Planned Parenthood shocked by response to Blume

May 7, 2009 | Advertising,Fundraising,Internet,Judy Blume,Mother's Day,Motherhood,PR,Social media,Twitter

Tweet, tweet!

“The firestorm against Judy Blume is bullsh*t. If you love Blume’s books, check out … ”

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“Support Judy Blume! RT … ”

What’s all the fuss?

The Planned Parenthood Action Center has a page dedicated to “Stand up for Judy Blume.” They were “so shocked at the response [from "anti-choice extremists"] to her latest act of compassion,” which was a “special Mother’s Day message on our behalf.”

Hmm.

Judy Blume asks for donations to Planned Parenthood in honor of Mother’s Day.

Sounds like extremist bait to me. Also sounds like a way to get “the other side” riled up and to send money.

Shocking.

Posted by Becky @ 11:53 am | Comments

Super Bowl with the Obamas and us

February 2, 2009 | Advertising,Barack Obama,Ethics,Family,Goon Squad Sarah,Internet,Media,Parenting,Politics,PR,Statistics,Television

I have a few things in common with President Barack Obama and his family (aside from the whole “leader of the free world” thing). He’s just a few year older than I am. He’s been happily married for 16 years. So have I. He has two beautiful daughters. So do I. They had a Super Bowl party yesterday. So did we, though on a much smaller — and less bipartisan — scale.

I wonder if Malia and Sasha had their 3D glasses too.

Did they see the Go Daddy commercial with Danica Patrick? And how did that go?

Maybe the conversation at the White House went something like this.

“Go Daddy? Hey, that’s what we said when you were running for president, Daddy!”

“Hey, Daddy? Why are those boys watching that girl take a shower?”

Did they see the other Go Daddy commercial with Danica Patrick?

“Enhanced? Hey, Daddy, what are they talking about?”

“Daddy? Why is that girl taking off her shirt?”

The Nielsen Company says in its Super Bowl guide that 37.7 million women are National Football League fans. That’s 42 percent of the viewing audience. I wonder how many children regularly watch NFL games.

I know a lot of women who like sports. Sarah covers sports for BlogHer and has her own sports blog. She even wrote about misogyny in sports media.

So I wonder …

How do women football fans reconcile the game and all the “Go Daddy” stuff that comes with it? Or do you? Does it just come with the territory, even though you’re almost half the viewing (and spending) audience?

How would you answer the questions I imagined Obama’s daughters might have asked? What would you tell your sons?

How about fathers who are football fans?

Posted by Becky @ 4:43 pm | 3 Comments