror Eshena. Now I am a firm believer of freedom of speech et. al. However it's clear that a woman's privacy and right to choose has become the business and decisions of others that do not know her story nor circumstances. It has become somewhat of a fad to be able to control the decisions for many that which a woman has the legal right and option to do if she chooses. We all know that the House recently passed a bill to cease all Federal Funding to Planned Parenthood which is only a snapshot of the antics that go on behind the scenes, at the dinner table or in this case as you are driving on the road in the Soho district of New York. Obviously the creator of the billboard did it for many reasons - shock value, reality marketing, to get people to their website, to encourage people to talk about it or simply to piss people off! You place a suggestive ad referring to African American women in a predominantly white neighborhood for what purpose? We can only speculate on this one but I definitely have my opinion about it. Idiocratic perceptions such as these continue to target women - more specifically minority women. Some will be outraged others will say that the truth hurts whatever the case may be the speculations and attention to the issue is obviously becoming a strong force as the days go by. I can't say enough about this picture so I will just stop here - let me know your thoughts...
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