I did see this pic of the orange stiletto on some of my facebook friends’ profile pics and wondered what it was. For them, I thought it was amusing; they were celebrating fall; the advent of Halloween; stuff like that. After all, I’m in Quebec and not privy to all symbols pertaining to the Ontario election campaign. Now, thanks to Fern Hill over at Dammit Janet, now, I know.
Ouf! I dunno, Andrea, isn’t the NDP supposed to be a forward thinking party? The party that brags running many woman candidates and chides other parties for not running enough, both provincially and federally? That image, the stiletto, or as Fern puts it, the “Fuck me” shoe sure doesn’t go a long way in promoting that forward thinking party. I’m surprised that more women in Ontario don’t have a problem with this. I know that here in la Belle province, if Pauline Marois were to start slapping on a blue stiletto or another such symbol onto her campaign or party slogans, Quebec women of any partisan stripe would be furious would make a lot of noise about it. Seriously, what is wrong with just the ONDP logo with a gender neutral slogan?
We get that you’re a girl, but you’re hardly the first she leader of a political party of any stripe at any level. That stiletto has you coming off as some cheesy novelty. Is that how you want to be remembered?