Mosaic Ark 126 Choose Your Fighter!
Mosaic Ark · Rachel Fulton Brown
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Show Notes
“You can be a lover or a fighter, whatever you desire / Whatever you want, baby, choose your fighter!” —Ava Max. This past week saw a group of Congresswomen in a viral video called “Choose Your Fighter,” wherein they each appeared well dressed in smart suits, smiling and jumping with fists in the air as they pretended to strike a boxing pose. The visual rhetoric was clear; these women were “fighters” who would work for you. But did the video work? Did it transmit an image of strength or one of trivial in-group popularity? Did it reinforce the idea that women are a political force to be reckoned with, or the outdated idea that women don’t belong in Congress at all, and is that idea actually outdated? The ladies of the Mosaic Ark disagreed on that one, so come watch them duke it out, politely of course, and choose your fighter! —Streamed March 7, 2025