POSTER GIANT CAN SUCK MY DICK. - or - Seattle Feminists Take to the Street to Make Art by Leigh Riibe Once again, Poster Giant has done it again. Keep this guy’s face in your mind. He is the tool of the enemy. Last night, the Girl Army of Seattle took to the streets and erected (pun intended) a masterpiece on the infamous wall at the corner of 11th and Pine. There is already a war going on between actual guerrilla artists in the community and Poster Giant. A lot of the war is being waged on this wall. The piece the Girl Army plastered on these walls last night was/is a screaming call to action to women and our allies to fight the powers that are attacking us from every angle, every day, everywhere. You may have heard about Pussy Riot + the trials of three members of the political punk band in Russia that have stirred up a bit of controversy and action worldwide. Or Todd Akin’s (the Republican Senate nominee from Missouri) “legitimate rape” comment. Or the congressional debates that banned women from speaking regarding a woman’s access to healthcare + freedom of choice which Rush Limbaugh had a some idiotic opinions about. Or CeCe McDonald, the trans woman who has been charged with second-degree murder for surviving a violent, racist, transphobic attack. The list goes on and on and on and on… A feminist spirit has been re-awakened by these obvious attempts to silence women, take away their power, and control their bodies. A spirit that in my opinion has been sleeping since the end of the Riot Grrrl era. The work the Girl Army of Seattle put into raising awareness in our community regarding all these issues was covered up before noon today by Poster Giant, a corporation that markets itself as “the one-stop shop for all your guerrilla marketing and digital marketing needs nationwide”. The most ironic part: the poster that Poster Giant was erecting read “War is a Machine”, which apparently “is a fictional character, a comic book superhero appearing in comic books set in the Marvel Comics universe” according to Wikipedia. The poster is for PAX Prime, a gamer convention scheduled to happen at the Washington State Convention Center starting August 31st - September 2nd (which was sold out prior to the posters being put up). The question is: can we stop Poster Giant? And if the answer is no, what steps do we take to further our agenda, let our voices be heard + our artwork protected? POSTER GIANT CAN SUCK MY DICK. - or - Seattle Feminists Take to the Street to Make Art by Leigh Riibe Once again, Poster Giant has done it again. Keep this guy’s face in your mind. He is the tool of the enemy. Last night, the Girl Army of Seattle took to the streets and erected (pun intended) a masterpiece on the infamous wall at the corner of 11th and Pine. There is already a war going on between actual guerrilla artists in the community and Poster Giant. A lot of the war is being waged on this wall. The piece the Girl Army plastered on these walls last night was/is a screaming call to action to women and our allies to fight the powers that are attacking us from every angle, every day, everywhere. You may have heard about Pussy Riot + the trials of three members of the political punk band in Russia that have stirred up a bit of controversy and action worldwide. Or Todd Akin’s (the Republican Senate nominee from Missouri) “legitimate rape” comment. Or the congressional debates that banned women from speaking regarding a woman’s access to healthcare + freedom of choice which Rush Limbaugh had a some idiotic opinions about. Or CeCe McDonald, the trans woman who has been charged with second-degree murder for surviving a violent, racist, transphobic attack. The list goes on and on and on and on… A feminist spirit has been re-awakened by these obvious attempts to silence women, take away their power, and control their bodies. A spirit that in my opinion has been sleeping since the end of the Riot Grrrl era. The work the Girl Army of Seattle put into raising awareness in our community regarding all these issues was covered up before noon today by Poster Giant, a corporation that markets itself as “the one-stop shop for all your guerrilla marketing and digital marketing needs nationwide”. The most ironic part: the poster that Poster Giant was erecting read “War is a Machine”, which apparently “is a fictional character, a comic book superhero appearing in comic books set in the Marvel Comics universe” according to Wikipedia. The poster is for PAX Prime, a gamer convention scheduled to happen at the Washington State Convention Center starting August 31st - September 2nd (which was sold out prior to the posters being put up). The question is: can we stop Poster Giant? And if the answer is no, what steps do we take to further our agenda, let our voices be heard + our artwork protected? POSTER GIANT CAN SUCK MY DICK. - or - Seattle Feminists Take to the Street to Make Art by Leigh Riibe Once again, Poster Giant has done it again. Keep this guy’s face in your mind. He is the tool of the enemy. Last night, the Girl Army of Seattle took to the streets and erected (pun intended) a masterpiece on the infamous wall at the corner of 11th and Pine. There is already a war going on between actual guerrilla artists in the community and Poster Giant. A lot of the war is being waged on this wall. The piece the Girl Army plastered on these walls last night was/is a screaming call to action to women and our allies to fight the powers that are attacking us from every angle, every day, everywhere. You may have heard about Pussy Riot + the trials of three members of the political punk band in Russia that have stirred up a bit of controversy and action worldwide. Or Todd Akin’s (the Republican Senate nominee from Missouri) “legitimate rape” comment. Or the congressional debates that banned women from speaking regarding a woman’s access to healthcare + freedom of choice which Rush Limbaugh had a some idiotic opinions about. Or CeCe McDonald, the trans woman who has been charged with second-degree murder for surviving a violent, racist, transphobic attack. The list goes on and on and on and on… A feminist spirit has been re-awakened by these obvious attempts to silence women, take away their power, and control their bodies. A spirit that in my opinion has been sleeping since the end of the Riot Grrrl era. The work the Girl Army of Seattle put into raising awareness in our community regarding all these issues was covered up before noon today by Poster Giant, a corporation that markets itself as “the one-stop shop for all your guerrilla marketing and digital marketing needs nationwide”. The most ironic part: the poster that Poster Giant was erecting read “War is a Machine”, which apparently “is a fictional character, a comic book superhero appearing in comic books set in the Marvel Comics universe” according to Wikipedia. The poster is for PAX Prime, a gamer convention scheduled to happen at the Washington State Convention Center starting August 31st - September 2nd (which was sold out prior to the posters being put up). The question is: can we stop Poster Giant? And if the answer is no, what steps do we take to further our agenda, let our voices be heard + our artwork protected? POSTER GIANT CAN SUCK MY DICK. - or - Seattle Feminists Take to the Street to Make Art by Leigh Riibe Once again, Poster Giant has done it again. Keep this guy’s face in your mind. He is the tool of the enemy. Last night, the Girl Army of Seattle took to the streets and erected (pun intended) a masterpiece on the infamous wall at the corner of 11th and Pine. There is already a war going on between actual guerrilla artists in the community and Poster Giant. A lot of the war is being waged on this wall. The piece the Girl Army plastered on these walls last night was/is a screaming call to action to women and our allies to fight the powers that are attacking us from every angle, every day, everywhere. You may have heard about Pussy Riot + the trials of three members of the political punk band in Russia that have stirred up a bit of controversy and action worldwide. Or Todd Akin’s (the Republican Senate nominee from Missouri) “legitimate rape” comment. Or the congressional debates that banned women from speaking regarding a woman’s access to healthcare + freedom of choice which Rush Limbaugh had a some idiotic opinions about. Or CeCe McDonald, the trans woman who has been charged with second-degree murder for surviving a violent, racist, transphobic attack. The list goes on and on and on and on… A feminist spirit has been re-awakened by these obvious attempts to silence women, take away their power, and control their bodies. A spirit that in my opinion has been sleeping since the end of the Riot Grrrl era. The work the Girl Army of Seattle put into raising awareness in our community regarding all these issues was covered up before noon today by Poster Giant, a corporation that markets itself as “the one-stop shop for all your guerrilla marketing and digital marketing needs nationwide”. The most ironic part: the poster that Poster Giant was erecting read “War is a Machine”, which apparently “is a fictional character, a comic book superhero appearing in comic books set in the Marvel Comics universe” according to Wikipedia. The poster is for PAX Prime, a gamer convention scheduled to happen at the Washington State Convention Center starting August 31st - September 2nd (which was sold out prior to the posters being put up). The question is: can we stop Poster Giant? And if the answer is no, what steps do we take to further our agenda, let our voices be heard + our artwork protected?

POSTER GIANT CAN SUCK MY DICK.

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Seattle Feminists Take to the Street to Make Art

by Leigh Riibe

Once again, Poster Giant has done it again. Keep this guy’s face in your mind. He is the tool of the enemy.

Last night, the Girl Army of Seattle took to the streets and erected (pun intended) a masterpiece on the infamous wall at the corner of 11th and Pine. There is already a war going on between actual guerrilla artists in the community and Poster Giant. A lot of the war is being waged on this wall.

The piece the Girl Army plastered on these walls last night was/is a screaming call to action to women and our allies to fight the powers that are attacking us from every angle, every day, everywhere. You may have heard about Pussy Riot + the trials of three members of the political punk band in Russia that have stirred up a bit of controversy and action worldwide. Or Todd Akin’s (the Republican Senate nominee from Missouri) “legitimate rape” comment. Or the congressional debates that banned women from speaking regarding a woman’s access to healthcare + freedom of choice which Rush Limbaugh had a some idiotic opinions about. Or CeCe McDonald, the trans woman who has been charged with second-degree murder for surviving a violent, racist, transphobic attack. The list goes on and on and on and on…

A feminist spirit has been re-awakened by these obvious attempts to silence women, take away their power, and control their bodies. A spirit that in my opinion has been sleeping since the end of the Riot Grrrl era.

The work the Girl Army of Seattle put into raising awareness in our community regarding all these issues was covered up before noon today by Poster Giant, a corporation that markets itself as “the one-stop shop for all your guerrilla marketing and digital marketing needs nationwide”. The most ironic part: the poster that Poster Giant was erecting read “War is a Machine”, which apparently “is a fictional character, a comic book superhero appearing in comic books set in the Marvel Comics universe” according to Wikipedia. The poster is for PAX Prime, a gamer convention scheduled to happen at the Washington State Convention Center starting August 31st - September 2nd (which was sold out prior to the posters being put up).

The question is: can we stop Poster Giant? And if the answer is no, what steps do we take to further our agenda, let our voices be heard + our artwork protected?

Aug. 22 2012

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    UGH
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  13. playhawken answered: We had no idea that our guerrilla marketing would be a flame in the War of the Wall. We’re a small local company, not affiliated w/ Marvel.
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  15. inhysterics reblogged this from tendervalidations and added:
    And another thing: PAX...always sold out. Always. This...art...
  16. angelitabonita reblogged this from tendervalidations and added:
    POSTER GIANT, THOSE EFFING SCUMBAGS!
  17. inhysterics answered: This is extra dumb, because PAX is sold out.
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