Comments on: Washingtonpost.com’s White Hand Under Siege http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/03/06/washingtonpostcoms-white-hand-under-siege/ 68.3 Square Miles of D.C. News and Opinion Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:05:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Laura http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/03/06/washingtonpostcoms-white-hand-under-siege/comment-page-1/#comment-106701 Laura Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:39:45 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/03/06/washingtonpostcoms-white-hand-under-siege/#comment-106701 If it was a woman's hand instead, would be ok for the guys to protest? Does everything have to be so politically correct? If it was a woman's hand instead, would be ok for the guys to protest? Does everything have to be so politically correct?

]]> By: WFY http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/03/06/washingtonpostcoms-white-hand-under-siege/comment-page-1/#comment-106138 WFY Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:16:10 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/03/06/washingtonpostcoms-white-hand-under-siege/#comment-106138 I really want to believe this is a prank, but it probably isn't. I wonder what Charlotte Allen thinks of it. I really want to believe this is a prank, but it probably isn't. I wonder what Charlotte Allen thinks of it.

]]> By: Mike Licht http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/03/06/washingtonpostcoms-white-hand-under-siege/comment-page-1/#comment-106136 Mike Licht Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:00:14 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/03/06/washingtonpostcoms-white-hand-under-siege/#comment-106136 Why not leave the Big Mitt in situ but apply a nice shade of nail polish? Something red and sparkly should get the message across. Five gallons should do it. Why not leave the Big Mitt in situ but apply a nice shade of nail polish? Something red and sparkly should get the message across. Five gallons should do it.

]]> By: Mr. T in DC http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/03/06/washingtonpostcoms-white-hand-under-siege/comment-page-1/#comment-106122 Mr. T in DC Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:19:09 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/03/06/washingtonpostcoms-white-hand-under-siege/#comment-106122 This protest letter against the giant hand is the biggest waste of time, ever. If you're offended by what is essentially a goofy, oversized sculpture, then you really shouldn't leave the safe confines of your own home. Put the same hand in the Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, and the same complainers might find it a work of genius. A more pressing issue regarding bias and oppression of women would be street harassment in DC - why not direct their energies in the direction of fighting against that truly offensive phenomenon. Now, if the hand was flipping everyone off in the lobby, that would be another story. He he he. This protest letter against the giant hand is the biggest waste of time, ever. If you're offended by what is essentially a goofy, oversized sculpture, then you really shouldn't leave the safe confines of your own home. Put the same hand in the Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, and the same complainers might find it a work of genius. A more pressing issue regarding bias and oppression of women would be street harassment in DC - why not direct their energies in the direction of fighting against that truly offensive phenomenon. Now, if the hand was flipping everyone off in the lobby, that would be another story. He he he.

]]> By: Amanda Hands http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/03/06/washingtonpostcoms-white-hand-under-siege/comment-page-1/#comment-106090 Amanda Hands Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:04:39 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/03/06/washingtonpostcoms-white-hand-under-siege/#comment-106090 Who's to say that's a man's hand? As a person (one woman, all) with large strong hands, I am offended that these seven persons would equate large hands with maleness. Surely these seven persons have traditionally "feminine" hands and can just call us more-generously-handed women "manly". But if you don't get it, you just don't get it. Amanda Hands Who's to say that's a man's hand? As a person (one woman, all) with large strong hands, I am offended that these seven persons would equate large hands with maleness. Surely these seven persons have traditionally "feminine" hands and can just call us more-generously-handed women "manly". But if you don't get it, you just don't get it.

Amanda Hands

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