Everybody LOVES to march. The girls wear their pussy hats, hold up those ancient Helen Reddy signs ("I AM WOMAN HEAR MY ROAR") and after an hour or two, they skip over to Starbucks for some lattes and then hit Victoria's Secret for push-up bras.
Where is the action? Why is it that NATALIE PORTMAN and EVA LONGORIA haven't done one of the most basic things: keep pervs and pricks from making money pimping fraud forgeries and fake nudes on EBAY?
Don't say this isn't an important issue. It is. Somebody is making big money on this. There are guys who make all the money for their guns and beer and wifebeater T-shirts from EBAY SALES. CEO Devin Wenig makes enough that he has YET to put in a real "report item" link for OFFENSIVE FRAUD - no model release of age or consent.
Let's talk about what is going on NOW, shall we, Natalie? You too, Eva? You want to be sexual and flirty in films and on talk shows, that's your privilege and power. Being victimized on eBAY is stupid and can be stopped.
Likewise, the powerful women of show business, including Oprah, should be able to lobby so that websites such as celebjihad can be BLOCKED or put out of business. Right now the porn sites where eBay weasels download the fake nudes, are prospering. The women are out marching and the money is rolling in for a bunch of bastards.
On eBay, Natalie and Eva are being sold like whores. Why shrug? Why say "Let the buyer beware" on bogus autographed items? Do that and SOMEBODY IS PROFITING. Why let some guy get away with selling a forgery on a dubious nude image? Why, Natalie? Why, Eva?
Protecting yourself on eBAY is not brain surgery. It's almost as simple as marching around in a pussy hat and making a speech.
It would take TWO MINUTES to report the sellers and get them suspended. Natalie and Eva don't even have to do it. All they need do is fax a letter to the VERO department at eBay stating "I authorize..." and you name somebody to be your VeRO (Verified Rights Owner) rep. That person can then send in the auction number of any forgery, fake, dupe, violation of intellectual property, and it is REMOVED. That simple.
Aside from celebrities appointing a VERO rep, what needs to be done, aside from wearing pussy hats and quoting old Helen Reddy songs, is lobbying the politicians to strengthen laws on Internet abuse and bullying. NO website should be a celebjihad with jeering and insulting images of women, or a 4CHan picnic for posting anybody's revenge porn.
President Obama told David Letterman that anyone who sees something and thinks, "that's not right," should take action. Bob Dylan sang it long ago: "if something's not right, it's WRONG."
Take off the hat, and put up your dukes. FIGHT for what is RIGHT. There are women in pro boxing and UFC MMA now. All women should be fighting for their causes, and not just marching around in pussy hats and make-up, quoting Helen Reddy.
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