Angry Moms converge on Nike and NPR to protest violence against women
There’s harmonic convergence in the Angry Activist Mom universe today. Yesterday I posted about Frank Deford’s awful pro-Ben-Roethlisberger thug-apologist commentary on NPR’s Morning Edition, and then today Cooper & Emily blogged over at TheMotherhood.com about Angry Moms protesting Nike for sponsoring Roethlisberger.
This issue has LEGS…and BRAINS of Angry Moms engaged. This is why it’s so powerful to raise our voices….going from one woman listening to the radio in the car and wondering, “Did I really just hear that?” to joining together to shout back at powerful corporations and public media who are supposed to represent a wide variety of voices.
Cooper & Emily’s blog post has links that will help you tell Nike what you think, and here’s the link to Frank Deford’s commentary, “Not All Role Models Need be Positive” and the NPR Contact form.
Seriously, Frank Deford and NPR editors, What were you thinking????
I would like to protest at heinz field at the steeler game where roethlisberger will play his first game, i am sickened by his behavior against women !! let me know how i can help to remove him from fame, and post his mugshot on megans law where he belongs !! I am absolutely outraged, that i can no longer watch the steeler games !!
I’m thrilled more and more moms are joining this movement. It’s exciting to see the power of our words united around something so important. I am happy to report if you google nike boycott the Momtrends post comes up as #7. Let’s keep moving it up in the ranks!
http://momtrends.blogspot.com/2010/04/moms-boycott-nike.html
Hi Nicole, Thank you for your advocacy. I saw your comment on the NPR thread for Frank Deford, too. Well said. They are up to 149 comments over there, almost all of them slamming Deford and the NPR editors who let this one through without giving it enough thought.