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		<title>I don&#8217;t get it</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[What What message is this poster sending? Palin is a Westinghouse war worker from World War II? She&#8217;s Rosie the Riveter? 
It&#8217;s a total non sequitor, which we know thanks to this article: Kimble, James J., and Lester C. Olson. &#8220;Visual Rhetoric Representing Rosie the Riveter: Myth and Misconception in J. Howard Miller&#8217;s &#8220;We Can Do It!&#8221; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://canadianbaconbarbie.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/15women0650.jpg" alt="We Can Do It" />What What message is this poster sending? Palin is a Westinghouse war worker from World War II? She&#8217;s Rosie the Riveter? </p>
<p>It&#8217;s a total non sequitor, which we know thanks to this article: Kimble, James J., and Lester C. Olson. &#8220;Visual Rhetoric Representing Rosie the Riveter: Myth and Misconception in J. Howard Miller&#8217;s &#8220;We Can Do It!&#8221; Poster.&#8221; Rhetoric &amp; Public Affairs 9.4 (2006): 533-69. Kimble and Olson conclude that the feminist message of this poster was limited in WWII; it was basically produced for internal use at Westinghouse alongside many more posters that depicted women in traditionally feminine wartime roles. </p>
<p>On second thought, the comparison may be more apt than I thought.In World War II, women were encouraged to apply their domestic skills to the technical workplace with such jinglas as this one from the Women&#8217;s Bureau bulletin, &#8220;What Job Is Mine on the Victory Line&#8221;?</p>
<blockquote><p>If you&#8217;ve sewed on buttons, or made buttonholes, on a machine</p>
<p>You can learn to do spot welding on airplane parts.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve used an electric mixer in your kitchen,</p>
<p>You can learn to run a drill press.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve followed recipes exactly in making cake,</p>
<p>You can learn to load shells.</p></blockquote>
<p>Maybe this poster is implying something similar: </p>
<blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border-style: none; padding: 0px" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><p>If you&#8217;ve been a beauty pageant winner,</p></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border-style: none; padding: 0px" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><p>You can learn to give speeches in front of millions.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border-style: none; padding: 0px" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><p>If you&#8217;ve slaughtered and dressed a moose,</p></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border-style: none; padding: 0px" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><p>You can learn to lead our country in battle.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border-style: none; padding: 0px" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><p>If you&#8217;ve been mayor of a small town,</p></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border-style: none; padding: 0px" class="webkit-indent-blockquote"><p>You can learn to be vice president of the nation.  </p></blockquote>
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