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Comment on Action Agenda for the Weekend [Will Be Updated] by Ali

Ali — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:15:27 +0000

Just sent in a load of advertiser info. Is anybody else helping with this? Speak up, guys. A ton of people were all for this initially.

Here’s what I believe is still to do:

Saturn
Disney (Bolt movie)
New York Lottery (probably only on the NY channel)
Mercedes-Benz
McDonald’s
Playskool
Tic-Tacs
Walmart
Progresso
Vaseline
Domino’s

Comment on Media Articles so far about Brookegate and the fallout by Action Items 11/11/2008 « Grey’s Equality

Action Items 11/11/2008 « Grey’s Equality — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:43:03 +0000

[...] Gather and format in html for posting at the main site, articles relating to Brooke Smith’s firing from Grey’s Anatomy. Include blog posts, network and show runner responses, GLAAD response. A title, source, date, and brief synopsis would be helpful. List in chronological order. Email to greysequality @ gmail.com. ETA: Article URLs have been listed here, here, here, here. [...]

Comment on Thoughts on What Actions to Take by Ali

Ali — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:50:35 +0000

Maybe Patrick Dempsey too, if that’s one of the courses of action. He was obviously displeased on Ellen. I wish she would’ve pushed the issue a little more.

I like the YouTube vids idea, but I’m a little unsure of what it entails.

Going after GLAAD, I’m with that, but I’m not sure what it achieves in relationship to ABC/Grey’s. We might make them think twice next time, but there unlikely to turn on Shonda/ABC/Grey’s on this matter.

We need to get SOMEBODY on our side. EW and LA Times do seem rather sympathetic. Would we be able to get them on side, do you think. What about AfterEllen, or any famous gay/gay rights activists?

Honestly, I like most of the ideas, but I get what you’re saying about the cons.

Number 1 is already being carried out by fans elsewhere, so people can piggy-back on the back of that but have it not be something that this specific campaign focuses on. Although, sending protest letters can’t hurt.

Is Number 6 really something that would make us not get taken seriously? The suggestion was brought up in the first place because it had results in the Buffy fandom.

All I know is that we need exposure and attention, or we won’t achieve anything. I’m much more likely to trust you’re judgement on this than my own.

Whatever it is, it’s imperative that we get started quickly. We won’t forget this quickly, but the general media will.

Comment on Thoughts on What Actions to Take by staubundsterne

staubundsterne — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:53:39 +0000

Having dug through my bookmarks on Brookegate and looking at the information flow; I’d say organising campaigns of letters to Heigl’s and Knight’s managers (or PAs or whomever you send these things to so it doesn’t come off as stalkerish or creepy) could definitely be a course of action — I’m a little … irritated that their hasn’t been a statement from their side, actually.

Comment on Thoughts on What Actions to Take by sighpress

sighpress — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:24:08 +0000

2 & 3 seem the best to me. I’m still digging around trying to find advertiser email contacts (not an easy thing for some of these folks) .. but in digging around on websites, have found that some of these have “diversity” departments – e.g. 20th Century Fox (http://www.fox.com/diversity/outreach/lgbt.htm) – as such they might be either more willing to listen or more vulnerable to criticism, one. Going after GLAAD for sure, because holy cow, they didn’t just drop the ball, they flung it down with great force. I thought being on top of stuff like this and responding was their whole raison d’etre. I’m almost as mad at them as Rhimes (with an “h”, btw, fix the header on the blog). The youtube campaign sounds interesting, but I’m not sure I totally get it. I also think more people have the wherewithal to sign something or email or donate than make and upload a vid, but it would be cool to be proven wrong. Great job so far. Let me know if I can help with the wordpress thing; I sent you an email yesterday and I’ll be around for the next couple of hours.

Comment on Thoughts on What Actions to Take by Sandy

Sandy — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:25:24 +0000

As for the advertisers that should probably be targeted about this:

Old Navy is one third of Gap Inc., that which is The Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy. So, if you want to contact Old Navy about their advertising, your best bet is to go directly to Gap Inc. because in that manner you can contact someone from the upper ranks immediately. This is the telephone and address for Gap Inc.’s headquarters:

Two Folsom Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
(650) 952-4400

Gap Inc. is big on supporting GLBT rights. During GLBT month they have posters within their stores for their employees that are all about GLBT rights. And also, this:

Gap Inc. earned the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2007 “Best Places to Work for GLBT Equality” seal, which denotes America’s best companies for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) workers. The seal is given to companies who score a perfect 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index which measures policies and practices implemented to promote fairness and equality in the workplace for GLBT employees. Gap was among 142 companies that achieved this honor. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the nation’s largest GLBT civil rights organization.

You can also call Old Navy’s customer service department by dialing 1-800-653-6289 and waiting to speak with a customer service representative. You can also e-mail custserv@oldnavy.com and title your e-mail as “Advertising Feedback.”

Apple donated a very, very, very large sum of money to the No To Prop 8 campaign. They are probably an excellent company to contact about all of this, and you can read about it here:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/10/apple-against-t.html
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/#section=all&page=2

“No on Prop 8
October 24, 2008
Apple is publicly opposing Proposition 8 and making a donation of $100,000 to the No on 8 campaign. Apple was among the first California companies to offer equal rights and benefits to our employees’ same-sex partners, and we strongly believe that a person’s fundamental rights — including the right to marry — should not be affected by their sexual orientation. Apple views this as a civil rights issue, rather than just a political issue, and is therefore speaking out publicly against Proposition 8.”

Comment on Action Agenda for the Weekend [Will Be Updated] by Maddy

Maddy — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:20:36 +0000

Hi,

I would love to help. I took a look at the list of sponsors again, my question, should we concentrate on them all? I don’t think Apple would do anything considering that Steve Jobs (CEO/Chairman) is also on the Board at Disney.

Has anyone ever seen a Wells Fargo ad on ABC? They would be more open to actually do something, maybe pull ads?

*sigh* just tell me what to do, oh big leader

Comment on Media Articles so far about Brookegate and the fallout by jenniferoksana

jenniferoksana — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:44:30 +0000

Please do, and tell the mods that I would love to combine efforts, thanks.

Comment on Media Articles so far about Brookegate and the fallout by Julie

Julie — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:24:32 +0000

I like this compilation with comments.

I think it includes some that I haven’t seen on the Erica_Callie community (but I haven’t looked at them all in detail)

I’m going to e-mail one of the mods at Erica_Callie to ask them to cross-reference this list.

Comment on Media Articles? by sighpress

sighpress — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:57:16 +0000

oops – wrong search – that one goes too far back. this is better: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&nolr=1&q=brooke-smith+grey%27s-anatomy&btnG=Search