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The Stereotypes Rally - Miss University pageant picket

fil | 11.03.2009 03:44 | Gender | Social Struggles

Over 50 people gathered outside Crystal nightclub off Oxford Street, London, to demonstrate against the miss university beauty pageant being hosted inside.








A around 10pm the front entrance of the club was locked shut by a small group of activists who also chained them themselves to the door to prevent access. The police and fire brigade were needed to cut the chains and the blockaders were arrested. For the remainder of the evening the queue of revelers attending the pageant was picketed.

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Voting Booth

11.03.2009 10:53

Yes, a fine evening, top marks to the girls chained to the doors, and to the others who got into the event to raise merry hell.

Our "voting" booth went down well (or at least it was suitably offensive).

We asked me from the queue to go into the tent and "vote" over pictures of the girls (we provided kleenex). Then we kept a tally of the girls who brought the guys over the edge. Obviously this was to help 'empower' the girls by 'educating them' on who was the prettiest.

We also campaigned for the return of the swimwear round.

alas lots of the boys in the queue were rather disturbed by a bunch of men protesting outside and attempted to rip apart our pictures and booth.

My favourite quotes were:

"you're worse than the feminists, it's disgusting"

"What so you want people to wank in the booth, over the girls and judge them, how's that any different from the competition?"
erm exactly...

and not forgetting

"I don't know what they're protesting about, it's not even animal cruelty, they must be jealous"


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