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   & to Issue Every Democrat Fem A Gag   
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   16 Mar 17 12:17:05   
   
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   From: ampersand.the.great@gmail.com   
      
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   On 03/14/2017 07:37 AM, Issue Every Democrat Fem A Gag wrote:   
   > NEW YORK (AP) — A bronze of a little girl defiantly facing Wall   
   > Street's "Charging Bull" didn't appear suddenly or spontaneously in   
   > the middle of the night in Manhattan's financial district.   
   >   
   > It took months of intricate planning by two corporate giants to   
   > install "Fearless Girl" under the veil of darkness in time for   
   > Wednesday's International Women's Day. Within hours, she became the   
   > talk of the town and the world, a sculpted celebrity drawing crowds   
   > as a symbol of a woman's right to move into power positions.   
   >   
   > Behind the scenes, State Street Global Advisors, a $2.5 trillion   
   > asset managing firm, created the "Fearless Girl" project with McCann   
   > New York, one of the world's top ad agencies whose client is State   
   > Street. The financial giant wanted to spread a serious message: that   
   > more women should be appointed to the boards of the Russell 3000, a   
   > broad index of U.S. companies.   
   >   
   > Only 16 percent of board seats in Russell 3000 companies are held by   
   > women, according to ISS Analytics, a business research firm. Also on   
   > State Street's radar are about 500 other firms in Great Britain and   
   > Australia.   
   >   
   > The aim of the "Fearless Girl" was to build what ad experts call a   
   > "brand experience" of a product or message, using some kind of   
   > creative, unique vehicle — in this case, a sculpture, created by   
   > artist Kristen Visbal.   
   >   
   > "This thing went viral, and it spread globally, all over," McCann   
   > spokesman Jeremy Miller said. "I'm watching my Twitter feed and it's   
   > still a constant flow, filled with images of the 'Fearless Girl.'"   
   >   
   > "In my 20 years in advertising, I personally have not seen anything   
   > like this," he added.   
   >   
   > On Thursday, streams of gleeful fans posed for pictures with the   
   > 250-pound "Fearless Girl" statue as she stared down the 7,000- pound   
   > "Charging Bull."   
   >   
   > McCann obtained a one-week permit from the city before starting the   
   > installation in Bowling Green Park at 4 a.m. Tuesday, completing it   
   > as the sun rose on another New York business day.   
   >   
   > The ad agency wasn't trying to be secretive.   
   >   
   > "We just didn't want to disrupt business in the area," Miller said.   
   >   
   > And they wanted to mirror the 1989 arrival of the girl's bronze   
   > counterpart.   
   >   
   > The "Charging Bull" was dropped into place in the middle of a   
   > Manhattan night by artist Arturo Di Modica and his team, who had no   
   > permit. The powerful piece was a symbol of Americans' can-do energy   
   > following the 1987 stock market crash, and it proved so popular that   
   > the city allowed the bull to stay.   
   >   
   > At the end of International Women's Day on Wednesday, New York Mayor   
   > Bill de Blasio tweeted that "Fearless Girl" could remain in Lower   
   > Manhattan through April 2. Popular support for the piece to be kept   
   > permanently is growing, with petitions being signed.   
   >   
   > "Our future rests in the hands of fearless girls," the Democratic   
   > mayor tweeted.   
   >   
   > http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Behind-NYC-s-Fearless-Girl-   
   > statue-are-2-10990402.php   
   >   
   > Bill de Blasio is a piece of shit.   
   >   
   >   
      
      
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