Let’s hear it for Cosmo! The feminist crusaders know how important it is that women participate in the electoral process, so they’re doing their part to make it happen:
In case you missed the news: the #CosmoVotes PARTY BUS is coming to NC State University http://t.co/GUILORN54B ?? pic.twitter.com/PlMiaiPiJo
— Cosmopolitan (@Cosmopolitan) October 23, 2014
Woohoo, party bus!
Attention, students of North Carolina State University: The #CosmoVotes party bus is coming for you.
On Election Day, a bus decked out with snacks, swag, and models (hi, this is Cosmo) will roll up to North Carolina State University, the winner of Cosmopolitan.com‘s first-ever party bus contest. The bus will shuttle students back and forth to a nearby polling location so students can vote.
More from NC State’s student newspaper:
On Nov. 4, students in need of a ride to the polls will have the option take a party bus equipped with snacks, prizes and shirtless male models courtesy of Cosmopolitan magazine.
Although the shirtless male model aspect of the bus may tend to excite more females than males, it creates a fun, exciting voting atmosphere for students, [Camden Willeford, the associate director of publicity and communications for Student Government] said. Anything that gets more students to go out and vote is worth it.
“Everyone needs to vote,” freshman Olivia Jansen said. “I think it is a clever, effective and hilarious way to get people to the polls.”
C’mon, girls! It’s, like, your civic booty! (See what we did there?)
Yay, feminism? Cosmo party bus — w/ shirtless models — to shuttle students to polls in #NCSEN race http://t.co/wgmr7cgCae #ncpol #CosmoVotes
— Sister Toldjah ? (@sistertoldjah) October 27, 2014
FIFY! RT @TPM: Cosmopolitan sends shirtless male models to get low-info votes in NC #CosmoVotes #sexism #desperate
— Cosmo Feminism (@cosmofeminism) October 28, 2014
Oh boy, today will be a great day to be a Twitter follower of @cosmofeminism. Male model GOTV? The jokes have started writing themselves.
— Kristen Soltis Anderson (@KSoltisAnderson) October 28, 2014
But you know what we really relish about this whole shirtless-voting thing? It’s the further exposure of Cosmo’s flaming hypocrisy.
in their "endorsement," @Cosmopolitan said they were picking brains over brawn but then did the opposite with their party bus GOTV strategy.
— SC Republicans (@StonehillGOP) October 28, 2014
.@Cosmopolitan called our ad sexist, BUT is sending buses of shirtless male models to get women to vote. #hypocrisy http://t.co/VpfWyN0kMP
— College Republicans (@CRNC) October 28, 2014
Yep. Remember when the College Republican National Committee launched an ad campaign parodying “Say Yes to the Dress”? Cosmo called it “hands down the most condescending political ad you will ever see.”
But somehow, using shirtless dudes to lure young women to the polls is totally empowering and stuff.
.@Cosmopolitan said I wrote the most condescending ad ever, but they're using shirtless models for GOTV. Got it. http://t.co/2Ex4gG2CvW
— Alex Wilkes (@AlexandraWilkes) October 28, 2014
SHOT: @Cosmopolitan calls @CRNC ad most condescending ever. CHASER: Cosmo using shirtless male models for GOTV. Let that sink in #CosmoVotes
— Ellie Hockenbury (@EllieHockenbury) October 28, 2014
Absolutely pathetic.
https://twitter.com/noitscarolEEna/status/527087110441144320
It’s sad, all right. But it’s not even remotely surprising.
https://twitter.com/tavlian/status/527141891670700032
@CRNC @Cosmopolitan This may work for an uninformed voter. Which thanks to #CosmoVotes is all of their readers. #OneSided #Hypocrisy #fail
— Cassie Scher (@CassieScher) October 28, 2014
https://twitter.com/stefpetrop/status/527095509732057089
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Huh? Cosmo editor hates ‘sexist’ CRNC ad, but this is OK? [video, screenshots]
‘Silicone slap upside the head’! @cosmofeminism puts feminist hypocrites in their place
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