Rock the slut vote
It’s not the slickest website, but we love the idea of RockTheSlutVote.com — embracing the insult that’s meant to dismiss, discredit and silence “uppity” women in order to increase voter turn-out for political candidates who respect women’s rights. Yes, the art-work is cheesy (stock illustrations of impossibly thin, pretty, sexy fashionistas all apparently wearing miracle bras for the most part — we guess they’re trying to project the slutty stereotype???); and yes, it could all just be a cover to sell poorly designed CafePress merch (their logo is a cheesy lipstick imprint, ugh); but it does make it fairly easy to get registered to vote. Plus, we love the list that rips off the “You might be a red neck if…” format on their homepage — here’s a sample:
You might be a slut…
- If you’ve ever used contraception
- If you’ve ever been tested for an STD
- If you voted for Hillary in 2008
- If you’ve ever gone to Planned Parenthood
- If you’ve ever donated to Planned Parenthood
- If you’ve ever taken a pregnancy test
- If you’re single or the mom of a single mom
- If you teach your daughters about safe sex
- If you think being called a feminist is a compliment
- If you don’t want your employer policing your health care
- If you’re still buying Dixie Chick CDs
- If you’ve ever lived with a boyfriend
- If you want to marry your girlfriend
- If you’ve ever been divorced
- If you’ve ever had an abortion
- If you speak up when they tell you to shut up
