Two Tits And A Vote

First off you should go read this blog to get a first hand account of what a woman in Ireland is up against if she discovers a lump or needs to have something as simple as a breast ultrasound. Go to this page, scroll to the bottom and read your way up through the posts. It’s frustrating and terrifying and you may just finish it wondering what on earth can be done.

Well, Sabrina, a blogger who has impressed me so much of late with her graphics and hilarious blog that I can’t wait to meet her at the Ladies Tea Party, has stepped up and launched twotitsandavote.com (brilliant name!). In Sabrina’s words:

Two Tits and a Vote is a political action campaign, designed to get women to use their muscle as voters to take action around a single issue at a time. Men are very welcome to take part; the platform is merely aimed at mobilising women.

It’s built around the concept of “armchair activism.” Armchair activism enjoys reasonable take-up online, but is often decried as ultimately being rather useless because it rarely translates into the real world. I started to think a lot about how to merge all of the good stuff about armchair activism – it’s fast, it’s accessible, it’s not a big ask, and it delivers a feel-good factor to the participant – with actions that could actually take form in the real world.

So go sign up, send a postcard, write a letter, add your name to the petition. It’s already generating a fair amount of press and radio coverage so spread the word.