I just got this article by e-mail and it's behind a subscription firewall, so I'll only quote part of it. Sorry, no link. It's from the Northern News Services:

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Bras burn over cutbacks
Jessica Klinkenberg
Northern News Services

Yellowknife (Dec 13/06) - The barrel's flames leapt high, devouring the bras symbolically sacrificed as fuel for the fire.

Women from Yellowknife joined together to protest cuts to women's groups on Sunday, which marked International Human Rights Day.

"It started with three of us drinking coffee," said Kerry King, one of the organizers of the event.

The trio wanted to demonstrate that the recent federal cuts to women's groups across Canada was sending them back to the '60s, when bra burning originally began.

"We feel like we've been kicked back in time. So we decided to have a good old fashioned bra burning."

Twenty women sat in a circle at Javaroma, having a discussion about what to do. Protesting every night and sending letters to Members of Parliament were some of the recommendations given by women around the room.

And it wasn't just Yellowknife women whose bras were going up in smoke Sunday afternoon.

Lingerie sent by women across the NWT was added to the flames.

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But I still think this is an effective attention-getter because the point is to be reminiscent of the 60's feminism that comes to people's minds, and to be funny. And it worked - they got media attention that helped them get the word out. I'd call that a successful protest, despite the historical inaccuracy.

[ 14 December 2006: Message edited by: Michelle ]

Well, you post and learn. I really know nothing about feminism.

[ 28 December 2006: Message edited by: West Coast Greeny ]

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If they really want to get to Harper, they'd burn "a manziere"

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