Spanish Orgasm Video: Driving Voters to the Polls

The Socialist Catalonian Party in Spain is causing a stir with this "orgasm" commercial made to drive voters to the polls.  Watch the video below! 

The commercial depicts a woman having just voted turned on to the point of orgasm. It's causing a fuss from both the right & the left in Spain. Some say it's derogatory towards women. What do you think? Offensive, funny, empowering?

Frankly, I think this video is smart and a more empowering look at women as a driving force at the polls, along with making voting far more appealing... Creative concepts like this should be executed more in an effort to reach non-voters.

The big question to me is: Where are the senior citizen volunteers who usually work the polling stations?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc9eHI3ieQk&feature=player_embedded

Vote.

LLadies,

Today is election day in the U.S. of A. Please make sure to vote if you are a citizen! Right now is the time to make your voice heard! It is ever so important to continue leaning forward in the direction that represents us. 

Thank you.

120 Careers Later, What's Barbie's Next Move?

Photo by Liza Jane on the way to Javits

What's Barbie's next career move? Environmentalist? Surgeon? News Anchor? You choose - http://www.barbie.com/vote/

Vote for Kamel and Koby!

Look at this face! This is the face of an angel. Baby Kamel is gorgeous. This is the son of LLNY's Melody Gross. He should be a model. Please vote for him here and spread the word!

Yet another angel face. This is Koby, nephew of LLSF's Julie Bernstein. He is irresistibly adorable. Vote for him here.

Ladies Lotto Does SXSW

You can pick your nose, and you can pick your friends, but you can't pick your friend's nose. However, until September 4th you have the unique opportunity to help pick panels for SXSW Week 2010 (March 12-20). A few of our lovely and wicked talented LLadies have panels up for consideration via SXSW's Panel Picker and we want to show our support.

Let the ladies and the rest of the voters know what you think about their proposals by giving them a thumbs up and commenting directly to their Panel Picker page. You'll have to register so your vote counts but you won't get anything other than an email with login directions (yay, no spam here!).

And the nominees are:

Ngozi Odita - LLNY
Society HAE

T.I.A. (This Is Africa): Marketing 21st Century African Music

African music isn’t just Fela. There is a new cadre of African artists who are mixing their own music and culture with rock and hip hop to form something new. Who are they? More importantly, how are they bridging continents and cultures and building audiences stateside?


Jerri Chou - LLNY

All Day Buffet (via Sustainable Party)

Amplifying Social Innovation: Insights from Entrepreneurial Changemakers

The internet can be a cold & dark place -- information overload, egos ablaze, and "friends" not always what they seem. How can we maximize the potential for the web to create meaningful connections among changemakers, and inspire humans to truly connect with one another? We'll share stories about why we seek to address certain social and environmental issues through digital entrepreneurship.


Lindsey Johnson - LLNY
Lush Life Productions

Booze Blogging: Liquid Conversation

Cocktails tell the story of American history, and those leading the conversation today are pioneers on the digital landscape. We hope to explore the relationship between bloggers, bartenders, and brands while discussing how technology has influenced their discussions.


Dayna Ghiraldi - LLNY
Big Picture Media

Publicity 101 - Things to Do Before Hiring a Publicist
Dayna would like to use her expertise to teach bands how to launch their band and take advantage of all the things they should do before hiring a publicist. What materials do they need to create a successful DIY campaign?

These LLadies are in it; now it's up to us to help them win it!

Vote Ladies Lotto for The 2009 Style Council in SF's 7x7

LLSF founding member, Sunny Merry is a stylish beauty. Guess SF mag 7x7 caught wind of this too. She's up for Most Stylish San Franciscan so support a LLADY and VOTE!! In Sunny's own words, she's #76, the one in the "freaky Stevie Nicks gown" (below).

Please go here and VOTE: http://www.7x7.com/surveys/2009-style-council-whos-most-stylish-san-franciscan

Countdown to 11/4 - #3 Vote However You Like

Although the seventh-grade students at Atlanta's Ron Clark Academy aren't old enough to vote in this election -- or 2012 for that matter -- they're already getting involved in the process. Inspired by T.I.'s Whatever You Like, they created a pro-voting song stating the issues, touting candidates and encouraging everyone to get out and vote.

VISIT THE LADIES LOTTO BLOG IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO SEE THE VIDEO

The kids even got a spot on CNN! Here, they discuss the concept for their song and give a live performance:

Click here for lyrics.

Click here to see what everyone's saying at The Huffington Post.



Sources: CNN, YouTube, The Huffington Post and Future Majority.

Countdown to 11/4 - #4 Your Vote is Your Voice

A few days ago I spoke with a friend who told me his father wasn't voting. When I asked why his father wasn't voting his response was "my dad isn't voting for anyone because neither candidate appeals to him." Also, his father cited the future of Israel as one reason he would not vote for Barack Obama. I found this to be somewhat perplexing and well, pretty prejudiced. So what if Obama was Muslim? He'd still be American; in his post he'd still have to put the country and its international relationships before his religion. How could his highly-educated, physician father make such a statement? Hadn't he read up on the issues and checked the facts?

Later, we got into a heated discussion about why people are voting in this election. Somehow my friend deduced that people who vote find one issue and stick to it. For most, voting is a complex issue; it's more than punching a hole, filling in a dot or flipping a lever based solely on one issue you care about.

I'm voting because:

• Every woman has the right to govern her own body.
• Unjust wars should not be fought on the taxpayer's dime; as corporations that deal in death profit off the blood of young men and women.
  
• All children deserve an education that is truly equal.
  
• Everyone deserves comprehensive health care.
• The country that spends the most on HIV/AIDS prevention in Africa, Asia, Europe, South America and the Third World should have its own official HIV/AIDS agenda.
• Our retirement accounts and social security must stop be raided by greedy traders and government officials.
  
• The only Maverick I care to know was played by Tom Cruise in Top Gun.
  

Why are you voting?


Illustration: Hutch

Countdown to 11/4 - #7 No on Prop 8 = Yes to Equal Rights

What's the big deal about Gay marriage? Conservative Bible thumpers argue once men start marrying men and women start marrying women, we'll all want to marry goats. Maybe some special toe tapping, intern soliciting members of the conservative regime are into that sort of thing but the rest of us just want equal rights for EVERYONE. If the people who want to lead us are pro-family, they need to accept loving families in any which way they come.

Here, your average Joe (he's not a plumber) and plain Jane define what saying yes or no on Prop 8 means:

Vote no on Prop 8; Gay people should be able to get divorced just like 50% of the straight population.


The More You Know: Gay was a term initially applied to hetero men (womanizers) and women (prostitutes).

Countdown to 11/4 - #9 He's Got the Whole World in His Hands

In July 2008, Barack Obama gave a historic speech at Germany's Brandenburg Gate. Subsequently, John McCain attempted to show him up by visiting a German restaurant in German Village, Ohio. Conservatives lauded McCain's trip as a major coup and blasted Obama for daring to take his campaign outside the United States. Somehow an earnest visit to an ally was not supposed to hold a candle to a Disneyfied experience. No dice.

This month Economist.com embarked on an experiment; revising the rules of the American electoral college to allow the world to determine the next president of the United States. 9,875 global electoral college votes are up for grabs in this online poll. Some of the results were shocking; McCain is the front-runner in Iraq. However, Barack Obama has garnered the lion's share of the 9,800+ votes. Perhaps if McCain's strategic team had the same creativity as Senator Obama's, he'd be as popular as his opponent is across the globe.

Click here to see for yourself.

Source: The Economist

Fall 08 Accessory Alert: Renee Frances VOTE RING

Renee Frances is on to something. Her VOTE ring (above) is a pretty sweet accessory for Fall 2008. It can be found on her online boutique as well as various locations including a Philly favorite, Topstitch.

If you haven't registered to vote already, please do so as soon as possible! Click HERE to download the voter registration form. Please note that you only need to print out pages 4 & 5.

It's Super Tuesday! GET OUT & VOTE!!

If you're a citizen of the US, Ladies Lotto would like to remind you to VOTE on Super Tuesday. Vote. And please vote smart.

Ladies...Voting Is Chic! No Really!!!