NON a l'homophobie!

I love graffiti and what the man would deem 'vandalism'. It really floats my boat when it is cleverly done and makes you think. I spotted this little gem on the way home one night. I was in Berri-Uqam metro where a certain company has many, many ads featuring some very sultry, lithe and long-legged young things in shorts. I hadn't really delved into the semiology of the adverts, tuning them out as I do but this sticker made me stop. Well, the fact that someone had gone all the long of the corridor trying to rip them off.

At first glance it is a sticker that says NON! A L'HOMOPHOBIE! WWW.... something, I don't know because it was ripped out! But if you examine the way this child of probably 10 or 12 is holding this large phallic microphone in her childlike hand, so close to her happily parted lips, it hits you, BAM! This under ripe beauty is exactly the refuge of the homophobe whose attitude is merely "If this doesn't turn you on then you must be gay!" It is also the unrealistic ideal to which all women are subject under this heterosexual patriarchy. It may not be funny but its clever. We give this 4/5 laughs for revealing the truth behind the message in one quick slap of a sticker.