Make no mistake about it: the mainstream media has fallen deeply in love with a statue that just appeared on Wall Street and doesn’t care who knows it.
With her hands firmly planted on her waist, 'Fearless Girl' statue stares down Wall Street's iconic bull. https://t.co/DTmaDzY62M
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 8, 2017
There’s now a statue of a young girl facing Wall Street’s famous charging bull https://t.co/50NhZWKEkS pic.twitter.com/eqrKBdsi7S
— For Good's Sake (@goodnews) March 8, 2017
Wall Street crowds are bullish on the #FearlessGirl statue https://t.co/tXDJWnrEO4 #InternationalWomensDay pic.twitter.com/vWHnhlI47m
— CNN (@CNN) March 8, 2017
New fearless girl statue stares down Wall Street’s iconic bull: https://t.co/MaFou1WJrR pic.twitter.com/yZ0g3dNvxn
— Us Weekly (@usweekly) March 8, 2017
Why the defiant girl statue in front of the Wall Street bull is so significant https://t.co/lxdQ2aBeB3
— TIME (@TIME) March 8, 2017
The Fearless Girl statue is a frenzy of tourists and journos trying to interview other journos #InternationalWomensDay pic.twitter.com/JKsDPdVb94
— Amber Jamieson (@ambiej) March 8, 2017
A woman strikes a pose in front of a statue titled "Fearless Girl" there to highlight #InternationalWomensDay, March 8, 2017, in New York. pic.twitter.com/fxu1s9qx11
— AP Images (@AP_Images) March 8, 2017
There’s no question what the statue of a defiant young girl staring down that big scary bull symbolizes … is there?
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/839554320270036998
A woman strikes a pose in front of a statue titled "Fearless Girl" there to highlight #InternationalWomensDay, March 8, 2017, in New York. pic.twitter.com/fxu1s9qx11
— AP Images (@AP_Images) March 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/839599448242151425
OK, maybe a bit of clarification is in order. The statue was placed there by State Street Global Advisers, which made sure its intention was (pretty) clear through a blog post and a series of tweets. The girl is a call for greater gender diversity and more women in leadership positions.
https://twitter.com/StateStreet/status/839236914708258816
SHE represents a call for diversity of thought, expertise and skills. #SheMakesADifference https://t.co/NMSUjBZRFy pic.twitter.com/iHMws0zOhE
— State Street (@StateStreet) March 7, 2017
Note that “SHE” (in all caps) doesn’t refer only to the little girl; it’s also an acronym (somehow) for State Street’s SSGA Gender Diversity Index and SPDR SSGA Gender Diversity Index ETF … so yeah, it’s kind of an ad. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
#SheMakesADifference in business. Now you can make a difference through investing. https://t.co/NMSUjBZRFy pic.twitter.com/7PumbQsaN8
— State Street (@StateStreet) March 7, 2017
We’re not sure how we feel about “Fearless Girl,” although the universal fawning by the media makes her presence on Wall Street pretty easy to distrust. Since when do journalists go so crazy for a symbol of capitalism in the heart of capitalism itself?
Shouldn't she be riding the bull to show empowerment rather than about to be gored?
— Uncle Jimmy, Chosen by God and Rick Perry (@jneutron1969) March 8, 2017
As it is International [Working] Women’s Day, a few media outlets have run pieces exploring the origin of the day, before the UN put its stamp of bland moral ambiguity on it. But yes, both in its American and international versions, the day is rooted deeply in socialism.
Today is International Working Women's Day. #IWD2017
— Jessica (@lever_alone) March 7, 2017
(2) Removing "working" from the title erases the Socialist roots and history of this day & coopts it as a tokenistic celebration
— Jessica (@lever_alone) March 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/thebookbro/status/839541473624346624
Sucks, doesn’t it?
Roots of International #WomensDay lie in the Socialist & Working Class Movements of the early 20th Century.Its time to reassert that legacy! pic.twitter.com/TkaqEZNiRd
— CPI (M) (@cpimspeak) March 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/nativexicana/status/839528675359936512
So yeah, there’s no mixed message here:
A $2.5 trillion asset manager put a statue of a defiant girl in front of the Wall Street bull #InternationalWomensDay pic.twitter.com/PDqP4sJelN
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) March 8, 2017
These Americans seem to get it.
#IWD rally has started to march, now leaving the Labor Department. (There are drums) pic.twitter.com/sq8NO6qbYu
— Ellie Hall (@ellievhall) March 8, 2017
Greetings from the Department of Labor, where #IWD protestors are currently doing a resistance dance: pic.twitter.com/ZiKuVRrn8v
— Ellie Hall (@ellievhall) March 8, 2017
Seeing as it is International Women’s Day, we thought we’d peek in on another country, where the person on all of the signs is most definitely not a woman.
Lesson #1: Argentinians sure do like to protest. pic.twitter.com/QVTC3mIvSL
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) March 8, 2017
Lesson #3: I haven't seen so many Che Guevara fans since college. (Buenos Aires, Argentina). pic.twitter.com/l4F845Bmko
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) March 8, 2017
Lesson #4: The government is to blame. For everything. (Buenos Aires, Argentina) pic.twitter.com/i9RQh3b9iG
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) March 8, 2017
So we’re still not clear: women in the United States are striking today why?
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