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Richard · 09-10-2008, 07:26

What? The MSM lies? I'm shocked!

But another media myth bites the dust. Burn, baby, burn!

Richard

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1968 Atlantic City protest credited with kicking off the feminist movement
DAN GOOD
Press of Atlantic City

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/1...ry/253327.html

Ever burn a bra? It ignites after a few seconds of fire contact. The flame saunters along the strap edges before gaining purpose, dancing onto the bra's cups, peeling the polyester, stripping the spandex, sending black smoke upward and leaving a charred, melted mess.

That charred, melted mess has symbolized the Women's Liberation Movement for 40 years - since its beginning on Sept. 7, 1968, when 100 women protested the Miss America Pageant on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. That's when feminists were given the nickname "bra-burners." Only one problem - no bras were burned that day, experts say.

"The bra-burning label has haunted us," said Susan Brownmiller, a feminist author and activist. "People wanted to believe about the bra-burning, just like they wanted to believe that feminists wore combat boots."

The bra-burning myth, like any good urban legend, was shaped by media coverage and public misunderstanding.

09-10-2008, 07:26	#1
Richard Quiet Professional Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NorCal Posts: 15,370	Media Mythmaking 101 What? The MSM lies? I'm shocked! But another media myth bites the dust. Burn, baby, burn! Richard ---------- 1968 Atlantic City protest credited with kicking off the feminist movement DAN GOOD Press of Atlantic City http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/1...ry/253327.html Ever burn a bra? It ignites after a few seconds of fire contact. The flame saunters along the strap edges before gaining purpose, dancing onto the bra's cups, peeling the polyester, stripping the spandex, sending black smoke upward and leaving a charred, melted mess. That charred, melted mess has symbolized the Women's Liberation Movement for 40 years - since its beginning on Sept. 7, 1968, when 100 women protested the Miss America Pageant on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. That's when feminists were given the nickname "bra-burners." Only one problem - no bras were burned that day, experts say. "The bra-burning label has haunted us," said Susan Brownmiller, a feminist author and activist. "People wanted to believe about the bra-burning, just like they wanted to believe that feminists wore combat boots." The bra-burning myth, like any good urban legend, was shaped by media coverage and public misunderstanding. __________________ “Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)… There are just some kind of men who – who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” - To Kill A Mockingbird (Atticus Finch) “Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.” - Robert Heinlein Last edited by Richard; 09-10-2008 at 07:32.
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